Legal Information Alert articles from September 2003

Legal Information Alert archives from September 2003

To market! To market! Why and how.
September 1, 2003... Editor's Note: This article is based on a speech presented on April 9, 2003 at "Law Library 2003: Skills, Strategies & Solutions," sponsored by the Practising Law Institute in New York. Janice Henderson and Gitelle Seer were co-chairs. This...

LexisNexis' total search.(Database Report)
September 1, 2003... At this summer's AALL Annual Meeting, LexisNexis announced Total Search, a new entry into the "legal research knowledge-management" field. LexisNexis has selected a small group of law firms to implement the pilot phase of the product later this...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... November 3-5, 2003 Internet Librarian 2003, Monterey Conference Center. Sponsored by Information Today, Inc. The focus of this conference is on information professionals and Internet-related technologies. Learn to develop new applications...

Electronic Surveillance: Commentaries and Statutes.
September 1, 2003... James A. Adams & Daniel D. Blinka. 2003. National institute for Trial Advocacy, Softcover. 218p. ISBN: 1-55681-806-8. $42.95. This fifth volume in NITA's Practice Commentaries Series is a follow-up to the September 11 terrorist attacks and...

Statutory Interpretation: the Search for Legislative Intent.(Government)
September 1, 2003... Ronald Benton Brown & Sharon Jacobs Brown. 2002, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Softcover. 194p, ISBN: 1-55681-785-2. $24.95. As a librarian in a large law firm, I'm often asked questions by new associates--"How do I know this...

Legal Affairs.
September 1, 2003... Lincoln Caplan, ed. 2003. Legal Affairs, Inc. in association with Yale Law School. Bimonthly magazine. 60p. ISSN: 1538-8123. $49.95 per year. In a lament over the editorial style change between the sixth and seventh editions of Black's Law...

The Dollars and Sense of Paralegal Utilization: the DuPont Paralegal Utilization Model.
September 1, 2003... Hinton J. Lucas & Marybeth D. Davies, eds. 2002. The DuPont Legal Department and Crosby Marketing Communications. Softcover with CD-ROM. 22p. $35. The Dollars and Sense of Paralegal Utilization is a collaboration by DuPont and its primary...

The Significance of Summer Programs: Law Students and Legal Employers Report.
September 1, 2003... 2003. NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education. Softcover. 215p. ISBN: 0-9728699-0. $195. Summer is over, and it is time for law firms to reflect on the just-completed summer associate programs. The results may still be out on...

Managing Law Firm Recruitment & Retention in a Downturn.
September 1, 2003... 2002. NALP Foundation. White paper. 71p. $125. This title is one that would be critical to have under the right circumstances, or the wrong circumstances, depending on the perspective. With recent closures of mid-size and large-size firms...

Hereof, Thereof, and Everywhereof: A Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Howard Darmstadter. 2002. American Bar Association, Section of Business Law. Softcover.179p. ISBN: 1-59031-077-2. $39.95. I have mixed feelings about this book. I was attracted by the subtitle, but found the book not very "contrarian." I do...

Winning on Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument, Second Edition.
September 1, 2003... Ruggero J. Aldisert, 2003, National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Softcover. 400p. ISBN: 1-55681-824-6. $59,95. This is a manual on the appellate process; it is filled with practical advice on briefs and oral argument. There is no question...

ALI-ABA's Practice Checklist Manual for Drafting Leases IV.
September 1, 2003... Mark T. Carroll, ed. 2003. ALI-ABA. Softcover with CD-ROM. 223p. ISBN: 0-8318-0850-0. $95. ALI-ABA has produced practical and highly useful checklist manuals on this topic since 1994. The content is culled from articles appearing in the...