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Summer Reading Recommendation: Poseidon's Arrow

We are reviving last summer’s popular posts with summer reading recommendations! Wanita Scroggs, Foreign and Internation Librarian, recommends Poseidon’s Arrow, by Clive Cussler.

“Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served.”

You can find this wonderful Clive Cussler novel in Larkin, PS3553.U75 P67 2012!

Protecting Digital Assets

Do you have online banking accounts? Peruse Amazon and make purchases in your free time? Access World of Warcraft to battle online enemies with your friends? If so, those digital assets and accounts could be left in no man’s land upon your death.

Law Actually has a great post about the need to protect your digital assets, from online account information to dating site profiles. Check it out - and revise your will - today!

Have You Heard of UELMA?

Have you ever found a legal document online, and wondered about its authenticity? The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) was established by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and establishes a digital preservation framework for official electronic legal materials moving forward.

The Act requires that legal materials be:

• Authenticated, by providing a method to determine that it is unaltered;

• Preserved, either in electronic or print form; and

• Accessible, for use by the public on a permanent basis.

Read more about UELMA here!

Making Your Bar Dues Do the Work

Are you paying bar dues and sitting by idly, doing nothing more than taking the required CLEs? Make your bar dues work for you!

Law Practice Today has ten great tips for making your bar dues work for you, including signing up for lawyer referral services and doing some pro bono work to drum up new clients. If you’re an inactive member of the Florida bar, some of these tips may help you and your firm!

CONGRATS GRADS!!!



CONGRATULATIONS to the Stetson University College of Law Class of 2013! We are so proud of you and know that you will go on to accomplish great things.  Bravo!!!

Supreme Court Haiku

Ever wish you could incorporate a little poetry into your legal studies or practice? Look no further than Supreme Court Haiku!

“The law of the land

In seventeen syllables

Supreme Court haiku”

Check it out today!

Florida Rules App

Great news for Florida bar members and Florida law students, alike: The Florida Rules are now available in a free app!

Available for Android and iPhones, the Florida Rules App provides access to Pacer, the Florida Rules of Procedure, and the Florida Bar directory. The App even provides turn-by-turn navigation to all federal and state courts in Florida! Check it out today.

Kaplan MBE Flaschards App

Hey July Bar Exam takers!  Are you looking for a little extra MBE prep?

Kaplan has a FREE app called Kaplan MBE Flashcards available for iPhone, iTouch, and iPad.  This app offers six instructional videos and 425 terms, definitions, and concepts covering several areas of law.

Great Website - Source Forge

If you are looking for innovative software that is freely available for you to download,  visit the Source Forge repository of open source software. Source Forge has a wide variety of software to meet your needs and is organized by category. Source Forge software categories include: audio and video, communications, business and enterprise, development, home and education, games, graphics, science and engineering, security and utilities, as well as system administration.

Readability.com

Found some really interesting reading material on the web that you want to read without all the ads and banners? Readability.com offers a simple solution that works with the Chrome browser and many mobile devices. Sign up for free at the site, and download the Readability app; this lets you read web pages as if in book format, which can then be printed or downloaded, or even sent directly to a Kindle. 

 

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