May’s new titles have been posted on our website.  Click through this month’s word cloud to the left (comprised of the descriptions of these titles) to browse and find something of interest to your latest assignment, case or article.

If you have questions or need assistance, contact the Reference Desk on the first floor of the 290 building (x1419).

Please remember that you must have your student ID card in order to check out library materials!!

The circulation desk staff has been instructed not to circulate materials to students without an ID card.  This policy is to protect you as a student:  the ID card is read by our computer system and  insures you are correctly identified in circulation transactions. 

If you have lost your ID card, please see Nancy Graham in the 350 building, and a new card will be issued.

Please see a Reference Librarian with any questions.

Have you ever heard of Sojourner Truth?  She was a most remarkable woman born into slavery in 1799.  She was emancipated under New York law in 1827, but not before her son was illegally sold into perpetual slavery in Alabama.  Many women of her time would have sat back and accepted this as their lot, but not Sojourner.  She went to court and successfully sued for her son’s return!  She later became an abolitionist speaker and writer calling such people as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Abraham Lincoln as her acquaintances.  There is much more to her story which can be read at American National Biography Online. 

American National Biography Online is a new resource acquired by the CWSL Library which details fascinating facts and photos about Americans young and old.  This wonderful resource can be used to find out the answer to questions such as:  What was the most important issue before the Supreme Court during Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s tenure?  What is the background behind the Japanese-American cases of 1943-1944?  What did Jackie Robinson have to do with civil rights?  All of these answers and more can be found at American National Biography Online.   Enjoy!

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Research and Practice Resources for the
New Attorney / Law Clerk in
Arizona and Nevada

• ·Are you preparing to practice or clerk in AZ or NV?
• ·Are you unsure what kinds of research/practice guides exist for those jurisdictions or how to use them?
• ·Do you want to enhance your effectiveness on the job from day one?

Come to the Library’s Prepare to Practice Series:

Tuesday March 13
Noon-1PM
Room 2C

Pizza and Drinks Provided to All Who RSVP!
Instructors:
CWSL Librarians Brandon Baker and Bobbi Weaver
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Research and Practice Resources for the New Attorney / Law Clerk in

CALIFORNIA

-Are you preparing to practice or clerk in CA?

-Are you unsure what kinds of research/practice guides exist or how to use them?

-Do you know how you can access free or low cost practice materials?

-Do you want to enhance your effectiveness on the job from day one?

Come to the Library’s Prepare
to Practice Series:

Thursday March 8

12:15-1:45

Room 2B

Pizza and Drinks Provided to All Who RSVP!

Presenters:

CWSL Librarian Ian Kipnes

CEB Publications’ Suzanne Smith

San Diego County Public Law Library’s Isabel Eustaquio

This month’s newest library items are posted on our website.

Click on the graphic below, or directly to browse for what is of interest to YOU!

Browse the Library’s most recent additions via our ’New Aquisitons’ list.  In honor of February’s major holiday, we have a Valentine themed graphic made out of the words in this month’s list – courtesy of Tagxedo.com.

February 10, 2012 – April 6, 2012

A free nine week online course designed to provide an overview of the changes that are occurring in the practice of law today, especially with respect to technology. It will introduce law students to real-world situations that they will encounter in the job market and point law professors to new avenues to cover in their courses

For more information or to register, click here.

Mandatory ‘refresher’ and introductory classes for LEXIS and WESTLAW are happening this month.  Click on the links below to register.

Questions?  Contact your representatives:

Register for WESTLAW training                     Register for LEXIS  training

WESTLAW Representative Kristen Knepper, Esq. 202-560-9823 kristen.knepper@thomsonreuters.com

LEXIS Representative Christine Yusi, Esq. 619-208-9528 christine.yusi@lexisnexis.com

Christine Yusi is CWSL’s new LexisNexis representative.  A graduate of the USD School of Law,  she practiced general commercial litigation and employment litigation in the San Diego area before joining LEXIS.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions about LexisNexis:
christine.yusi@lexisnexis.com
Phone:  (619) 208-9528   
 24/7 Customer Service: 1-800-45-LEXIS (1-800-455-3947)