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V O L U M E 2 I S SU E 3
SUMMER 2005
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Bar Exam Information
Preparing for fall bar examinations will be
one of this summer’s top priorities for many
graduating students. Moritz’s most recent
alumni are welcome to use the law library to
study for their bar exams. Good luck!
Second and first-year students should become familiar with the admission requirements and bar exam procedures of jurisdictions in which they are interested in practicing. There are several websites that have
helpful information.
Ohio’s Bar Admissions Office website,
www.sconet.state.oh.us/Admissions/, contains important information for students
interesting in taking the Ohio bar exam.
The ABA has a Directory of State Bar Admissions Offices, www.abanet.org/legaled/
baradmissions/barcont.html. For a comparative view of admission requirements, see
the ABA’s Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements, www.abanet.org/
legaled/publications/compguide2005/
compguide2005.html.
The National Conference of Bar Examiners
has links to information about the MBE, MPT,
and the MPRE on its multistate tests page,
www.ncbex.org/tests.htm.
FindLaw’s Bar Information for Students website, http://stu.findlaw.com/thebar/, links to
bar review sites, sample bar exams, bar
exam results, and other bar related sites.
The JURIST’s bar exams-bar admissions website, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/barexam.htm,
provides links to bar admission rules, bar
exam rules, sample exam questions, and
recent exam results. It also has links to advice on preparing for the bar exam.
A selected bibliography of bar exam material
is available from the Law Library’s website at
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/library/
researchguides/barexam.html.
Ohio Judicial Center
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OhioLINK Borrowing
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WestLaw & LEXIS
Summer Access
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LoisLaw
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Tips for
Research Assistants
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Legal Fun & Games
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Reference Librarians
are available all
summer.
Reference Desk Hours:
Mon.– Fri. 8:30 –5:00
Email :
lawlibref@osu.edu
Phone:
292-9463
Chat with an OhioLINK
law librarian:
http://chat.ohiolink.edu/law/
Spotlight on Faculty Publications
Many of the faculty will be busy this
summer doing research and writing law
review articles and books. Below are
summaries of some of the faculty’s recent publications.
Edward Lee, The New Canon: Using or
Misusing Foreign Law to Decide Domestic Intellectual Property Claims, 46 Harv.
Int'l L.J. 1 (2005).
In this article, Professor Lee discusses
the use of foreign law in intellectual
property (IP) disputes and suggests a
framework for courts and litigants to use
to decide when foreign law should be
consulted in IP litigation.
John B. Quigley, The Case for Palestine : An International Law Perspective
(2005).
In this book, Professor Quigley chronicles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from
its origins in the late 1800’s to the present and then analyzes under international law the current issues surrounding the conflict.
Congratulations
Class of 2005!
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Ohio Judicial Center
If you are looking for a place to take visiting family or
if you just have some free time, consider visiting the
recently renovated Ohio Judicial Center at 65 South
Front Street in downtown Columbus. A ten-year renovation of the 1930 Art Deco building was completed
last year. The impressive historic landmark now
houses the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Supreme Court Law Library.
Of particular interest is the stunning, wood-paneled
courtroom, where members of the public can listen to
oral arguments when in session (oral arguments can
also be viewed live, online at www.sconet.state.oh.us/
videostream/default.asp). Tucked away in the 12th
floor Law Library is a beautiful 2-story reading room
overlooking the Scioto River. Also, don’t miss the
building’s ground floor entry, which is decorated with
a collection of Native American themed mosaics.
If you plan to visit the Ohio Judicial Center, it is open
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enter on
Front Street and be sure to bring your driver’s license,
since an i.d. is required to enter the building. For
more information, including pictures of the building’s
interior and driving directions, see Supreme Court of
Ohio’s web site at www.sconet.state.oh.us/
move/default.asp.
OhioLINK Borrowing Privileges
Just because you may be leaving Columbus for the
summer does not mean that you can’t borrow books
from Ohio State. In fact, if you are still in Ohio, you
can borrow books from Ohio State or any of the over
eighty institutions that are members of OhioLINK.
The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK),
www.ohiolink.edu/, is a consortium of Ohio’s college
and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio.
The Ohio State University is a member of OhioLINK.
A complete list of OhioLINK institutions is available at
www.ohiolink.edu/members-info/.
Moritz students can check out materials from any
OhioLINK institution using their BuckID. Additionally,
students can have materials from any OhioLINK institution delivered to a specific location. For example, a
Moritz student working in Dayton could have a book
sent from Bowling Green State University and pick it
up at the University of Dayton’s Law Library.
The OhioLINK catalog is available at http://
olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/. Please be aware of applicable circulation policies when checking out OhioLINK
materials
Westlaw & Lexis Summer Access
Westlaw
Westlaw automatically gives students two hours of access in June and July (provided that the passwords are
used only for purposes related to law school coursework). Students taking summer classes, working on law
review or moot court projects, or working for a professor
can extend their password for full use by visiting
http://lawschool.westlaw.com/registration/summerexte
nsion.asp.
Lexis
Extend your password for full summer access by visiting
www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool if you are involved in
summer classes, school related work (e.g.e, law review, moot court, research assistant, unpaid externship for school credit) or work for a public, non-profit
organization with tax-exempt status (see details at
www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool).
Educational Purposes Only
Both Westlaw and Lexis ID’s are to be used for educational purposes only; see the licensing agreements for
details.
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Faculty Publications, continued
Sarah Rudolph Cole & E. Gary Spitko , Arbitration and
the Batson Principle, 38 Ga. L. Rev. 1145 (2004).
In this article, Professors Cole and Spitko discuss the
applicability of the Batson principle, which prohibits
removing a juror on the basis of their membership in a
protected class (e.g., race), to the selection of arbitrators.
Daniel P. Tokaji, The Paperless Chase: Electronic Voting and Democratic Values, 73 Fordham L. Rev. 1711
(2005).
In this article, Professor Tokaji examines the civil
rights issues surrounding the current debate over
changing voting technology.
Ruth Colker, Homophobia, AIDS Hysteria, and The
Americans With Disabilities Act, 8 J. Gender Race &
Just. 33 (2004).
Professor Colker recounts the
history of the enactment of
the Americans with Disabilities
Act from a gay-rights perspective.
LoisLaw
Why learn about yet another database? Graduating students
have free access to Loislaw for six months after graduation
and current students may use it in employment settings (see
the licensing agreement for details).
As law students, you have access to the basic primary law
databases. While you don't have access to the treatises, you
can search the treatises database and use the results to find
the relevant section in the print copy of a treatise.
To sign up for a student account, go to
www.loislawschool.com and click the “Register Here” box at
the top of the screen. When prompted, enter our school
code: OHLOS29.
Copies of the subscriber handbook are available in the Library’s Computer Lab.
Avoid Library Fines
Before you leave town for the summer or for a vacation, be sure to
review your OSU Libraries circulation record to ensure that there no
items checked to you.
View your library record at at
https://library.ohiostate.edu/patroninfo/
You may use your University ID
Number (which appears on your
Buck ID) rather than your Social
Security Number.
Tips for Research Assistants
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Extend both your Lexis and Westlaw passwords
for summer usage. Each database has different
sources and search features.
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Don’t waste time looking in the wrong source or
database -ask a Reference Librarian for help in
choosing or using a database. We’re available by
email, phone, or in person all summer!
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With your professor’s permission, you can check
out library materials in your professor’s name. If
you have questions about this, ask at the Circulation Desk.
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Both The Moritz Law and OSU Libraries have an
eJournal list- perfect for finding copies of articles
online that aren’t available in Lexis or Westlaw
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When you need to do research in another disci-
pline, use one of the many databases available
from the OSU Libraries.
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Your first stop to find a book or periodical- both
print and online- should be OSU Libraries online
catalog (OSCAR). If it’s not available at OSU, try
the OhioLINK catalog. Most items will arrive here
within a few days of your online request.
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Interlibrary Loan is the way to get books and articles that are not available at Moritz Law Library,
OSU Libraries, or through OhioLINK.
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Need to copy, print or scan? During business
hours, copy in the secretarial offices. For everything else, ask for the Research Assistant Buck-ID
at the Circulation desk.
Mysteries Worth Talking About
These books are recommended
for book clubs or group reads.
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Killer’s Smile (Harper
Collins. 2004) is about a
lawyer that goes to extraordinary lengths to get to the
bottom of a mystery surrounding the death of a
iman placed in an interment
camp in the 1940s.
Maisie Dobbs (Penguin.
2004) is a “consulting detective” in the 1920s investigating a case of marital
infidelity that turns into a
conspiracy involving WWI
veterans.
(Adapted from Nancy Pearl, Get
a Clue: Book Club Mysteries,
Library Journal, October 15,
2004, at 100. Questions to start
a book club discussion are available in the article.)
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The Backpage: Legal Fun & Games
Law & Lawyers in Popular Culture
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Courtroom dramas have been around since the early days of
television. University of Texas Tarlton Law Library’s website
devoted to law and popular culture has a collection of materials devoted to
small screen lawyers. http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/tv/
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Did 2 would-be attorneys really fail the bar exam because they stopped to
help a classmate? Must the state set a condemned prisoner free if the first
try at execution fails? Learn the truth about these legal urban legends and
more at Snope’s Urban Legends Reference Page for legal affairs.
www.snopes.com/legal/legal.asp
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Want to know what law professors, law students and lawyers think of the
portrayal of law in popular culture, then browse Picturing Justice: The On-line
Journal of Law & Popular Culture. www.usfca.edu/pj/
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Trials have held the public’s attention long before any “Trial of the Century.”
Learn about famous trials such as the Trial of Socrates, the Scopes
“Monkey” Trial and the Clinton Impeachment Trial.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
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Can’t wait until July for the new Harry Potter book? Read one of the law review articles on the legal world of Harry Potter:
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William P. McNeil, Kidlit as “Law-and-Lit”: Harry Potter and the
Scales of Justice, 14 Cardozo Stud. L. & Lit. 545 (2002).
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Paul R. Joseph, The Law in Harry Potter: A System Not Even a Muggle Could Love, 34 U. Tol. L. Rev. 193 (2003).
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