Sylvia Mathis was born in Durham, NC in 1949. Prior to her matriculation at UNC School of Law, she graduated from New York University where she finished her BA after a year at Fisk University. In May 1975, Mathis graduated from UNC School of Law. Soon thereafter she passed the North Carolina Bar and worked …
Students Can Benefit from the Bloomberg Law IP Practice Center Right Now!
Bloomberg Law has revamped their IP Practice Center, now called the IP/Tech & Telecom Practice Center. Each Bloomberg Practice Center provides practitioners with practice tools and resources within a specific area of law. For the IP/Tech & Telecom Practice Center, resources are more narrowly organized into practice areas: Patents, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Copyrights, Tech & …
New Foreign Law Content in Lexis
Now that the phase-in of Lexis Advance is complete, the research service has added some foreign law primary sources to its collection. Like other commercial research services, Lexis offers access primarily to the law of countries that are significant trade partners of the United States. For instance, there is extensive case law coverage for Canada, …
Navigating Lexis Advance’s Search Term Maps
When researching cases in Lexis Advance, you might have noticed that your search results just got a bit more colorful. Lexis Advance’s new Search Term Maps tool utilizes data visualization to help you browse through search results and also navigate through cases based upon your keyword searches. The Search Term Maps function is currently only …
New Bloomberg Law Feature: Smart Code
Bloomberg Law has introduced a new feature to make legal research more integrated and comprehensive! The legal database platform has developed Smart Code. The Smart Code tab is located along the top of the page of the statute and allows you to quickly view opinions discussing the provision that you are researching, if opinions are …
New Databases on Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law has added new databases: Government Accountability Office Appropriations Decisions and jury instructions for California, Kansas, and Alabama. (North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions are available for free at the following UNC School of Government website: https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/north-carolina-pattern-jury-instructions/pattern-jury-instructions-online-library .) GAO Appropriations Decisions can be found on Bloomberg Law by clicking on the Legislative & Regulatory tab, …
Spring 2017 Prep for Practice Workshop Series
The Law Library would like to invite students to participate in the Prep for Practice Workshop Series for Spring 2017! Throughout the semester, UNC law librarians will host a series of lunchtime classes to help students hone their legal research skills as they prepare for internships, extra-curricular activities, and jobs. These sessions focus on practical …
New Database: Investor-State Law Guide
The Investor-State Law Guide (ISLG) allows you to conduct research into investment treaty law with “pinpoint accuracy”. Researchers will find it a valuable resource for locating treaties, rules, and cases related to investment treaty law. The UNC Law Library has recently acquired access for UNC Law faculty and students. The ISLG document collection contains arbitration …
Library Tips and Tidbits for a Successful Exam Period
Exams are almost upon us and the Law Library has various resources to assist you during finals! Below are several useful tidbits and tips to help you prepare for a successful exam period. Library Hours Library hours including Reference Desk Hours are available on the left-hand column of the Law Library Homepage. Exam Archive Past …
British Law Reports in PDF format on Westlaw
Westlaw has long provided access to most British caselaw, but it has not offered those cases in the PDF format needed by citecheckers. Recently, though, Westlaw has begun to include PDF versions of the two most-cited British case reporters, Law Reports and English Reports. The Law Reports is a series of the most significant U.K. …