The Kathrine R. Everett Law Library has just acquired the CQ Press Supreme Court Collection, a new research database, available to the entire UNC community. The CQ Press Supreme Court Collection provides a wide variety of materials related to the United States Supreme Court, including case summaries, justice profiles, analysis of the history and traditions …
Using Legal Analytics to Help Nail Your Next Job Interview
Nothing helps fight the anxiety of a job interview like preparation. If you are interviewing for a job at a law firm, you have a powerful ally on your side: legal analytics. You can use analytics to find helpful statistics on law firms or individual attorneys that can: (1) help you decide if that firm …
Women’s History Month Spotlight: The Changing Face of Justice: A Look at the First 100 Women Attorneys in North Carolina
In 2004, the North Carolina Bar Association published The Changing Face of Justice: A Look at the First 100 Women Attorneys in North Carolina. Women in the state first began acting as attorneys – representing other people in court – in the late 1600s. Researchers with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Committee on Women in …
Remember that Resource, Part II: ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional: Legislative Insight and More In Part 1 of Remember that Resource, we covered ProQuest Legislative Insight, but how is Legislative Insight any different from ProQuest Congressional? With the caveat that ProQuest Congressional content varies according to the subscription of the individual institution, often the platform also includes legislative histories from 1789 (and will …
Remember that Resource, Part I: ProQuest Legislative Insight
ProQuest Legislative Insight: For Legislative Histories I recently received a request for help with finding a compiled legislative history, and the student had tried “everything” (Westlaw, Lexis, and Google), but was unable to turn up anything particularly helpful. And while there are other helpful locations that may have helpful compilations (looking at you, HeinOnline), in …
Why Captioning is the Standard for Accessibility in Video Content Par Excellence
Guest Post by Hagen Mendrykowski* In recent years, the importance of captioning training, introductory, or demonstration videos has become increasingly recognized in the private, governmental, and higher education sectors. The drive to make digital media content more accessible to larger audiences has led to the adoption of captioning as a standard practice. The benefits of …
Black History Month Spotlight: Chronicle of Black Lawyers in North Carolina, Vol. 1-3
In March of 1981, the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers published The Chronicle of Black Lawyers in North Carolina, Volume One: The Pioneers, 1865-1950. Two more volumes followed in 1984 and 1990, focused on civil rights pioneers from 1950-1970 and African-American female pioneers, 1947-1990, respectively. Each volume contains a list of Black attorneys from …
How to Customize Your Westlaw Precision Homepage
As of early January, academic Westlaw Edge accounts transitioned to Westlaw Precision. This update brings some new research features as well as a new homepage layout: This post will cover a few easy ways to customize your Westlaw homepage to better suit your needs and help you get into your most-used resources faster. Changing the …
New Research Guide: Using eBooks at UNC
Check out the Law Library’s new research guide: Using eBooks at UNC! With the proliferation of eBook platforms available for research and study, there are many different ways to identify eBooks and different access rules for each platform. The legal study aid platforms are particularly varied in terms of viewing books, utilizing apps, and navigating …
Recent Acquisitions at the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library
The Law Library has recently revived our recent acquisitions bookshelf, where we display new library titles. It’s always fascinating to see what has come in recently, and patrons seem to feel the same, as we’ve had a number of check outs from those shelves. Here are some recent titles that the Kathrine R. Everett Law …