Setting Yourself Up for Success: First Steps

Just beginning law school? The Law Library can help set you up for success. Monday is “Taking Care of Business.” This day is set aside for new students to complete some of the administrative tasks needed to start at the College of Law. Among those tasks are three important ones that the Law Library can help you check off your list: (1) Law Library tours, (2) passwords, and (3) accessing TWEN.

On Monday, we’ll be giving library tours at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm. These tours are a great time to learn about study carrels, study rooms, print study aids, where the bathrooms are, and how to get in and out of the library after closing.

Also on Monday, we’ll have a table in the atrium where you can receive your Law Library packet. That packet will have registration information for your Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law passwords. Those are the 3 biggest legal research vendors. You will be using them a lot in law school and after. The packet will also provide information on accessing online study aids and TWEN. LLM students are welcome to stop by and say hello but they received their packets at Thursday’s LLM Introduction to the Law Library.

We can’t wait to see you!

 

Welcome LLM Students!

We are very excited to welcome our new LLM students! Members of the Law Library will meet with LLM students for a Library orientation on August 8, 2:30pm in the computer lab. Although there are computers available in the lab, please bring your laptops too. We’ll introduce ourselves, talk about Law Library resources, and help you register for your Lexis and Westlaw passwords. In the mean time sure and check out our LLM Survival Guide!

Saluting the UC Law Class of 2019

Congratulations, You’ve Earned that J.D. or LL.M.!

I feel a special kinship to those of you who will receive your hoods tomorrow. You entered the College of Law nearly three years ago, in a period of tumult in the leadership of the college. Time and time again so many of you have shown us the heard work and dedication to purpose that is bringing you the privilege of walking across the platform tomorrow and having the J.D. or LL.M. hood laid upon your shoulders. But you have also shown us true community spirit in the many ways you serve the college, the university, and the broader Cincinnati community. You’ve also demonstrated how to have fun when it is time to kick back. Yours will be the last U.C. Law class I see graduate, and I am proud to be leaving this great institution as you do. I very much look forward to learning about how each of you will change the world.

Sincerely,

Ken Hirsh

Faculty New Books Reception

Please join us in the Atrium at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 23rd, as we recognize the following authors of new books in the past year:

  • Marjorie Aaron: Risk and Rigor: A Lawyer’s Guide to Decision Trees for Assessing Cases and Advising Clients (DRI Press 2019)
  • Stephanie McMahon, Principles of Tax Policy (Second Edition, Concise Hornbooks Series, West Academic Publishing, 2018)
  • Sandra Sperino: McDonnell Douglas: The Most Important Case in Employment Discrimination Law (Bloomberg 2018)
  • Joseph Tomain – Lincoln Davies, Alexandra Klass, Hari Osofsky, Joseph Tomain, Elisabeth Wilson: Energy Law & Policy (American Casebook Series 2nd ed. 2018)

Light refreshments will be served and there will be brief remarks.

R.S.V.P., April 22nd

Register Now for “Bridging the Gap: Practical Skills Bootcamp!”

Registration is now open for our Bridging the Gap: Practical Skills Bootcamp. Bridging the Gap: Practical Skills Bootcamp will introduce students to the Courthouse environment, provide a tour of important locations, and pass along tips and tricks they might not have learned in the classroom.

With your registration you will get:

  • Judicial Q&A with Judge Joshua Berkowitz, Hamilton County Municipal Court
  • Guided tour of the Hamilton County Courthouse, including non-public areas
  • Panel discussion with librarians from UC, NKU, Hamilton County Law Library, and Keating, Meuthing & Klekamp
  • Lunch

Learn practical skills for life after law school!

The Bridging the Gap: Practical Skills Bootcamp will take place May 10, 2019 11:00-3:00 at the Hamilton County Courthouse. Lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 25 people so register now!

Register and view the schedule at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/bridgegap.

This Week: Close to Wrapping Up the Term

Research Training Sessions This Week

    • Thursday, April 16th
      • Professor Oliver’s Section 5
        • Cost Effective Research with Ron Jones
        • 10:40 A.M. – 12:05 P.M. in Room 100A
      • Professor Oliver’s Section 3
        • Cost Effective Research with Ron Jones
        • 1:30 – 2:55 P.M. in Room 100A

 

Thinking About Final Exams?

You should be! Consider these resources to help you prepare:

  • More than 600 study aid volumes on West Academic and Lexis OverDrive.
  • Print study aids in the Reference 2 collection.
  • Develop your outlines with PowerNotes.
  • Check in with our librarians when you are feeling stumped.

 

This Week

RSVP for Tuesday’s Library & Lexis Lunch & Learn

Just in time for your heading out to summer associate or clerkship positions or your first professional job, Associate Director Susan Boland and Lexis Academic Representative Ashley Russell have a program to get you off to a good start. They’ll present “How To Professionally Research An Assignment From Start To Finish” on Tuesday, April 9th, from 12:14 – 1:15 P.M. in Room 114. Lunch and Lexis points are bonus payoffs. Please reserve your spot now!

This Week’s Other Research Training Opportunities

        • Tuesday, April 9th
          • Professor McCord’s Section 2
            • Free and Low Cost Resources with Susan Boland
            • 10:40 A.M. – 12:05 P.M. in Room 302
        • Wednesday, April 10th
          • Library & Lexis Prepare to Practice Table
            • Using Alternative Resources with Shannon Kemen and Ashley Russell
            • 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. in the 1st Floor Corridor Outside Room 118
          • Professor Lenhart’s Section 4
            • Low Cost & Free Resources with Susan Boland
            • 1:30 – 2:55 P.M. in Room 100A
        • Thursday, April 11th
          • Professor McCord’s Section 2
          • Cost Effective Research with Susan Boland
          • 10:40 A.M. – 12:05 P.M. in Room 302
        • Friday, April 12th
          • Professor Bradley’s sections 1 & 6
            • Administrative Law Research with Shannon Kemen
            • 9:00 – 9:55 A.M. in Room 118

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Save the Date! – Bridge the Gap: Practical Skills Bootcamp

  • Friday, May 10th
  • 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. at the Hamilton County Courthouse