Session laws are the laws passed by a session of a state’s legislature. Legislative sessions can be annual, biennial, special, extra—however often the state legislature decides to meet. Eventually the session laws end up under the appropriate topic (such as “Criminal Law” or “Motor Vehicles”) in a state’s statutes or code, but until then they …
BOOOO-K HUNT: A Spine-Chilling Search Through the Stacks
The Kathrine R. Everett Law Library would like to invite you to participate in the first ever BOOOO-K HUNT: A Spine-Chilling Search Through the Stacks! The Boooo-k Hunt will be held on Wednesday, October 31st and can be completed any time between 7:30AM and 4:00PM in the Law Library. The hunt will take about an …
Attend “Data Day” on Wednesday, October 24th!
On Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 from 9AM to 12PM, the North Carolina Government and Heritage Library will host “Data Day,” a free informational presentation to provide the public with demographic data about the state and its component geographic area. You can attend in person at the State Library/ Archives Building or view a live stream …
Murder, Mayhem, and a Dash of Treason: An Interesting Collection in UNC Law Library’s Rare Book Room
If you’re anything like me, you probably find yourself reading more mysteries and crime novels as Halloween approaches. From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. the infamous J.K. Rowling), there is something for every reader in the ‘whodunnit’ genre. But, did you know that long before Sherlock Holmes nabbed his first criminal in …
New Book: Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers
Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers: Lives in the Law by Jill Norgen is a new book that the Law Library has recently added to the collection. Norgen used the oral history project from the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Senior Lawyers Division, titled Women Trailblazers in the Law Project (WTP), to write …
An Introduction to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The NC Office of Archives and History (OAH) and State Library of North Carolina are housed within the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which is the department charged with “building the social, cultural, educational, and economic future” of the state. The OAH and State Library preserve many archival materials and government records that …
New Capital Punishment Resources in the Law Library
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 …
New Hurricane Florence Resource Guide Now Available
The UNC Law Library has created a new Hurricane Florence Resource Guide. This guide includes a collection of online resources intended to help the North Carolina community seek information on disaster relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Florence. There are many unreliable resources on the Internet, and an effort was made to include only …
CRS Reports Now Publicly Available from Library of Congress
On September 17, 2018, the Library of Congress announced the launch of a new website, sending librarians, open-government activists, and countless others into paroxysms of frenzied excitement. Why, you might ask? Let one of those librarians explain. About the Congressional Research Service For more than one hundred years, an office within the Library of Congress …
How to Find New Books in the Law Library
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 …