According to a new U.S. Census Bureau report, women in legal occupations last year earned only about 51 percent of men's salaries in the field.    The report is available here. Turn to page 38 of the PDF document (page 34 in print) for the specific statisitcal data related to the legal field.

This fall, the Law Library will be hosting a series of fall research seminars focused on helping law students prepare for their supervised analytical writing (SAW) assignment by demonstrating the emerging technologies in the field of legal research.  Students will learn about helpful (and not so helpful) legal databases, how to search for information and how maintain legal research records.  Lecturers will showcase subscription based as well as open source tools for legal research.  These seminars are open to the whole law school community.  The first event is:

Emerging Technologies in Documenting and Tracking Your Research
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Room 112

Participants will learn how to manage their electronic research using tools such as RSS feeds, Zotero, Google, etc.  Cookies and light refreshments will be served.

If you were unable to attend this event, please contact Reference Librarian Camilla Tubbs for information on these important research tools.