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The Minnesota Attorney General web site has been revised. The web site address is the same: www.ag.state.mn.us. Attorney General Opinions are now found under the Resources drop-down menu.
The direct URL for Attorney General Opinions is: http://www.ag.state.mn.us/resources/resourcesattgenopinion.asp.
Announcement: The Anglo-American Legal Tradition Project
The O’Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston Law Center is proud to announce the inauguration of the extraordinary new website, the Anglo-American Legal Tradition – AALT.
The AALT is the result of over fifteen years of negotiation with the National Archives of the United Kingdom by Robert C. Palmer, Cullen Professor of History and Law at the University of Houston. The license with the National Archives permits the free, non-commercial, public display and use of the images captured by Professor Palmer’s ongoing project to acquire images of the main categories of court records over almost four centuries (c.1272 – 1650); at this point, some 450,000 images have been acquired. Access to these documents was previously possible only through use of the original documents at the National Archives itself.
The AALT will be a great boon to the far-flung scholars of Anglo-American legal history. In order to facilitate use of these ancient documents Professor Palmer has supplied guides to paleography and overviews of English legal history, as well as links to other websites of interest to legal historians. The AALT will continue to add images from the National Archives, as well as collections of historical documents from other court systems in the Anglo-American legal world. If others wish to contribute to the general endeavor at other archives and lack only the resources to run a website, the intention of this website is to be available to host such materials, as long as they are legally oriented and meet the general standards for image quality and public availability. The AALT site has the financial resources to continue as a public resource and to grow as materials are offered.
To utilize the full features of Google, take a look at the Google Guide. In it, you'll find shortcuts for specific searches and tools for better using the full spectrum of search capabilities.
A cheat sheet of some of these shortcuts is included in the article "Who's Afraid of Google?" by Traci Avet, published in the June 2006 issue of Library Journal.
Trouble Connecting to a Library Database?
If you experience problems connecting to a database that our library subscribes to please contact the Library Reference Office (email: law-ref@umn.edu , phone: 612-624-2597). Include as much of the following information as possible:
-Name of the resource/database.
-Date and time of day you tried to connect.
-Location/method of access (workstation in Mondale Hall, wireless network, remote access via the law school Intranet).
-IP address you were attempting to contact from (if known).
This information will help us in resolving the problem.
Here is the list of new titles the law library acquired in December 2006. The list is also on the library's home page.
*NOTE: Fridays are for fun! Every Friday, we'll post something that is not as serious as other posts. Enjoy!
To prepare for the start of spring semester, Stanford brings you "Legal Research: The Movie"
A group of students in their advanced legal research class created a short (3 minute) silent film.
It's on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCX3RkVTRkI
Enjoy the show! Welcome back, students!
Source: Paul Lomio, Stanford Law Library
Beginning with the start of the second semester (Tuesday, January 16) and continuing until the end of the semester, Wilson Library will open at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday on both the first floor and basement levels.
Copy Services Hours. In addition, a second pilot will keep the basement exit and photocopy/circulation desk open until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. This is a response to increased demand for the photocopy service and user convenience.
The new coffee shop, located on Wilson's basement level, will open in February.
Reserve & Periodicals hours at Wilson for Spring 2007 will NOT change.
The Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP) has just released its latest report, "Digital Justice: Progress Towards Digital Inclusion in Minnesota." The report makes the connection between access to the Internet and access to life opportunities such as living-wage jobs. IRP analyzed the ways that many Minnesota institutions are improving the underserved populations’ access to technology. The institutions included are community technology centers, public schools, public libraries, municipalities, and Indian reservations.
Read more from the press release: http://www.law.umn.edu/events/irpdigitalreport.html
Read the full report: http://www.irpumn.org/website/