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Elizabeth J. Fowler & Timothy Stolzfus Jost, Why Public Programs Matter--And Will Continue to Matter--Even After Health Reform, 36 J.L. Med. & Ethics 670; available at Westlaw

FormFinder is a new tool and database that allows users to easily find their form faster. FormFinder includes a new single access point for Westlaw's most extensive collection of forms with better organized content and improved search functionality. FormFinder searches hundreds of thousands of forms on Westlaw, pulling from major national treatises and form sets, as well as from state-specific and practice-area analytical titles, regulations and statutes. Please note that this is a separate product/database than FORMS-ALL. The main differences between the two are the following: FormFinder's easy-to-use search template allows users to pinpoint the form they need, FormFinder has twice as many actual forms, and FormFinder includes only forms. (FORMS-ALL includes non-form content such as analytical and explanatory documents)

The five-volume Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, which contains among its 1,100 entries several by members of the W&L School of Law faculty -- Dean Rodney Smolla, Ann Massie, Scott Sundby, and the late Louise Halper has been acquired by Leburn Library. It is part of the Gale Virtual Library and there is a link in Annie.

Law School Exchange, a new online networking and content sharing site from West and Foundation Press, allows law profs to share, digitally publish, and find teaching materials in collaboration with an online community of peers. West and from Foundation Press publications will also be available. Integration with TWEN makes delivering digital course materials directly to students easy. Law School Exchange is free.

Westlaw and Lexis representatives will be here to assist students with research skills for paper writing (and finding topics). Either sign up for a class or register for one-on-one time.
Westlaw will be here January 26th and Lexis February 4th. Check the library calendar for times and sign up instructions.

Westlaw access will be blocked when using Web browsers that are no longer supported by the companies that created them. The lack of support can create problems during Westlaw development which may result in a security risk. Users attempting to access Westlaw using one of these browsers will receive an explanatory message that offers alternatives.

Westlaw access using the following browsers will be blocked:

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Pleading Civil Rights Claims in the Post-Conley Era, 52 How. L.J. 99 (2008)

The inaugeration will be shown all day in the magazine lounge area of the library.

Escape into the Panopticon: Virtual Worlds and the Surveillance Society at Yale Law Journal cite

GPO has integrated Authenticated Congressional Bills into the live Congressional Bills application on GPO Access. Users of this application will notice digital signatures on bills from the 110th and 111th Congresses.

Alternative Investment Law Report, EEOC Compliance Manual, Harmon on Patents, Black Letter Law and Commentary, International Labor and Employment Law, Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Daily, Real Estae Law & Industry Report, Tax Planning International Corporate Restructuring, Web Watch, Workplace Immigration Report, and World Climate Change Report have been added.

Concurrent with the change in Administrations, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents has been replaced by the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, effective January 20, 2009.

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will continue to be available on GPO Access and the new Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents will also be accessible through GPO Access and through FDsys

CALI in collaboration with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, has launched the Legal Education Commons, an open, searchable collection of resources designed specifically for use in legal education. Materials include 700,000 federal court decision obtained from public.resource.org and 300 original illustrations from CALI Lessons. The digital collections are expected to grow over time and contributions are welcome

Todd C. Peppers & Christopher Zorn,Law Clerk Influence on Supreme Court Decision Making: An Empirical Assessment, 58 DePaul L. Rev. 51 (2008).

May the President Appropriatel Invoke God? Evaluating the Embryonic Stem Cell Veteos10 Rutgers J. L. and Religion (Fall 2008).