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This week in the Law Library, we’re teaching secondary sources, legislative history research, technology, and celebrating Taft Week and Constitution Day.

This Week’s Research Sessions

Monday, September 13, 2021

Legal Research & Writing for LLM Students

Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 303
8:00am – 9:20am
Secondary Sources

Legislative History & Statutory Interpretation

Susan Boland, Associate Director
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Room 204

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Technology in Law Practice

Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 208
11:10am – 12:05pm

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Gender Stories

Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 306
10:00am – 10:30am

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Technology in Law Practice

Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 208
11:10am – 12:05pm

Friday, September 17, 2021

Lawyering I, sec. 5

Susan Boland, Associate Director
9:00am – 10:25pm
Room 204
Memo Research

Lawyering I, sec. 3

Susan Boland, Associate Director
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 204
Memo Research

Celebrate Taft Week

Portrait of William Howard Taft
This week is Taft Week at the College of Law! President & Chief Justice William Howard Taft graduated from University of Cincinnati Law School in 1880. SBA is featuring several events in celebration:

  • Tuesday (9/14): Networking Event at Brewdog, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (316 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45202). There are many street-parking options within a couple blocks of Brewdog, as well as parking garages. Students are encouraged to carpool.
  • Wednesday (9/15): Taft Talk with Professor Chris Bryant at 12:15 PM in room 118. Prof. Bryant will be lecturing on President and Justice (and UC Law alum) William Howard Taft and the College of Law!
  • Thursday (9/16): Trivia Night! in room 118 from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. There will be prizes for first, second, and third place winners! Students should sign up.
  • Friday (9/17): Bar Crawl. Students should sign up.

All Week: Bearcat Pantry Food Drive: Celebrate Taft by Giving Back! Collection Bins for goods are by sliding doors on the 1st floor of the law school.

Follow the SBA Instagram (@uclawsba) for daily event reminders!

Visit the Law Library’s Taft Week Guide for fun and interesting facts about Taft.

Constitution Day, September 17, 2021

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#Constitution Day is observed each year on September 17 to commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. Public Law 108-447 requires that every educational institution which received Federal funds hold a program on the Constitution for students on September 17. This year the College of Law’s Constitution Day speaker is Richard Albert, Professor of World Constitutions and Director of Constitutional Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He will discuss the U.S. Constitution, why it is hard to amend, and why it is revered in his lecture “The Grenade, the Hourglass, and the Sundial: Constitutional Time in the United States and the World.” More at Constitution Day Event Details.

Featured Database

U.S. Presidential Library on HeinOnline

This database includes messages and papers of the presidents, daily and weekly compilations of presidential documents, public papers of the presidents, documents relating to impeachment, Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and a host of other related works. In celebration of Taft Week, take a look at some of the resources on President Taft available in this library:

Featured Video

William Howard Taft and the Constitution 

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffey Rosen unveils his newest book on only man to serve as president and chief justice – William Howard Taft. Rosen argues that Taft was our most judicial president and presidential chief justice and explores Taft’s crucial role in shaping how America balances populism with the rule of law. The discusion will be moderated by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, who calls Taft “the most under-appreciated constitutional gure since George Mason.”

 

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