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Aug 30

Restatements of the Law

Posted in Audio, Keith Ann Stiverson, Posts       Comments Off on Restatements of the Law

Restatements of the Law QR CodeThis LibTour on Restatements of the Law, which you can download here, was written by Keith Ann Stiverson. Keith Ann is Director of the Law Library and Senior Lecturer at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Restatements of the Law are published by the American Law Institute (better known as ALI), a prestigious group of legal scholars and experts whose goal is to “restate” the common law rules that have developed in a particular area of law.

The ALI was founded in the early 1920s after a report was published indicating that developing case law was too complex and uncertain. The goal of the ALI founders was to clarify and simplify the law so as to assure agreement on fundamental principles of our common law system.

The Restatements are essentially summaries of case law, judge-made doctrines that gradually develop over time. They are well regarded because they are drafted by experts who prepare a tentative draft that is then reviewed by a group of advisers who are also experts. A single restatement project can take 20 years or more to complete.

This careful process ensures that members of the bench, bar, and the legal academy have reviewed and criticized the final product, so you can see why a restatement is often considered even more influential than a treatise when you are citing authority.

Note that restatements are not primary authority in any jurisdiction unless the state supreme court adopts restatement language in whole or in part.

May 09

Federal Digests

Posted in Audio, Posts, Sara Gras       Comments Off on Federal Digests

This LibTour on Federal Digests, which you can download here, was written by Sara Gras. Sara is an intern at Brooklyn Law School Library.

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This LibTour Covers Federal Digests. As the body of American case law began growing in the 19th century, it became difficult for practitioners to locate cases on particular topics of law. John B. West, the founder of West publishing and Westlaw, developed a classification system to respond to this problem called the West American Digest system.

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Apr 19

AM JUR Trials

Posted in Audio, Darla Jackson, Posts       Comments Off on AM JUR Trials

This LibTour on AM JUR Trials, which you can download here, was written by Darla Jackson. Darla is the Associate Director of the Law Library at Oklahoma City University School of Law.

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This CALI LibTour covers AM JUR Trials. Published by West, a Thomson Reuters business, American Jurisprudence Trials (commonly referred to as AM JUR Trials) has traditionally been a treatise on trial practice.  West has expanded the treatise to include other dispute resolution forums, such as mediation and arbitration. 

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Apr 15

LibTour customization idea: many QR codes on one handout

Posted in Implementation Ideas, Posts       Comments Off on LibTour customization idea: many QR codes on one handout

FSU QR code libtour handout, page 1We publish LibTour materials with a Creative Commons because we want to encourage librarians to customize the service to fit their library’s needs.

Florida State University law librarians Margaret Clark and Jon Lutz passed along how they customized LibTours for their students: by creating a handout that includes many QR codes on one sheet.

In this case, they included the primary resource LibTour QR codes on the first page of the handout, and some of our FAQ language on the second page.

View an example of their customized handout, with many codes on one sheet.

If you’ve customized LibTour for your school, or have other ideas, let us know.

To Margaret and Jon, great idea and thanks for sharing.

Apr 15

Law Journals (or Law Reviews)

Posted in Audio, Melanie Oberlin, Posts       Comments Off on Law Journals (or Law Reviews)

Law Journals (Law Reviews) LibTour QR CodeThis CALI LibTour on Law Journals, also called Law Reviews, was written by Melanie Oberlin. Melanie is the Instructional Services Librarian at the George Mason University School of Law. You can download the audio file here.

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This CALI LibTour covers law journals, which are also called law reviews. These are scholarly journals with articles about the law.

Each law journal publishes a few issues per year. New issues are paperback. Some libraries bind a year’s worth together in hardback. Often, the new, paperback issues are located in one place, and the bound volumes are located elsewhere in the library.

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Mar 31

Annotated State Codes

Posted in Audio, Posts, Sue Altmeyer       Comments Off on Annotated State Codes

This LibTour on Annotated State Codes was written by Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian at Cleveland Marshall College of Law. You can download the audio file here.

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This CALI LibTour covers the Annotated State Codes. A state code contains current state legislation arranged by subject.  Each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories have their own code.  Codes are typically organized into broad topics, sometimes called titles, chapters or codes.  For example, in Indiana,

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Mar 30

Legal Periodicals & Books

Posted in Audio, Margaret Krause, Posts       Comments Off on Legal Periodicals & Books

Legal Periodicals & Books LibTour QRCodeThis LibTour on Legal Periodicals & Books was written by Margaret Krause, Reference Librarian, Georgetown Law Library. You can download the audio file here.

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This CALI LibTour is an introduction to Legal Periodicals & Books, an index of law review articles and legal books written in the United States,­ Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. As an undergrad, you might have used the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, or WilsonWeb database, to find scholarly journal articles written on a particular subject. For legal literature, the H.W. Wilson Company produces

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Mar 23

United States Code Annotated (USCA) & United States Code Service (USCS)

Posted in Audio, Posts, Sara Sampson       Comments Off on United States Code Annotated (USCA) & United States Code Service (USCS)

This LibTour on United States Code Annotated (USCA) and United States Code Service (USCS) was written by Sara Sampson, Head of Reference at Georgetown University Law Library. You can download the audio file here.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

Transcript:

This LibTour covers the United Stat­es Code Annotated (referred to as USCA) and United States Code Service (often called “USCS”).  Remember that all versions of the United States Code contain statutes, which are laws passed by Congress.  A code is arranged by subject.  So, laws on similar topics are together.  If the official US Code is nearby, you’ll notice right away that it is a much smaller set of books than either the USCA or USCS. 

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Mar 22

West’s Digests

Posted in Audio, Nan Balliot, Posts, Rebecca Lucca       Comments Off on West’s Digests

This LibTour on West’s Digests, which you can download here, was written by Nan Balliot and Rebecca Lucca. Nan is the Readers Services Librarian and Rebecca is the Cataloging Asistant at Roger Williams University School of Law.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

What Else Can I Do With This?:

We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

Transcript:

West Thomson/Reuters publishes regional reporters for state cases and federal case reporters, as well as case reporters for California and New York.   State appellate court opinions are published

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Mar 09

The Law Library Reference Section

Posted in Audio, Nicole Dyszlewski, Posts       Comments Off on The Law Library Reference Section

The Law Library Reference Section Libtour QRCode

This LibTour on study aids commonly found in the law library, which you can download here, was written by Nicole Paccione Dyszlewski, a Reference Librarian at Roger Williams University School of Law.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

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This CALI LibTour covers your library’s reference section. The Reference Section, sometimes referred to as the

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Mar 08

Study Aids

Posted in Audio, Nan Balliot, Posts       Comments Off on Study Aids

Study Aids LibTour QR Code

This LibTour on study aids commonly found in the law library, which you can download here, was written by Nan Balliot. Nan is the Readers Services Librarian at Roger Williams University School of Law.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

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This CALI LibTour covers study aids available through your library. To supplement your casebook and in-class notes, you might want to use a

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Mar 08

Uniform Laws and Model Acts

Posted in Audio, Darla Jackson, Posts       Comments Off on Uniform Laws and Model Acts

Libtour: Uniform Laws and Model Acts QR CodeThis LibTour on uniform laws and model acts, which you can download here, was written by Darla Jackson. Darla is the Associate Director of the Law Library at Oklahoma City University School of Law.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

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You are trying to interpret a state statute.  The language of the statute seems ambiguous and no courts in your jurisdiction have interpreted the statute.

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Feb 15

Corpus Juris Secundum

Posted in Audio, Kevin Baggett, Posts       Comments Off on Corpus Juris Secundum

This LibTour on Corpus Juris Secundum, or CJS, which you can download here, was written by Kevin Baggett. Kevin is the Circulation Librarian at LSU Law and the author of the Louisiana Secondary Legal Resources CALI Lesson.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

Transcript:

This CALI LibTour covers a set of books called Corpus Juris Secundum, “CJSs” for short. CJSs are commonly used

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Feb 09

American Jurisprudence (AmJur)

Posted in Audio, Kevin Baggett, Posts       Comments Off on American Jurisprudence (AmJur)

American Jurisprudence LibTour QRCodeThis LibTour on American Jurisprudence, or AmJur, which you can download here, was written by Kevin Baggett. Kevin is the Circulation Librarian at LSU Law and the author of the Louisiana Secondary Legal Resources CALI Lesson.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

What Else Can I Do With This?:

We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

Transcript:

This CALI LibTour covers a set of books called American Jurisprudence, “AmJurs” for short. AmJurs are commonly used in

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Feb 08

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Posted in Audio, Cynthia Bassett, Posts       Comments Off on Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

CFR QR CodeThis LibTour on Code of Federal Regulations, or CFR, which you can download here, was written by Cynthia Bassett, Electronic Services Librarian at University of Missouri Law Library.

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Librarians and legal writing professors:  Download the pre-made, letter-sized LibTour poster. Print the PDF, and post it close to your library’s collection. Students can scan the QR code to hear the audio file instantly on their smart phones.

What Else Can I Do With This?:

We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

Transcript:

This LibTour covers the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the ‘CFRs.’ The color of the cover of the CFR changes each year, making it the most colorful part of any law library! 

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Jan 11

This LibTour on American Law Reports, which you can download here, was written by Beth DiFelice of Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Assistant Director Ross-Blakley Law Library & Head Of Public Services.

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We offer LibTour materials to you under this Creative Commons license. It means those of you at schools and libraries – including law firm and public libraries – can use LibTour about however you want. Just give credit to CALI and don’t turn around and sell our work.

But, change it around completely, post it on your own site, work it into your library tours, paste all the QR codes onto one handout…whatever you want. Just have fun, be creative, share and let us know what you’re doing with them!

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This LibTour covers a set of books called American Law Reports,

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