Jury Expert

Interested in litigation? The Jury Expert: The Art and Science of Litigation Advocacy, is now online and free. This bimonthly publication of the American Association of Trial Consultants is full of fascinating, social science research-based articles on cutting edge topics such as preparing narcissistic witnesses, understanding "solution based mediation," and using technology to create visual images in the courtroom. Each issue is available to download, or can be sent by email subscription or RSS feed. Take a look, and see what's coming up in the November issue.

Hat tip to attorney Rick Georges' Futurelawyer site for the reference.



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Are You Watching?

That is the question that WashingtonWatch poses. WashingtonWatch tracks the bills in Congress (along with estimates about their costs or savings, whenever possible), so that you may watch them and keep track of federal expenditures, bill by bill. To gather more information, or to comment on a bill, all you need to do is to click the link to a bill.


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Helpful Policies During Exam Period

The Library has a new exam period schedule! Here is the new schedule:

New Exam Period Schedule - Friday, November 21 - Thursday, December 18

Monday - Friday 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.
Saturday & Sunday 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.

Exception

Wednesday, November 26 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving) CLOSED
Friday, November 28 CLOSED
Thursday, December 18 7:00 A.M. - Midnight

Exam Archive

Knowing the archived exam and study room policies may prove helpful also. To access the Exam Archive:

• Go to Hofstra Law School Library Main Page http://law.hofstra.edu/Library
• Scroll down. In the lower, left-hand margin click “Exam Archive”
• In the Hofstra University Library Electronic Reserves (ERes) window logon with your Novell Username and Password (this is the same username and password used to logon to the portal)
  
• You will be prompted to enter the password (contact the reference or circulation desk for the password)
  
• Click on “Accept”
• Click the professor’s folder to access the exams.

Library Study Rooms

Click here to access the Library’s study room policy.

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Have you voted?

Remember the polls are open until 9 PM so there is time. Thanks to all of you who voted by absentee ballot and so have already performed your civic duty.



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Hounded, Cowed and Badgered

Hounded, Cowed and Badgered is an animal law blog from an animal rights perspective. The blog contains informative, in-depth posts about legislation and court cases dealing with the rights of animals, as well as current events in animal rights. Although the posts seem somewhat sporadic, the content is fascinating.


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