Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog

For many law graduates, studying for the July bar exam has commenced.  We want to remind you that the Law Library is open to ASU law graduates studying for the bar and that there are a number of bar preparation materials in the Library collection that may be helpful to you in the coming months:

• Past Arizona bar exam essay questions and summary of issues (February 1995-July 2011)
• Bar prep series – videos recorded by ASU law professors on bar exam subjects
• Bar Exam Resource Guide – a guide to information and services for ASU law graduates preparing to take … Continue Reading
  

From May 8-May 26, the Law Library will be open Monday-Saturday, 8am-5pm.

Have a great break!

The final exam period comes to a close tomorrow, and many of you will soon be starting summer jobs.  The Law Library has compiled a Resources for Summer Associates guide to help you successfully navigate your summer employment.    The guide details how you can continue to use both your Bloomberg Law and LexisAdvance accounts this summer, even when working in a commercial setting or studying for the bar exam.   The guide also offers information on a number of topical research guides from the Law Library and a variety of legal resources that might be useful to you in your … Continue Reading

While the seats are packed, it’s pretty quiet here in the Law Library, as students are taking full advantage of the Reading Period to prepare for final exams.

Law students have long taken refuge in the library for quiet study. Before 1993, the ASU Law Library was housed in the basement and other areas of Armstrong Hall. Without a free-standing building with dedicated study rooms (which, by the way, are in high demand this time of year – reservations are recommended!), students hunkered down at study carrells or nooks and crannies throughout the space.

To commemorate this Reading Period, we thought you’d enjoy these photos of … Continue Reading

The Ross-Blakley Law Library at the Sandra O’Connor College of Law is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research. Lily Yan is the first place award recipient for her paper Uncharted Domains and the New Land Rush: Indigenous Rights to Top-Level Domains, while Tim Forsman earned second-place honors for What the QSA Means for the Salton Sea: California’s Big Blank Check.  Yan and Forsman’s papers demonstrate sophistication and originality in the use of research materials, exceptional innovation in research strategy, and skillful synthesis of research results into a comprehensive scholarly analysis.

A … Continue Reading

Group Study Room reservation times will be extended during the exam period, April 19-May 7, 2013.

• 3 to 4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day
• 5 to 6 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day
• Individuals and people studying in pairs will be required to use 2 person study rooms and may reserve a room for a maximum of 4 hours per day

You may reserve rooms up to one week in advance. Reserved rooms will be held for 15 minutes.  Please stop by the Law Library Circulation desk … Continue Reading

Beth DiFelice, Assistant Director of the Ross-Blakley Law Library, will be giving a workshop next week on the most important legal research strategies you need to know before starting your legal position this summer or embarking on your career.

The hour-long workshop will be offered twice:
Tuesday, April 2nd: 12-15-1:15pm in Library 119
Wednesday, April 3rd: 3-4pm in Room 118

We’re getting a new roof!  Construction on the Law Library roof will begin Monday, March 18, 2013 and will be completed Friday, April 12, 2013.  To minimize noise and disruption, the work will be done weekdays from 10:00 pm – 6:30 am.  The largest part of the project will be the dome over the Treatise Collection on the 2nd floor.  Thank you for your patience and please let us know if you have concerns about the noise.

Ever wish there was a study room on the first floor so you would be close to the Core materials and Reference Librarians? Well, now there is!

Thanks to some creative repurposing of space and furniture by our staff, the Law Library is proud to bring you our newest 4-person study room.

Room 112D is located just past the Reference Librarians’ offices. Like all our study rooms, it is goverend by theStudy Room Code of Conduct and Guidelines, and it can … Continue Reading

Have you signed up for your free Bloomberg Law student account yet?  If not, simply go to https://www.bloomberglaw.com/activate and enter your information – no activation code is needed as Bloomberg will authenticate your account with your @asu.edu e-mail address.

Bloomberg Law offers access to cases, statutes, and regulations, in addition to news, company and financial data, and docket searching.  Bloomberg Law also has all BNA and Practicing Law Institute (PLI) content available in its database, including treatises and BNA reports.

To learn more about using Bloomberg Law be sure to attend one of the student trainings … Continue Reading