Dear 2Ls and 3Ls,
The Law Library is launching its annual Student Summer Employment Survey from October 25 through November 1. We really want to know about your research experience at your jobs this past summer so that we can gauge how legal research is changing and adjust our research instruction accordingly. Because it would be so helpful to have your survey responses, we will enter students who wish to participate into a drawing for a pair of free Cornell Men’s Hockey tickets for the January 26, 2008 game against Yale. These tickets were graciously donated by Professor Germain. The survey is quick, painless, and you can win a cool prize! What could be better? Click HERE to go to the survey.
Thanks very much,
Your friends in the Law Library
The Reynolds and Flores Foreign Law Guide is perhaps the most well-known and respected research aid for foreign law, now available in an easy to use online format. For every country in the world, it provides a brief political history and description of the legislative and judicial system, identifies all primary and some secondary sources of law by title, and provides subject access into each country's statutory code. Links to official websites are given where possible (though websites are not always in English) and keyword searching is available. It is truly the authority to use when conducting foreign law research. Access it from the library’s Online Legal Resources.
“Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge” was the subject of this Starr Foundation Conference, held at the Law Library from October 7 through October 11. Law librarians from Brazil, Botswana, China, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa joined U.S. librarians from Cornell, Duke, NYU, and Campbell University in discussing modern practices and challenges in foreign and international legal research. Strategizing collaborative projects across country borders to maximize limited resources emerged as a major interest for participants. All librarians presented on the status of electronic legal research and available legal resources in their countries, resulting in a revealing comparative librarianship analysis. Muna Ndulo, Cornell Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for African Development, delivered the keynote address on “The Integration of Electronic Research into Teaching.” The main challenges articulated by the librarians from developing countries are the lack of a basic infrastructure needed to support web platforms and the high cost in upgrading to online databases. One promising outcome of the conference was a serious discussion about pooling Tanzanian and Zambian resources to help reduce costs. The conference was funded by the Starr Foundation and sponsored by Cornell Law Library and New York University Law Library.
Wednesday, November 21 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday, Nov. 22 -24 Closed
Sunday, November 25 Noon – 10 p.m.
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