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New Law Library Research Guide: Preparing for the Bar Exam

The Kathrine R. Everett Law Library recently published a new online research guide, Preparing for the Bar Exam. Even for the most relaxed of law students, the Bar Exam is daunting because in addition to taking the exam, there are additional requirements that must be completed months in advance to sit for the Bar.


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Posted by Jasmine Plott on Thu. November 15, 2018 8:31 AM
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Court Records & Briefs Research: Using Bloomberg Law's Docket Key

Bloomberg Law's Docket Key service can make your federal court records and briefs research more efficient by helping you quickly locate major filings related to your legal research area of interest.
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Posted by Melissa M. Hyland on Wed. November 14, 2018 11:52 AM
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Aids for Creating Bluebook Citations

If you've ever wished that The Bluebook provided more example citations for unusual resources or that you could somehow ease the task of creating properly-formatted Bluebook citations, the following resources can help.

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Posted by Sara M. Farnsworth on Wed. November 14, 2018 9:30 AM
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Zoning and Land Use Law Resources in the Law Library

UNC School of Law offers a course in the spring semester titled “Land Use Control” (Law 290). In the spirit of this course offering, this blog will highlight some of the land use law resources available through the Law Library.
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Posted by Emily E. Roscoe on Fri. November 9, 2018 10:13 AM
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Researching North Carolina Session Laws

Session laws are the laws passed by a session of a state’s legislature. Legislative sessions can be annual, biennial, special, extra—however often the state legislature decides to meet. Eventually the session laws end up under the appropriate topic (such as “Criminal Law” or “Motor Vehicles”) in a state’s statutes or code, but until then they can be found only by their session law number.
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Posted by Nick Sexton on Thu. November 1, 2018 12:29 PM
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BOOOO-K HUNT: A Spine-Chilling Search Through the Stacks

The Kathrine R. Everett Law Library would like to invite you to participate in the first ever BOOOO-K HUNT: A Spine-Chilling Search Through the Stacks on October 31, 2018.
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Posted by Nicole M. Downing on Tue. October 23, 2018 8:18 AM
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