Visiting a government agency’s website can be a valuable first step when performing administrative law research. Agency websites generally provide background on the agency, as well as information on the agency’s rules, enforcement actions, administrative decisions and rulings, and guidance on how to comply with regulations. To begin your administrative law research, check the A-Z …
Lost in the Stacks? There’s a Map for that!
Recent users of the University Libraries’ online catalog may notice a difference in search results when the law library and Davis library both have copies of the same book. The following screenshot shows an example of the difference in search results. StackMap Implementation In the Fall Semester of 2022, the law library began plans to …
Using CoCounsel to Compare Documents
Have you tried CoCounsel, Thomson Reuters’s generative AI legal assistant, yet? CoCounsel can help users perform a range of legal tasks, including researching, reviewing, summarizing, and drafting. Today, we’ll look at CoCounsel’s Compare Documents skill, which can find and compare specific information across two or more documents. What can you do with Compare Documents? You …
Executive Action Trackers
Within the first two months of his second term, President Donald Trump issued more than 75 executive orders. These executive orders range in topic, leaving many lawyers and law students struggling to stay informed about evolving laws and the impact on their lives and areas of practice. A large number of these executive orders have …
Annual LAUNC-CH Conference at UNC: Serving Our Communities
The Library Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) is holding its annual conference Monday, March 10 with the theme “Serving Our Communities.” The aftermath of Hurricane Helene and its devastating effects on western North Carolina made it clear that local communities are more important than ever, and libraries can serve …
ABA Formal Opinion 512: The Paradigm for Generative AI in Legal Practice
As Generative Artificial Intelligence programs have gotten more refined, the applications for this new technology have expanded into the legal sphere. Stories of GenAI blunders, specifically hallucinations in legal documents have made the rounds in major news outlets, with these blunders highlighting major ethical implications on the use of GenAI in legal work. While Generative …
Why Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving on the Fourth Thursday in November?
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 28, 2024, it might seem like a well-established rule that Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November. But did you know that this hasn’t always been the case? In the past, Thanksgiving has been celebrated on different Thursdays in November, and in the early …
Digital Study Aids Part 1: Beyond eBooks
Sure, you know that UNC Law Library offers digital study aids, but there’s so much more at your fingertips than just eBooks. Welcome to this two-part series, where we dive into the myriad of resources available to you and explore how to use these study aids effectively to prepare for your finals. The three main …
Affording GenAI: High Costs, Changing Workflows, and Client Impact
I recently had the opportunity to attend the annual Relativity Fest conference held in Chicago, and the star of the conference, as with many legal technology conferences, was Generative AI (GenAI). Specifically, Relativity was excited to share news of newly developed tools that allow users to use GenAI for document review, case strategy, and privilege …
New Book by Professor Melissa Jacoby: Unjust Debts
Professor Melissa Jacoby has released a new book, Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal. It is available in print and online through UNC Libraries. Published by The New Press in June of 2024, Unjust Debts was named one of the Best Summer Books in Economics by the Financial Times. Professor Jacoby …