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Delaware Law Library Blog

New Movies in the Library - Tue, 27 Oct 2009
Need to take a study break? The library has added 14 new law themed movies to its DVD collection for you to borrow. The new movies are: Find Me Guilty, Flash of Genius, Fracture, Guilty as Sin, Jagged Edge, LiarLiar, Michael Clayton, North Country, Presumed Innocent, Reversible Errors, Suspect, A Time to Kill, Wall Street, and [...]

Chat is working again! - Wed, 07 Oct 2009
We’ve switched to a new chat widget, so the chat box on the library webpage is working again. We’re ready to answer your questions!

Chat Widget Down - Mon, 05 Oct 2009
You may have noticed our chat widget keeps saying we are “Away.” But we are really here and ready to answer your questions, we’re just having a technical problem with the chat box. You can still IM us by using AIM or Yahoo Chat, our username is WidenerLawLib.  Or call 302-477-2114 or email Law.LibRef@widener.edu


Harrisburg Law Library Blog

Congratulations - Wed, 04 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Harrisburg lawyer, and Widener grad, Kevin Brobson who won a seat yesterday on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court.

Green Printing - Thu, 29 Oct 2009
As part of Widener’s Green initiative the printers now default to doublesided printing (duplex). This means that you are charged .15 for each piece of paper. To change to singlesided click the file dropdown and choose single sided .

Environmental Law and Policy Speaker - Wed, 07 Oct 2009
FOR STUDENTS SEEKING INTERNSHIP AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Andrew Bockis, assistant counsel for the PA Department of Environmental Protection, will be coming to Widener to speak to the Environmental Law and Policy Society, and any other interested students, about his position as DEP assistant counsel and possible social and educational opportunities [...]


New Books in the Library

The Speculation Econcomy - Tue, 27 Oct 2009
Lawrence E. Mitchell. The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry. San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008. HC103 .M684 2008 From the publisher: American businesses today are obsessed with the price of their stock, and no wonder. The consequences of even a modest decrease can be so dire that some executives would rather damage their corporation’s [...]

The Common Law - Tue, 27 Oct 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. foreword by Stephen L. Carter. The Common Law. Chicago, Ill., ABA, c2009. KF394 .H65 1881r From the publisher: In the history of the law there have been many great treatises written by many great legal minds, but only a few have had the influence and staying power to truly be called the classics. [...]

The Great Decision - Fri, 08 May 2009
Cliff Sloan and David McKean. The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court. New York: PublicAffairs, 2009.  KF4575 .S56 2009



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Register for CALI

Posted by Janet Lindenmuth on Aug 26, 2009

CALI www.cali.org is a collection of over 800 online tutorials on legal topics.  It’s an excellent resource for review and study.

To register for CALI you’ll need the Widener CALI student authorization code. Please ask a librarian or email Janet Lindenmuth for the code.

Here’s a quick video tutorial on how to register for CALI .


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Delaware campus library to open at 8 AM, Sunday the 10th

Posted by Janet Lindenmuth on May 8, 2009

The Delaware campus library will be opening early, at 8 AM this Sunday, May 10th. For a complete list of library exam hours on both campuses see the library web page.


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