Category: General Announcements

What’s next for Westlaw and LexisNexis?

Watch for big changes in 2010 for Westlaw and LexisNexis.  First up is Westlaw’s new search interface with a projected roll out to law students in the fall.   

WestlawNext – This new platform, tentatively called “Westlaw Next,” is changing everything “from the interface users see on their computer screens to all the technology that makes it work behind the scenes.”  Source  Westlaw Next has new search algorithms and the results can be filtered in a variety of ways.   Storing and organizing your research will also change for the better. 

The new LexisNexis for Microsoft Office is due out later in 2010.   Lexis will be integrated into Microsoft Office products allowing users to access Lexis materials from within a Word document.  No longer will the user have to open a browser to log into Lexis to conduct a search.  The Lexis materials will display to the right of the Word document.  It includes a toolbar that lets you Shepardize while still in Word with the Shepard’s results also showing up on the right.   

For more information, see this ABA Journal article online.   Watch your e-mail for announcements from Westlaw and LexisNexis for when their new products will be available.

 

Lynn Lenart

Assistant Law Librarian for Reference Services

The University of Akron School of Law Library

llenart@uakron.edu

330-972-6357

AKron Bar Association –Women In Law Section Meeting Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 23 at 11:45

On behalf of the Women in Law Section of the Akron Bar Association, you are invited to join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 for lunch and a presentation on Family-Friendly Work Policies.

 One of the frequent topics discussed during our meetings is how to balance work and family.  This Tuesday’s program will help firms and individuals develop employment policies and practices that can help solve the work-family imbalance.

Keeping Your Largest Investment:  How to Create Cost-Effective Family-Friendly Policies that will Allow You to Recruit and Retain Your Best Employees

 Many employers in corporate America are retaining their employees by creating “family-friendly” policies that allow frazzled staffers to better juggle their work and home lives. In fact, scores of companies have developed work-life programs in efforts to retain the precious talent they have hired and trained. The panel of speakers will discuss how the staff, attorneys, and those in leadership roles can work together to create a family-friendly environment in order to attract and retain skilled, productive, and happy employees.

For registration instructions and information,please stop by the Career Planning Office today!!

Bar Review Scholarships Available

Scholarship Application to help fund a Bar Review Course
(BAR/BRI or Supreme Bar Review – for OHIO exam only)

Limited scholarships are available for Akron Law students who can demonstrate financial need to help fund BAR/BRI or the Supreme Bar Review course in preparation for the OHIO bar exam. Amounts will vary depending on fund availability. The Akron Law Bar Review Scholarship Committee will select candidates based on a variety of factors. Only students who have great financial need who otherwise could not afford to take a bar review course should apply for this bar review scholarship.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15

For an application form, contact Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu

 QUESTIONS? Please contact Assistant Dean Thorpe at LThorpe@uakron.edu.

Zips to host UW-Green Bay Wednesday at the JAR

For the third-straight season, the University of Akron men’s basketball team will compete in the postseason as the Zips accepted a bid to participated in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational late on Sunday night. Akron (24-10) will play host to Green Bay (21-12) on Wednesday at Rhodes Arena at 7 p.m. ET. For ticket information, please call 1-888-99-AKRON.

Akron, which is enjoying its fifth-straight 20-win season, suffered an 81-75 overtime loss to Ohio in Saturday’s MAC Tournament championship game. Green Bay fell 62-53 to Detroit in the quarterfinal round of the Horizon League Tournament on March 5, and is participating in the CBI for the second-consecutive year. The Phoenix are 4-3 all-time versus the Zips, but the teams have not met since 1992 when the two schools were members of the Mid-Continent Conference.

Sunday’s announcement marks the first time in its Division I era (dating to the 1980-81 season) that Akron has appeared in a postseason tournament in three-straight seasons. The Zips competed in the 2008 National Invitation Tournament and the 2009 NCAA Tournament. This is also the fourth time in five seasons that UA has participated in the postseason, also being in the 2006 NIT field.

The CBI, in its third year of existence, features eight first-round games on Tuesday (March 16) and Wednesday (March 17). All quarterfinal contests will be played on Monday, March 22, with the semifinals to follow two days later. The final two teams will play a best-of-three championship series, with games on March 29 and 31 and April 2. Prior to the semifinals, the remaining teams will be re-seeded and the higher-seeded team will host two of the three championship series games.

For ticket information, please call 1-888-99-AKRON.

GOVERNMENT CAREERS INFORMATION FAIR – TODAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 11 IN THE LAW SCHOOL ATRIUM

Government Careers Information Fair — TODAY —Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 12:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and/or 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. –The Career Planning Office is sponsoring a Government Information Fair. This event provides students who have an interest in working with government agencies an excellent opportunity to discuss career options with government representatives in one central location here at Akron Law School. We strongly encourage all students to stop by the Law School atrium to meet with the participating employers and take advantage of this unique networking opportunity. Please note that this program is designed to be an “Information Fair” rather than a “Job Fair.”   BUSINESS ATTIRE SUGGESTED.