{"id":431879,"date":"2010-03-15T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:law.nd.edu,2005:News\/14953"},"modified":"2010-03-15T15:40:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T19:40:54","slug":"develop-awareness-of-current-legal-issues-with-united-states-law-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/431879","title":{"rendered":"Develop Awareness of Current Legal Issues with United States Law Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Off the Shelf \u2026 A review of selected law library resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By: Chris O\u2019Byrne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/assets\/1286\/obyrne.jpg\" title=\"faculty_obyrne\" alt=\"faculty_obyrne\" \/> As discussed in the previous installment of \u201cOff the Shelf,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/jurist.law.pitt.edu\/\"><span class=\"caps\">JURIST<\/span><\/a> offers excellent (albeit selective) coverage of breaking national and international legal news. But sometimes you need a more comprehensive legal news source, one that summarizes the most significant cases and key legislative, regulatory, and pre-decisional developments, across the country, across all areas of the law. In short, you need BNA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/\">U.S. Law Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BNA\u2019s lawyer-editors sift through thousands of federal and state court and administrative cases, to select those that establish new precedents, address new statutes, contribute to emerging legal doctrines, tackle current controversies, or further <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/story_list.adp?mode=kf&amp;item=BD00B7CC0985182160F0EB7608B48A11&amp;type=list\">splits in the circuit courts<\/a> (n.b., viewing circuit splits is a great way to find a paper topic).<\/p>\n<p>Summaries of these important cases and developments are presented in a newsletter format each week. You can also browse <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/split_display.adp?vname=lw1notallissues\">back issues<\/a> or the topical case <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/view\/iov_display.adp?vname=lw1notindxcurrent\">index<\/a>, use the <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/search\/advanced_search\/advanced_search.adp?grp=all\">advanced search option<\/a>, or simply view recent articles arranged by <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/no_alpha.adp?mode=si&amp;cat=tribunal&amp;clear_exp=1\">court<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/no_alpha.adp?mode=si&amp;cat=agency&amp;clear_exp=1\">agency<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/no_alpha.adp?mode=si&amp;cat=state&amp;clear_exp=1\">state<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/0-news.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/lwln\/display\/alpha_hash.adp?mode=si&amp;cat=law-firm&amp;clear_exp=1\">law firm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to U.S. Law Week, <span class=\"caps\">BNA<\/span> also publishes many topic and industry specific newsletters, reporters, and practice materials. If you want to develop current awareness in a particular practice area, signing up for <span class=\"caps\">BNA<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/0-webutil.bna.com.innopac.law.nd.edu\/emsf\/signin.nsf\/signin?open&amp;iid=BNASR\">email alerts<\/a> is an excellent way to track decisions and other important developments across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~lawlib\/innopac\/bna\/category.html\">specialized fields<\/a> of law.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <span class=\"caps\">BNA<\/span> products, see a friendly research librarian today!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/lawschool\/news\/~4\/NpD0MrSwgxs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off the Shelf \u2026 A review of selected law library resources By: Chris O\u2019Byrne As discussed in the previous installment of \u201cOff the Shelf,\u201d JURIST offers excellent (albeit selective) coverage of breaking national and international legal news. 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