There are a number of events particularly geared to 3Ls coming up over the next two months that we encourage you to attend.  These programs cover a range of topics to help you prepare for work and life after law school, from financial planning to enhancing your research and writing skills.  The Library is sponsoring two different events:

Top Ten Time and Cost Effective Legal Research Strategies with Lexis and Westlaw

Wednesday, April 7 from 3:00-4:00 and Friday, April 16 from 12:00-1:00pm.  In Library computer lab on L2. No preregistration required.

Lawyering Skills: A Crash Course in Legal Writing, Research, and Practice

Wednesday, April 21, 3:10-5:00pm, Room 122
Cosponsored by CDO, the Yale Law Library, Student Affairs, and Academic Affairs

This two-hour program will give students vital information to help them succeed in their first jobs or their summer jobs, including: how to approach assignments, cost-effective research skills, project management, and navigating the billable hour.  Light refreshments and snacks will be served courtesy of the Law Library.

Please also see the New Employment Survival Skills organization page on the Inside site which contains handouts from presentations, an events calendar for all of the "prepare to practice" events, and helpful links, as well as the basic Summer Survival Skills website.

The next Movie Night @ YLS is scheduled this coming Wednesday, March 23rd, at 6:20 PM in the Foreign and International Law Reading Room on L1 of the Law Library.

We will be screening Richard Attenborough's award-winning Gandhi, a biographical film about Mahatman Gandhi who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India durign the first half of the 20th Century. The event, cosponsored by the Lillian Goldman Law Library and the YLS Graduate Programs, will be presented by Kalyani Ramnath and Madhav Khosla, LLM 2010.

If you’re working on a paper, this event may interest you.

Room 127 will be reserved for the entire day--on Saturday, March 27--so that YLS students can work on their academic papers.  The event (known as SATURDAY’S AWESOME WRITING SESSION) will run from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., making it a great opportunity to tame your SAWs, substantials, or course-papers.

The event will provide you with a supportive, quiet workspace and the company of other writers.  And food.  And, if you want it, advice:  writing advisers (Harrison & Messing) and research experts (Eiseman, Harrington, Nann & Tubbs) will take shifts to help you organize, write, hone, explore, and substantiate your ideas.  Associate Deans Megan Barnett and Sharon Brooks will also be available for part of the day to offer advice and support.

Room 129 will serve as the break-room where you can rest, unwind, talk about your paper, and grab some food.

One graduate student who attended a similar program for dissertation writers commented that this event "got all of the elements just right: The atmosphere was quiet, people were really focused, there was plenty of space to spread out, and drinks and snacks were provided. Also, there's something to be said for being around other people who are writing too: If everyone else is concentrating hard, you get caught up in your work."  Another student said, "I left encouraged and excited to continue with my work--and with a sense of accomplishment."

Almost sixty law students attended this event last year.

You can come for all or part of the day.  Bring a laptop and whatever research-materials you need.  And brace yourself to be amazed by how much progress you can make in one day of focused work.

If you want to attend all or part of “SATURDAY’S AWESOME WRITING SESSION” on March 27, please R.S.V.P. to patricia.spiegelhalter@yale.edu, so that we can order the right amount of food.
 

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On Monday, March 8th,  the law library will host a lecture by George Mason University Law School’s Professor Ross Davies - “The Last Word,” in room 122  of the Law school at 1 PM.  Professor Davies graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1997 where he was Editor-in-Chief of the   University of Chicago Law Review. Since 1997, he has been Editor-in-Chief  of The Green Bag, An Entertaining Journal of Law  (www.greenbag.org)


Once in a great while a member of the Supreme Court of the United States tries to get the last word. “Last word,” that is, in an official sense – a late-breaking opinion issued by a Justice acting as a Justice. Not informal last words such as anonymous stabs at colleagues via the press, or extemporaneous ejaculations from the bench, or post-retirement changes of heart.

House of Fins came today to empty the tank of all our fish.  This is the first step in a three step process to convert the tank to freshwater.  We should have the fish back in the tank within 30 days.  

The tank is temporarily out of commission but will be back and beautiful as ever in 30 days.

*Update* 3/3/10

THE FISH ARE BACK!!   We have converted to a freshwater tank, with new freshwater fish, that include Congo Tetras, gold Gauramis and blue Gauramis, with more fish to come.

The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for February 2010 are now available:

• All Acquisitions
• German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions
• Spanish Language Acquisitions
• New Movies and TV Programs
  

Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page: http://www.law.yale.edu/library/acquisitions.asp.