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St. Mary’s University School of Law has posted Texas Supreme Court cases on St. Mary’s iTunes U

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio has posted Supreme Court of Texas cases on iTunes.
See Supreme Court of Texas Cases Available on St. Mary´s iTunes U by Beth Barbee (10-November-2009):
Supreme Court of Texas Cases Available on St. Mary´s iTunes U
Date: 2009-11-10     Author: Beth Barbee
Since 2006, St. Mary’s University School of Law and [...]

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Tags: Public interest · open access · research tools

U.S. Government Blogs Organized by Subject

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments

USA.gov, which provides official information and services from the United States Government, has recently organized federal government blogs by subject.
Under the current organization there are 11 categories:

Business and Economics Blogs: Small business owners, economics news…
Defense and International Relations Blogs: Military, foreign policy, veterans…
Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Blogs: Agriculture, environmental protection, saving energy…
Family, Home, and Community [...]

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Tags: Public interest · Resources for Alumni/nae · government information · open access · research tools

Influenza A (H1N1) and Pandemic Preparedness Under the Rule of International Law

August 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Following on a Legal Research Plus post of this past April 29 by Sergio Stone — The Swine Flu Outbreak and International Law — Docuticker.com has very helpfully posted a link to Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) Professor Lawrence O. Gostin’s recent (July), valuable research paper “Influenza A (H1N1) and Pandemic Preparedness Under the Rule [...]

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Tags: Public interest

Free eBook Source

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Free access to some two million eBooks — through August 4, 2009 — is available at the Fourth Annual World eBook Fair (underway since July 4).
See:
Resource of the Week: Roundup of Recent Posts About eBooks…and Some Kindle Stuff
Hat tip to ResourceShelf.
Cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus.

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Tags: Library - General · Public interest · government information · open access · research tools

US National Archives Materials Found in UK Archives

July 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Law Librarian Blog today features an interesting post about items missing from the U.S. National Archives, likely through employee theft.
See Missing Items from US Archive, Found Item in UK Archive.
See also the National Archives webpage Missing Historical Documents and Items.
And see the U.K. National Archives news item Lost Page of American History Found at The [...]

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Tags: Public interest · government information

LexisNexis for deferred associates who work in public interest.

May 5th, 2009 · No Comments

The new program will enable students who pursue public service during the deferral of professional practice to access certain LexisNexis services free of charge
 
The LexisNexis ASPIRE (Associates Serving Public Interests Research) program allows qualified graduates to access a specified menu of LexisNexis services during the deferral period.  To be eligible for LexisNexis access via this [...]

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Tags: LexisNexis · Public interest · Resources for Alumni/nae