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Newspaper Archive of Florida

The full-text collection of Florida newspapers hosted by UF is a rich source of articles and research, and free to the public. Newspapers.  

Reaction to Berring

Some strong reaction to the Free Legal Information comments of Berring are discussed here and especially here.

YouTube Videos and Webcasts from the United Nations

The United Nations offers a channel on YouTube, "featur[ing] videos on a wide range of global topics including current news, peace and security, social and economic development, human rights and climate change." If you're a member of YouTube, you can add your own comments, subscribe to the channel, and/or become a friend.

For official business, "United Nations Television and UN Webcast provide daily live coverage of meetings, briefings and events from the United Nations Headquarters in New York".

 

Berring on Free Sources of Law

A Snap-shot of South Florida Law Firms

South Florida firms are cutting in many areas in the new economy: "Flat is the new up." LAW

Bar Passage rates in Japan

The new graduate-level law schools are averaging a 27% pass rates, up from the traditional 3%. Asahi

US Code section that doesn't exist

8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) doesn't exist, even though it was cited by a Sheriff. The story highlights the uses and abuses of electronic legal databases. LII

National Jurist's Newest LLM Guide online

With 223 LLM programs a good online guide is a must. LLM

Bob Berring on Reference

Law in a Nutshell in a Nutshell

West is making some of its most popular titles available for downloading to Kindle and the Kindle app for iPhone and the IPod touch.  Such blockbusters as Federal Income Taxation, 11th ed., Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell, 5th ed., and Justice Scalia's Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges can now be read on the small screen (remember when that meant your TV?), taking the "heavy" out of heavy reading.  However, since Amazon has inexplicably failed to address the Kindle's crippling lack of page numbers, it still can't be recommended as a platform for serious textual study.