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Pop Culture and the Law: the 7th Circuit Cries "D'oh!"

In Citizens First Nat. Bank v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 200 F. 3d 1102,1105 (7th Cir. 2000), the court dealt with an issue involving a large claim under the Bank's liability insurance policy resulting from unsound investments the Bank's trust officer made using his customers' life savings.  Okay, so maybe the hiring process could have been better; according to the court's opinion, "In retrospect, the bank's decision to put Rimington in charge of its customers' trust accounts looks a lot like Mister Burns' determination that Homer Simpson would make a fine nuclear safety inspector."  No word from the court regarding which trust officer was eating pink donuts with sprinkles at the time the transactions were made.

 

SGW

Mobile Computing - Free Federal Rules App

There is a FREE federal rules app available for iPad, iTouch, and iPhone at the App Store.  This app includes the Constitution, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

The Law Student Guide to Free Legal Research on the Internet

A new website called, The Law Student Guide to Free Legal Research on the Internet has been launched to assist law students with free internet legal research.  The site is sponsored by the Free Law Coalition, which includes Cornell's Legal Information Institute and Justia.  The author of the site is Sarah Glassmeyer, J.D., M.L.S., Faculty Outreach Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law at Valparaiso University School of Law.  The website offers a Research Primer as well as links to federal law resources, state law resources, and secondary sources. Check it out!

 

AVF

Mobile Computing - The Hill Android App

The Hill has a free Android app available in the Android Market.  Use this app to get the latest Congressional news.  This app allows you to save articles for future use.  Hat tip to FSU's College of Law Research Center Blog.

Lexis App for iPhone, iPad, and iTouch

LexisNexis has a FREE app that allows users to retrieve cases and Shepardize right from the iPhone, iTouch, and iPad.  You must have a current username and password to use it, but the download is FREE and available at the App Store.

 

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Mobile Computing - Free US Code App

A FREE U.S. Code application is available for iPad, iTouch, and iPhone at the App Store.

 

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Poem in Your Pocket Day

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month?  And April 26, 2012 is Poem in Your Pocket Day!!!  If you have a poem you love, carry it around and share it with anybody who will listen.  If you don't have a poem you love, we at the library recommend "The Lawyers' Ways" by Paul Laurence Dunbar!

 The Lawyers' Ways

 I've been list'nin' to them lawyers

      In the court house up the street,

An' I've come to the conclusion

      That I'm most completely beat.

Fust one feller riz to argy,

      An' he boldly waded in

As he dressed the tremblin' pris'ner

      In a coat o' deep-dyed sin.

 Why, he painted him all over

      In a hue o' blackest crime,

An' he smeared his reputation

      With the thickest kind o' grime,

Tell I found myself a-wond'rin',

      In a misty way and dim,

How the Lord had come to fashion

      Sich an awful man as him.

Then the other lawyer started,

      An' with brimmin', tearful eyes,

Said his client was a martyr

      That was brought to sacrifice.

An' he give to that same pris'ner

      Every blessed human grace,

Tell I saw the light o' virtue

      Fairly shinin' from his face.

Then I own 'at I was puzzled

      How sich things could rightly be;

An' this aggervatin' question

      Seems to keep a-puzzlin' me.

So, will some one please inform me,

      An' this mystery unroll—

How an angel an' a devil

      Can persess the self-same soul?

Enjoy National Poetry Month!

AMK

A Lawyer's Work is Never Done

In law school, you're often taught that you must be well-rounded and capable of meeting all of your clients' needs, particularly in the courtroom.  This article illustrates that point perfectly!

 

Defendant's Pants Fall Down in Court

 

AMK

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, April 19, 2012, is Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Stop by the Law Library Atrium to check out our display in honor of this day.

 

For further information, please visit:

http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/organize/

Free Resources - lexisONE

Check out lexisONE!  lexisONE is designed for the solo practitioner or the small firm.  The site offers free case law research for the last ten years for some state and federal jurisdictions and the U.S. Supreme Court from 1871 to present.  In addition to cases, this site offers some free forms and a Legal Website Directory.  Use this site to pay for a Shepard's report with a credit card or to pay for lexis research for the day, week, or month.

 

AVF