February is Black History Month, and UNC Libraries, including the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, have many resources to help students and faculty research Black history at UNC and in North Carolina, race and the law, and other related topics. One excellent place to start is with library research guides. UNC Libraries has guides on …
Browser Tips & Tricks to Make Reading – and Printing – Articles Easier
Trying to read an article or blawg post and having trouble focusing on the text? Or want a clean copy of what you’re reading without intrusive ads or banners? Or want to translate a page to English or see who else is talking about an image you found? Here are a few browser features that …
New Additions to Digital Study Aids at the UNC Law Library
The Law Library has recently added two new packages of digital study aids to our extensive digital study aid collection. Some particularly popular highlights include One L of a Year: How to Maximize Your Success in Law School by Leah M. Christensen; Constitutional Law, Principles and Policies by Erwin Chemerinsky; and Civil Procedure by Richard …
UNC at the Supreme Court: Resources about the Upcoming Admissions Case
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases about the role of race in college admissions, including one case involving UNC. These cases—due to the new makeup of the Supreme Court—could signal a significant change in the law surrounding race conscious college admissions programs. So, if you want to know more about the …
New LibGuide: Changing Your Legal Name and/or Gender in North Carolina
The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Kathrine R. Everett Library has just published a new libguide on Changing Your Legal Name and/or Gender in North Carolina. The guide covers considerations for anyone wishing to change their name or gender in the state, including how to navigate changing information through the courts, for a …
Kanban Boards and Your Next Law School Project!
Guest Post by Julie Wooldridge When you have a large paper with multiple parts or a collaborative project with people working on a multitude of tasks, tracking the progress of the project and identifying issues or roadblocks can be difficult and time consuming. Kanban boards can be a useful tool to help keep your next …
UNC Law Library Study Aid Resources: Brief Writing
As we wind down to the end of the semester, you might be working on writing a brief in your legal writing, legal research, or writing intensive class. Writing briefs can be tricky and overwhelming, so we’ve collected a series of digital and physical UNC Law Library resources that provide style and formatting tips, checklists, …
Research Week at Carolina Law
As part of UNC Research Week, an annual event celebrating the scholarship of the UNC community, the law school held a panel discussion Monday, November 8th in the Kathrine R. Everett Library. The panel addressed two recent books by Carolina Law professors: Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal by Carissa Byrne …
A Self-Checkout Option at the Law Library
No, it is not another scanner! The new machine located across from the Circulation Desk is a self-checkout station. The Law Library would like to invite all of our patrons to utilize the self-checkout station the next time they have a book ready to be checked out. The self-checkout station is very easy to use. …
Halloween and Government Websites: Safety, Monsters, and More
Happy Halloween Month, everyone! We don’t typically associate legal research with celebrating holidays, but did you know you can find information about Halloween on a number of different U.S. government websites? Resources cover everything from how to stay safe during the holiday, ghost towns and cryptids in North America, the history of Halloween and Día …