Quinlan Lecture 2008

The 2008 Quinlan Lecture, Getting from Here to There in Election Reform, is scheduled for Thursady April 3 at 5 p.m. in the Homsey Family Moot Courtroom. Heather Gerken, a Professor at Yale Law School and one of the country's leading experts on voting rights and election law, is the presenter. Visit the Law Library to learn more about the Quinlin Lecture and Professor Gerken. Several of Professor Gerken's recent publications are available for review.

Olympic flame lit in Greece

The Olympic flame was lit in Greece on March 24, 2008. For more information about the flame lighting ceremony visit the official site for Beijing 2008. You can also view a map of the Olympic Torch relay route.

Law Libray Interface For Your Blackberry, iPhone, or Other Mobile Device

Do you use a web enabled cell phone, iPod touch, iPhone or other wireless device with internet access? The law library has created a special page optimized for viewing on mobile devices that provides access to legal research resources.

Click HERE to access:
-A version of the law library catalog optimized for use on handheld devices
-Westlaw Wireless
-Hein Online's Mobile Devices Interface
-And other legal research resources for handled devices

Read more about Hein Online's new interface below.

OCU law library patrons should click here to access Hein Online's Mobile Mode, enter their OCU user name and password, and then click "Subscribers Click Here"

If you are accessing HeinOnline from an iPhone, it should auto-detect your iPhone and automatically select the mobile mode for you. Users of other devices should check that they are in Mobile Mode by looking under "Options" on the right hand side of the screen.

The mobile interface may look a little bit different depending upon the type of mobile device you are using, but the functionality will work the same on all devices. Below is an example of the interface on an iPhone and what you can expect it to look like.



With the optimized interface, access articles in HeinOnline from your PDA, Blackberry, iPhone, or other electronic device. Do your research while waiting for class to start or while waiting for a meeting at the office! No matter where you are, we're putting HeinOnline at your fingertips in an accessible format.

Briefcase - Oklahoma County Bar Association Publication

Briefcase is the monthly publication of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Briefcase contains legal news and substantive articles on topics of interest to attorneys practicing in Oklahoma County. The February edition of Briefcase contains informaion on the proximity cards issued by the Oklahoma County Sherrif's Office to allow attorneys expedited access to the courthouse as well as Give Me Confidentiality or Give Me Death???, an article authored by Dean Hellman. Print copies of Briefcase are available in the Law Library. You may also access Briefcase online at http://www.okcbar.org/displaynewsletter.cfm

May It Please the Court - Appellate Advocacy Materials on Display

Are you working on your first appellate brief or getting ready for a moot court competition? If so, the library has resources that might help. Come by and see some of the appellate advocacy materials on display in the Law Library.

Legal Writing Tips From The Supremes

The well known legal writing guru Bryan Garner (editor of Black’s Law Dictionary, author of The Elements of Legal Style, etc.) individually interviewed eight of the nine current Supreme Court Justices about legal writing and legal advocacy, and clips of the interviews are available here.

Hat tip to Professor Michael O'Shea for this great resource.

Free Access to Cases, Statutes, Regs., and More Through PLoL

Fastcase has developed a new resource called The Public Library of Law (PLoL)which brings together a wide variety of free legal resources, including:

State Law for All 50 States:
• Supreme and Appellate Court cases from 1997 to the present
• Statutes from all 50 states
• Constitutions from all 50 states
• Court Rules from all 50 states
• Regulations and Administrative Codes from selected states

Federal Law:
• All U.S. Supreme Court Cases
• All Federal Circuit Courts from 1950 to the present
• The United States Code
• US Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Court Rules

Free registration is required to view materials. PLoL also includes free links to paid content on Fastcase.

Hat tip to WisBlawg for this info.