MIDSIZED FIRMS SHIFT RECRUITING STRATEGIES

Leigh Jones/Staff reporter - Big law firms are snatching up qualified graduates as quickly as law schools can churn them out. And with those schools graduating about the same number of students each year, the tightest squeeze is on midsized firms.

Anyone that is interested in reading more can read the rest of the article in the Feb. 12, 2007 issue of The National Law Journal.

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SEC WILL ALLOW E-MAILING OF INFORMATION

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued new rules that will allow companies to provide information to shareholders via the Internet. The rules will go into effect on July 1. (Lawyers USA Feb. 12, >2007, page 15)

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2007 LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS

The Internet Legal Research Group (IRLG) has posted the raw data by which they rank law schools for the 2007 academic year. Click on the link below to see where Duquesne ranks.

http://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/

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PENNSYLVANIA TRIAL COURT ORDERS ARE ON WESTLAW


Selected trial court orders from 2001 to the present are now available on Westlaw. The
database to search is PA-TRIALORDERS.

LEXISNEXIS ADDS NEW DISCUSSION DRAFT

LexisNexis ( www.lawschool.lexis.com) has added RESTATEMENT OF LAW, THIRD,
EMPLOYMENT LAW (DISCUSSION DRAFT)

This Discussion Draft covers Chapter 3. Employment At-Will and Its
Contractual Exceptions; Chapter 4. The Tort of Retaliation in Violation of
Public Policy.

Anyone interested in reading more can visit the Lexis website for further information.

DUQUESNE STAFF PUBLISHES NEW RESEARCH BOOKS

Dittakavi Rao has published two new books. The first is entitled Internet Resources for Legal Professionals and gives sites and searching tips for those doing legal research on the internet. The other book, Internet Legal Research Q&A provides answers to many frequently asked questions about internet research. For information about these two new sources, please stop by the Circulation Desk in the Law Library.

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THE NEW FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: I.T. OBLIGATIONS FOR E-MAIL

Anyone concerned with this area of the law should click on the link below to see what has been changed.

http://technology.findlaw.com/resources/images/whitepaper_frcp1.pdf

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GOOGLE LAUNCHES PATENT SEARCH SITE

Anyone that is interested in searching for patents, either for class or work can access the new site at www.google.com/patents . I you still prefer the official site, that link is www.uspto.gov.

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TIPS FOR STUDENTS TAKING LAW SCHOOL EXAMS....

By Prof. Vikram David Amar of U.C. Hastings Law School.

Anyone interested can find great exam tips is you click on the link below.

http://writ.lp.findlaw.com/amar/20061208.html

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BAN DRAWS A CHALLENGE


Anyone that interested in finding out more can read the article at the link below...

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1163671521213

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NEW ATTORNEYS AND LAW STUDENTS

Law School Plans A College Program

For more informaiton you can review the article at this link.

http://www.lexisone.com/newattorneys/articles/b110006g.html

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Bar Exam Preparation Course

The Law School is now offering free Bar Exam Preparation Courses to Upperclassmen. The Library keeps copies of these lectures on reserve in the library. The DVDs and VHS copies can be viewed in the library, on machines that are provided for you on the ground floor. For more information, please stop by the circulation desk.

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