The UNC Law Library has several books and resources on the death penalty. You can explore the subject in a new collection on HeinOnline or through print books housed in the Law Library stacks. HeinOnline now features the History of Capital Punishment online collection. This resource includes the Eugene G. Wanger and Marilyn M. Wanger …
The Law Library receives many more new books than just those that appear on the new books shelf near the circulation desk. Here’s how to find a list of those books: Go to the Law Library website at https://library.law.unc.edu. Click on “New Books” underneath the search box. On the next page, select the time period …
Students: Have you ever finished reading an assigned case and realized you didn’t understand the legal issue involved or the holding? Don’t worry; we’ve all been there. Part of legal education is learning how to understand the central issue or issues in a dispute and extrapolate a rule from the court’s discussion of the case. …
Want to improve your understanding of legal concepts? Expand upon the readings assigned in class? Quiz your progress on an area of law? You can do these tasks and more with the West Study Aids Digital Collection. The law library provides access to more than 500 online study aids to Carolina Law students and faculty …
Interested in learning more about Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat vacated by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy? The following resources are a great place to start: Georgetown Law Library’s Supreme Court Nominations Research Guide : This resource provides an explanation of the nomination and confirmation process, along with individualized …
Four UNC law library staff members were recently recognized with the library’s highest annual honor, the Kathrine R. Everett Award of Merit. These library staff members stepped up in significant ways to address the needs of the library and its users. Nicole Downing For successfully reshaping the Prep for Practice library instruction program to explore innovations in …
Effective December 31, 2017, Bloomberg BNA environment, energy, and safety news will merge into one publication, Environment & Energy Report. These changes mean several titles will no longer be available as stand-alone publications. However, the titles being replaced will remain on the Bloomberg Law® platform until further notice. Daily Environment Report™, International Environment Reporter™, Chemical …
Struggling to find a topic for a legal research paper? Not sure where to find potential topics for law journal notes or comments? You might consider giving a circuit split a try! What are circuit splits, anyway? In United States federal courts, a circuit split occurs whenever two or more circuit courts of appeals issue …
On August 2, 2017, the Government Printing Office announced the release of a digitized version of the Congressional Record (Bound Edition) from 1941-1950, which is available for free viewing here. This latest addition supplements previous releases of the Congressional Record begun earlier this year and provides users with access to the digitized Congressional Record from …
Confirmation hearings on the nomination of the Honorable Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court are scheduled to begin March 20, 2017 and interest in the nominee’s judicial record is high. To assist researchers, the University of Virginia Law Library launched the Neil Gorsuch Project, a website that assembles all of Gorsuch’s written opinions, as well …