This year, three of our librarians traveled to Washington, DC to attend the annual meeting and conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) on July 13 – July 16, where they coordinated and presented conference sessions and panels. Continue reading
NEW: Free Electronic Study Aids for Chicago-Kent Students
The Chicago-Kent Law Library now offers free electronic access to West Academic Study Aids (WASA). No need to come to the reading room or check out older editions to use Nutshells or Hornbooks now! You’ll also find a wide range of new study aids available – see what’s included below.
You can now access them on your computer or mobile device to supplement the work you are doing in your courses. In WASA, you can search across all their titles and add your own notes and highlighting while reading.
What’s included:
Set up your personal account (see below) to use books & more at these links: Continue reading
2019 Summer and Post-Grad Access to Westlaw, Lexis & Bloomberg
Can you access your Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg accounts over the summer? What about after graduation? The answer to both is yes, but with some restrictions for Westlaw and for graduates. See below for more information.
Redactions: Wins vs. Fails
Are you smarter than Paul Manafort’s lawyers? You may remember earlier this year in the Manafort case attorneys put black boxes on sensitive information. They thought they had added redactions. It turned out that anyone could copy and paste that information.
Take a look here and see for yourself:
Whoops…
The Daily Show had a field day.
Redaction is an important skill for every attorney. Recently, the CS-SIS Blog published a step-by-step guide describing how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to redact information. When Acrobat redacts information in a document, it also adds black boxes — ones that completely obscure the information. The redacted information cannot be copied and pasted. The black boxes cannot be removed.
If you prefer to learn by video, this one describes the same steps.
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Tagged acrobat pro, manafort, mueller report, redaction overlays, redactions
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1Ls: Appellate Brief Help for Word’s Table of Authorities
This week and next, our two tech librarians Emily Barney and Debbie Ginsberg are visiting our legal writing classes to offer hands-on workshops to help 1Ls with formatting their appellate brief assignments.
In this post I’ll share two tools and tips you can use take to make Microsoft Word work for you without needing to go back and fix or reorganize your Table of Authorities because of bad default settings or missed details.
Find video guides, handouts, sample files & more in the Word for Law School guide
We’ll have print handouts available at the desk and linked at the end of this post! Continue reading
ABA TECHSHOW 2019 – February 28-March 2
Are you looking for a quick way to get up to speed on the latest legal technology? ABA hosts an annual Techshow in Chicago that provides one of the best opportunities for students to engage with emerging legal technologies hands on. The Techshow runs from February 28-March 2 at Hyatt Regency Chicago. The conference will feature dozens of one-hour sessions on all kinds of legal technologies – from practical tips for using Microsoft Office, to digital security, to favorite websites and mobile apps.
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Creating Flashcards with Quizlet
Want to make sure you retain what you learn? One of the most effective strategies is to create your own study materials. This is true when studying for exams and as you go through your readings for class.
While outlines are great for understanding relationships and big-picture concepts, you also need to make sure you’ve got a good foundation in your subject as well. Flashcards can help with that. Lots of people like pen-and-notecard flashcards, but you can easily create flashcards online, too.
Quizlet is a tool for creating flashcards online that you can use to test your knowledge with a variety of tools. These tools include quizzes, sample tests, and even games. Continue reading
Take back your time with iOS settings
iPhone users: have you taken advantage of all the time-saving features built into your phone’s settings? If you’re a long-time user, you may have missed a few of these newer options that came with more recent updates.
Do Not Disturb
In 2017, Apple introduced its “Do Not Disturb” feature that silences notifications when you are driving. With 2018’s update, iOS 12, they added this same function for “bedtime”, too. If you use your phone as an alarm clock, but would otherwise like your phone to be quiet when you sleep, give this new feature a try. Continue reading
Free Screening of RBG Documentary
On November 27, Chicago-Kent Society of Women in Law and the Chicago-Kent Law Library are hosting a free screening of RBG: the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary. See schedule details and ticket links below. Continue reading
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Visual Literacy and Fake News
We’ve all heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Have you ever taken a moment to ask why? If pictures affect us differently than text, how can we use the power of pictures to enhance our communication? On the other hand, how can we make sure we aren’t being manipulated? Continue reading
