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Ethical Implications of Law Practice Technology
Eliza Boles
The following CLE materials were prepared by Eliza Boles for presentation on December 6, 2022. Materials were approved by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education for two hours of mandated ethics credit.
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Going Paperless and Beyond: Attorney's Guide to a Mobile Law Practice
Eliza Boles
As part of a larger Continuing Legal Education Seminar, the materials herein cover "Supporting Your Mobile Law Office: What You Ned to Practice Law on the Go" and "The Best Apps, Tools and Tricks for the Mobile Attorney."
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The Millennial Job Market: Maintaining Confidence in the Face of Rejection
Eliza Boles
Published as a chapter in Millennial Leadership in Libraries edited by Ashley Krenelka Chase.
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North Carolina Legal Research - First Edition
Scott Childs
North Carolina Legal Research is devoted to explaining the process of legal research for people searching for the law in North Carolina. The book uniquely incorporates North Carolina sources of law and related strategies into a logical legal research process. After initial discussions of legal research and analysis, and the research process, the book's chapters generally follow a basic research process including North Carolina administrative law, case law, statutory law and secondary sources. Additionally, methods of finding North Carolina legislative history, court rules, and rules of ethics are included in the text. While the book is substantially focused on the process of legal research incorporating North Carolina legal information sources, some discussion of federal legal information sources is included for instances when federal information would be relevant for research in North Carolina.
North Carolina Legal Research is designed for teaching legal research to students in law school, either in the first year or in an upper level research course; however, practitioners, paralegals, librarians, college students and even laypeople might find it helpful. The book includes descriptions of a wide range of legal information sources including free, government internet websites, lower cost websites, as well as premium online services and books.
This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Suzanne E. Rowe, Director of Legal Research and Writing, University of Oregon School of Law.
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Survey on Electronic Reference: A Briefs in Law Librarianship Issue
Scott Childs
Published as a volume in Briefs in Law Librarianship: AALL Publication Series (no.56, vol.4), edited by Roberta Studwell.
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North Carolina Colonial Legal Materials
Scott Childs and Melanie J. Dunshee
Published as a chapter in Prestatehood legal materials: a fifty-state research guide, including New York City and the District of Columbia, edited by Michael G. Chiorazzi and Marguerite Most.
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Tennessee Legal Research - Third Edition
Scott Childs and Sibyl Marshall
The third edition of Tennessee Legal Research identifies new and relevant legal information sources as well as significant changes to existing sources that have occurred since the second edition. The book incorporates these updates into the discussion of a comprehensive legal research process, resulting in the most current explanation of researching Tennessee law. This new edition includes a new chapter on court rules, dockets, and practice materials. It also covers the uses/issues with artificial intelligence in legal research and emphasizes online research resources and methods.
A detailed appendix includes concise information on retrieving relevant Tennessee authorities from a wide range of sources, including print, free online resources, and paid commercial databases. A companion website hosts updated links to Tennessee materials and images of online sources. While useful as a text for new law students learning legal research, the book would also be a useful guide and reference for anyone researching law in Tennessee.
This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
Law library patrons can access this title through the link.
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Tennessee Legal Research - Second Edition
Scott Childs, Sibyl Marshall, and Carol McCrehan Parker
The Second Edition of Tennessee Legal Research identifies relevant, new legal information sources as well as significant changes to existing legal information sources that have developed over the last nine years since the first edition. Additionally, this new edition incorporates the updated information into the discussion of a comprehensive legal research process, resulting in the most current explanation of researching Tennessee law. While useful as a text for new law students learning legal research, the book would also be a useful guide and reference for anyone researching law in Tennessee.
Law library patrons can access this title through the link. The link will take you to the third edition of this title - click on prior releases and you will be able to access the second edition.
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Legal Research: A Practical Guide and Self-Instructional Workbook - Fifth Edition
Scott Childs and Ruth Ann McKinney
By the time they finish the last assignment, students will have learned how to begin to think about a client's legal problem and how to find and update relevant law in five major areas: common law, state statutes, federal statutes, administrative law, and secondary resources. The self-instructional technique applied in this textbook resolves a number of long-standing administrative and morale problems associated with introducing students to the fundamentals of legal research, reasoning, and writing.
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North Carolina Legal Research - Second Edition
Scott Childs and Sarah Sampson
North Carolina Legal Research is devoted to explaining the process of legal research for people searching for the law in North Carolina. The book uniquely incorporates North Carolina sources of law and related strategies into a logical legal research process. After initial discussions of legal research and analysis, and the research process, the book's chapters generally follow a basic research process including North Carolina administrative law, case law, statutory law and secondary sources. Additionally, methods of finding North Carolina legislative history, court rules, and rules of ethics are included in the text. While the book is substantially focused on the process of legal research incorporating North Carolina legal information sources, discussion of federal legal information sources is included when federal information would be relevant for research in North Carolina.
North Carolina Legal Research is designed for teaching legal research to students in law school, either in the first year or in an upper level research course; however, practitioners, paralegals, librarians, college students, and even laypeople might find it helpful. The book includes descriptions of a wide range of legal information sources including free government websites and lower cost websites, as well as premium online services and books.
The second edition is updated to focus on researching on the new generations of legal research databases such as Lexis Advance, WestlawNext, and Bloomberg Law.
This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Suzanne E. Rowe, Director of Legal Research and Writing, University of Oregon School of Law.
Law library patrons can access this title through the link.
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North Carolina Legal Research Guide - Second Edition
Scott Childs and Nick Sexton
This work is intended as a practical text for attorneys, law students, law librarians and other researchers, whether they are identifying the location and content of specific information sources or considering how researching that information fits into a broader process of legal research. Most chapters address a specific type of legal information such as statutes, cases or administrative law. Within that context, each chapter discusses the various sources of that information, the various formats available, and makes practical suggestions for using those sources to find relevant information.
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Advocating for the Law Librarian Profession
Paul McLaughlin
Though law librarians have been acknowledged as instrumental in legal education and law practice, questions about the need for law librarians and law librarians’ ability to adapt to new demands of conducting and teaching legal research have been raised. Law librarianship also faces debates as to whether it should be considered a distinct profession by those who do not see law librarians as having specialized qualifications that set them apart from other librarians. This chapter will discuss the need for law librarians to advocate for their professions so they can show how they are needed in legal education and by society and they are distinct from other librarians as legal professionals to ensure that they can effectively advocate for themselves and their patrons on a variety of issues.
Published as a chapter in Introduction to Law Librarianship edited by Zanada Joyner and Cas Laskowski.
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Can They Do That? : The Limits of Governmental Power Over Medical Treatment
Paul McLaughlin
Recommended citation: Paul Jerome McLaughlin Jr. (2017) Can They Do That?: The Limits of Governmental Power over Medical Treatment, Journal of Legal Medicine, 37:3-4, 371-388, DOI: 10.1080/01947648.2017.1385039
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Conveying the Merits of Print Sources to the Google Generation
Paul McLaughlin
Published in ALL-SIS Newsletter (Volume 34, Issue 2).
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Crafting Relatable Tales: Teaching Students the Importance of Multidisciplinary Legal Research Using a Story Arc Structure
Paul McLaughlin
Recommended citation: Paul McLaughlin, Crafting Relatable Tales: Teaching Students the Importance of Multidisciplinary Legal Research Using a Story Arc Structure, 43 Southeastern L. Libr. 1, 16-18 (2018).
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Finding the Theory and Method for the Pedagogy of Teaching Legal Research: A Response to Callister's “Time to Blossom”
Paul McLaughlin
In his article “Time to Blossom,” Callister invites legal research experts to begin a discussion as to what theory and methodology would be most effective for teaching legal research. This article suggests that utilizing a tailored form of systems theory in conjunction with active learning methods would allow legal educators not only to teach students in an effective and understandable manner but also to adapt their teaching methods to correspond to changes in the legal research field.
Citation: Paul Jerome Mclaughlin, Jr. (2017) Finding the Theory and Method for the Pedagogy of Teaching Legal Research: A Response to Callister's “Time to Blossom”, Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 36:2, 74-84, DOI: 10.1080/0270319X.2017.1359061
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If Animals are Like Our Children Let Us Treat Them Alike: Creating Tests of an Animal’s Intelligence for Determinations of Legal Personhood
Paul McLaughlin
Children and animals are treated much the same under the law. Both are seen as having limited, if any, legal rights. For children there are legal processes that can be used to determine if a minor is mature enough to be considered a legal person for life affecting decision making considerations and emancipation proceedings. Animals, no matter what their intelligence levels, are not allowed an opportunity to be found as legal persons and are denied the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that legal personhood bestows. This article looks at the similarities between the historical treatment of children and animals and argues that animals should have the opportunity to be judged to be sentient beings who have legal personhood rights using tests similar in nature to those that allow children to become emancipated from their parents or be deemed mature minors for the purposes of making medical decisions.
10 J. Animal & Envtl. L.17 (2018).
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Introducing Homeschooling Students to the Librarian Profession and Personality Types
Paul McLaughlin
Published as a chapter in Homeschooling and Libraries: New Solutions and Opportunities edited by Vera Gubnitskaia and Carol Smallwood.
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Legal and Medical Ethical Entanglements of Infant Male Circumcision and International Law
Paul McLaughlin
Recommended citation: Paul Jerome McLaughlin, Jr., Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, Volume 4, Number 1, March 2016, pp. 23-38 (16).
The practice of infant male circumcision has been debated by legal and medical experts for years. The practice, once seen as a social norm, has come under opposition by children’s rights, legal, and medical organizations around the world. In order to meet the requirements of international treaty law and allow infant male children the fullest opportunity for self determination, infant male circumcision must be treated under the law and by medical practitioners with the same degree of opposition that female genital mutilation has received.
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Leveraging Academic Law Libraries to Expand Access to Justice
Paul McLaughlin
Published in Law Library Journal (volume 109, issue 3), 2017.
Academic law libraries are in a unique position to help citizens gain access to the court system and legal information. By creating clinics that focus on helping pro se patrons find and complete legal forms, academic law libraries would not only benefit their schools but also the justice system.
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