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 …
When you’re writing a law review comment or note, one essential part of the process is keeping aware of developments in your topic area. You’ll want to know about any game-changing news or legal developments so that your work isn’t outdated on arrival. Luckily, there are ways to automate current awareness. This post will cover …
If you’re about to begin—or have already begun—an externship or clerkship with a judge, you might be nervous about tackling new writing assignments like bench memos and appellate opinions. But fear not: there are a lot of resources out there to help you prepare. This post has collected a variety of articles and books about …
July 27th is right around the corner. If you’re looking for bar prep study aids, we’ve got you covered. Check out Preparing for the Bar Exam research guide. We have plenty of helpful resources for studying that you can access wherever you are. These study aids have sample questions for all the exams, helpful tips …
Are you interested in pursuing a career as a tax attorney? Taking Income Taxation or one of the advanced tax law classes at UNC Law? If so, this blog post outlines the specialized legal research databases available to you as a UNC Law student. Be sure to familiarize yourself with how these databases operate and …
It’s that time of the semester when students need to start buckling down and writing their RWE seminar papers! At this point, topics have been selected and research has begun. But how do you put it all together? How do you organize a seminar paper? How do you develop and support your thesis? How do …
The semester has only begun, and exams are, thankfully, months away. However, study aids can be used throughout the semester to help prepare for class or to review topics that didn’t seem to quite make sense in class. If your eyes grow weary of the constant reading (in print or online), if you’d like to …
Despite the sudden chill in the temperatures, things are just starting to warm up for Carolina Law students seeking summer employment. 1Ls, in particular, will soon enter their first season of OCIs (“on-campus interviews”), and the law library is here to help with recommended resources for putting your best foot forward when interviewing with a …
LinkedIn Learning provides UNC Law faculty and students with access to hundreds of course modules and thousands of video tutorials on a variety of technology skills and software programs. The database divides its content into three general categories: business, creative, and technology. Within each of these categories, you will find tutorials on a variety of …
We’re getting close to summer and that means starting summer jobs at law firms, government agencies, externships, etc. Perhaps you want to prepare for your job by learning more about the hot topics in an area of law, or perhaps you want to learn about some of the clients and industries you’ll be working with. Current …
