Blog Posts: Nick Sexton

How to Find New Books in the Law Library

Kathrine R. Everett Award of Merit Winners

New Databases on Bloomberg Law

Casetext: A New Free Legal Resource

Another place to go online to search for cases and to conduct other legal research for free is Casetext.

Bloomberg Law's State Law Chart Builder

Three subjects in Bloomberg Law’s Practice Centers—Banking & Finance, Labor & Employment, and Tax—now offer users a way to quickly construct a chart that makes it easy to compare similar laws in all 50 states. The State Law Chart Builder is available in the Practice Tools section when users click on any of these three subjects under the Practice Centers tab.

Law360 Now Available to Carolina Law Students and Faculty

Law360 is a resource from LexisNexis that provides current news and expert analysis of major litigation developments in U.S. federal district courts.

PLI Discover Plus Database Now Available

The Law Library now has a subscription to PLI Discover Plus.

North Carolina CLE Materials Available on Bloomberg

Along with the other legal databases that Bloomberg Law offers, you can now examine a variety of North Carolina Continuing Legal Education (CLE) materials.

What's Open During the Federal Shutdown?

Because Congress hasn't yet passed a continuing resolution to fund it, the federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, 2013. Information about which government agencies are operating, and to what extent, can be found at http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/09/politics/government-shutdown-impact/.

Two other links offer information about the availability of federal websites and libraries. Florida State University Libraries has provided a selected list of federal websites, their status, and possible workarounds at http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/governmentshutdown.

A Reader's Guide to Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action

About the Book

In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing everything, including his sanity. A searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry-one in which greed and power fight an unending struggle against justice-A Civil Action is also the story of how one determined man can ultimately make a difference. With an unstoppable narrative power, it is an unforgettable reading experience. (From the Random House website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/76093/a-civil-action-by-jonathan-harr/.)