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Tips on Winterizing Your Car to Avoid Those Holiday Travel Mishaps
Thanksgiving break is coming up and I know that many of you will be driving home to enjoy the festivities. By this time of year, many areas are already covered in snow or will be soon enough. Now is the time to think about winterizing your car. The DMV website, the unofficial guide to the DMV has…
Do You Use Your Library?
While traveling through the blogosphere, I came across Ask Reddit. Ask Reddit is a place where one can post thought-provoking, inspired questions. As cool as Ask Reddit is, one question was posted that really got to me. Do you use your library? Here are some sample answers:You could work a minimum…
Library Resources Abound for Finals Prep
Now that you are stuffed with turkey (or Tofurkey), it's time to stuff your brains for finals! Don’t forget to let the Wheat Law Library help you put on your outlining caps and start preparing. Here are a few resources you just might find useful! CALI (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal…
Extradition 101
Unless you have been living in a cave in the Himalayas or too busy studying for finals, you have heard the name Julian Assange tossed around. For those who don't know, Julian Assange is an Australian journalist who is best known as the editor of the whistle blowing website, WikiLeaks. Quite a few…
FantasySCOTUS
So how did your Fantasy Football League do this past season? What about your Supreme Court Fantasy League? Wait, what? Yes, you heard me right. FantasySCOTUS is a free online Supreme Court Fantasy League. Last year, over 5,000 attorneys, law students and other avid Supreme Court…
Google and Westlaw Had a Baby and WestSearch is Its Name, O!
Beginning this fall, KU Law faculty, staff and students will have access to Westlaw's newest product: WestlawNext. I am going to try my best to not get into the super-geeky details here. Also, I'm going to avoid quoting West on this product. Instead, I am going to share with you my experience. Many…
Law Librarian, Comic Book Fan Sees Superhero Personalities in Lawyers
For those who don't know, I have been a fan of comic books pretty much my entire life. And much like anybody who is a fan of any type of fiction, be it Harry Potter, Twilight or D.C.'s line of comics, you begin to pick up on the character archetypes and see them appear in your world. So it's not at…
Countdown to the Return of the Supremes
After a summer break, the Supremes will be coming back. So what does their end-of-summer look like leading up to Oct. 4?A return from summer fun stuff. Many of the Supremes spend time in foreign countries teaching law students, giving speeches and, of course, getting some much-needed rest. Well,…
The Benefits of Meditation for Lawyers, Law Students
It appears that meditation has gotten a bit of a bad reputation thanks to a lot of misinformation. So I should probably clear some things up! Meditation is not in itself a religious practice anymore than pushups are. Granted, most religions do have some sort of meditative practice. However, the…
Wheat Law Library Celebrates Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week September 25−October 2, 2010 This is Banned Books Week (BBW), an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, from Saturday to Saturday, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open…