With so many out of work due to the virus, the CDC has released a federal ban on evictions nationwide for covered persons. North Carolina courts have also significantly reduced their court activity, which includes processing evictions. However, concerns have been raised about an eviction cliff when these measures end. Further, landlords may continue with …
There will surely be rafts of analysis and discussion in the days, weeks, and months to come concerning today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org. And while interesting issues abound, what this law librarian found most striking at first glance were the pronouncements by the Justices about the importance of annotated codes. Indeed, …
The UNC Law Library is pleased to announce the creation and publication of a new Military Law legal research guide to support students currently working with the Military and Veterans Law Clinic or taking military law courses. The guide is divided into three sections: Military Justice Law, the Law of Armed Conflict, and National Security …
If you’re anything like me, you have a reading list that feels as though it is a mile long. I track all sorts of to-be-read titles on my list – recommendations from friends, books with stellar reviews in the New York Times, and new releases from my favorite authors. But there is also a spot …
The Carolina Law Scholarship Repository is an online resource for most articles published in UNC School of Law’s five student-edited law journals; faculty scholarly articles, essays, and policy papers; and some special digital collections. Launched by the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library in December 2015, the repository has since added more than 8,600 works that …
Are you ready to spring forward? Daylight Saving Time (DST) officially begins in North Carolina at 2:00am on Sunday, March 8, so don’t forget to adjust your clocks this Saturday evening! This yearly occurrence robs Carolina Law students and faculty of an hour of precious sleep and upsets internal clocks for a bit, but should …
Despite the sudden chill in the temperatures, things are just starting to warm up for Carolina Law students seeking summer employment. 1Ls, in particular, will soon enter their first season of OCIs (“on-campus interviews”), and the law library is here to help with recommended resources for putting your best foot forward when interviewing with a …
The UNC Law Library recently added the newly published book, “Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina” by Seth Kotch to our collection. Seth Kotch is an assistant professor of American Studies here at the University of North Carolina. This book takes a hard look at the racial side of the …
In yesterday’s Carolina Blawg post, I posited what seemed to me to be the most reasonable theory as to why it was appropriate to cite the U.S. Code with the year 2018. An attentive reader has noted that there is an equally strong – perhaps even stronger – justification. This argument also exposes an interesting …
How would you properly cite a section of the official U.S. Code today, January 6, 2020? As lawyers and law students no doubt realize, the answer is more complicated than it may appear. This post will offer advice and reasoning about how to go about choosing the year to append to the title number, abbreviation, …