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UNC-PSK Passphrase is Changing on December 30

If you use UNC-PSK to connect to campus wireless, you will need to change the passphrase on December 30. The new passphrase is available now at https://help.unc.edu/help/what-is-the-unc-psk-ssid/, but don't change it early because it won't work until December 30.

Duces Techum: Law Ratchet

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NC History and the Law: Prohibition in North Carolina

After becoming interested in the HBO show Boardwalk Empire, a show about Prohibition in the late 1920s and 30s, I was inspired to research Prohibition in North Carolina. As of today, North Carolina is one of eighteen (18) US states in which the government controls the sale and purchase of alcohol.

New on HeinOnline - United Nations Law Collection

The law library has added a subscription to HeinOnline’s United Nations Law Collection. The collection “contains exact reproductions of major United Nations legal publications, including the complete collection of the United Nations Treaty Series, the League of Nations Treaty Series, the Monthly Statement of Treaties & International Agreements, UNCITRAL Publications, UNIDIR Publications, the United Nations Legislative Series and much more.

Fastcase hits UNC Law and the NC Bar Association

If you don't know about Fastcase, you should. Fastcase is an upstart legal research database that uses unique algorithms to bring the best documents to the top of your search results. The North Carolina Bar Association was apparently so impressed by Fastcase that it added Fastcase as one of the benefits of bar membership, replacing Casemaker. Now the UNC Law Library has added a subscription, as well.

New Gender Jurisprudence and International Criminal Law Collection

The new Gender Jurisprudence Database makes available hundreds of judgments, decisions, orders and other relevant documents from international criminal courts and tribunals relating to sexual and gender-based violence.

New Free Database for Researching Global Health and Human Rights Law

The Lawyers Collective and the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University in Washington, DC have launched the Global Health and Human Rights Database.

We have what? Nomolexikon: A Law-Dictionary from 1670

Black’s Law Dictionary was first published in 1891 and it is widely used by students and laypeople who wish to learn about the law and its specialized jargon. It is currently in its ninth (9th) edition of publication. Because it is so widely used and notable, Black’s Law Dictionary can be used as a secondary legal authority and is often referenced in legal briefs, memos and court opinions.

However, before Black’s Law Dictionary, there was no central authority for legal definitions and scholars often published their own dictionaries to publicize and try to make uniform various definitions. Of the many dictionaries that have, the oldest one that the UNC Law Library holds is from 1670.

New: Immigation Law & Policy on HeinOnline

This new resource from Hein is a compilation of significant historical documents and legislation related to immigration in the United States. It includes current hearings, debates and recent developments in immigration law. The database is comprehensive and fully searchable.

Duces Techum: Lawyer2Lawyer

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