Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony

The Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center will be ceremonially lit at 8:55pm on Dec. 4, 2013. 

If exams don't let you have a minute to travel to mid-town Manhattan for the occassion, TV stations carry the tree lighting around the world.

Read here for more information on where to watch it live.

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Geek Trivia

Geek Trivia offered by How to Geek is a fun game testing your knowledge of all things geek.  What counts as "geek" is pretty broad so the questions are too.  Most are computer related but not quite sure how the soft drink question fits.  Take a quick break from studying law and find out how much of a geek you are.

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ABA Journal Best 100 Blawgs

Blogs are a great tool to keep up-to-date on the latest legal news and events.  Recently, the ABA Journal published the seventh annual best 100 blawgs that every lawyer should read (or be familiar with) to keep apprise on the latest legal information. You can also vote for your favorite blog in each category which includes courts, IP, torts and more. Click here for the entire list.

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Library Hours During Holiday Break

If you want to stop by the Library during the holiday break, we are open during the following hours:

Wednesday, November 27   8:00 A.M.  -  6:00 P.M.**

Thursday, November 28 (Thanksgiving)           CLOSED**

Friday, November 29                                       CLOSED** 

   

**CLOSED-NO SWIPE CARD ACCESS

 Wed., Nov. 27, 6:00 P.M.–Sat., Nov. 30, 10:00A.M. 

 

Exam Period Hours resume on Saturday, November 30, at 10A.M.
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iPad Gestures: Customization at Your Fingertips

If you get tired of hitting the home button on your iPad, stop it!  You can create faster, easier ways to command your iPad with customizable gestures.

Multi-Touch lets you navigate through your iPad with 3, 4, or 5 finger swipes.  Assistive Touch lets you adapt multi-touch features to your own use and create custom gestures for your own touch controls.

Legal Productivity has an article on Multi-Touch and Assistive Touch here.

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Computer Chronicles

Exams are coming, but things could be worse.  For example, it could be 1987, when law students were handwriting all of their exams with pens for three solid hours.  The "portable computer" or laptop of the day, as this amusing You Tube video from the TV series Computer Chronicles (broadcast on PBS stations from 1983 to 2002) clearly demonstrates, would have been a hopeless hindrance, not a help. The Computer Chronicles episodes, while seriously documenting twenty years of impressive progress and innovation, today provide a very entertaining window as well on the earliest years of browsers, laptops, email and video games.  They also make great short study breaks.  Enjoy, and be grateful for the blessings of 2013 technology!

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Help with studying

Study Guides handout has been updated - both in print and online.  We have your favorite series, such as Examples and Explanations, Questions & Answers and Understanding . . .  We also list guides by subject and class, such as Contracts and Evidence .

Print Study Guide copies, for easy reference, are located by the Reference desk.  The Study Guide texts are kept on Reserve.

Good luck !!

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Warren Commission Report Available On FDsys

On the occasion of the quinquagenary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the U.S. Government Printing Office has made the official digital version of the Warren Commission Report [opens PDF] available on the agency’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). The Commission was created by President Lyndon Johnson and chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate President Kennedy’s assassination.

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Helpful Tips During Exam Period

Knowing where to find helpful study guides, the archived exam, and study room policies may prove helpful when preparing for final exams.

Study Guides:

Click here to access helpful study guides. Most current study guides are located in our Reserve collection and can be charged out for three hour periods.

Exam Archive

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

• Click here to access the exam bank.
• 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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10 Trials that Changed the World

The ABA Journal requested 10 lawyers from around the world to identify and describe one historic trial each.  It is an interesting list and the comments are worth reading for their observations and suggestions. 

This is a thought provoking series of articles.

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