Someday, you may be playing video games to compete for jobs. A Dutch law firm is already doing it! Dutch law firm Houthoff Buruma teamed up with Ranj Serious Games to create “The Game” to help the firm find the most talented students, based on the premise that grades often don’t fully reflect the talent and future success of a …
Kansas Legislature website updated
If you have visited the Kansas Legislature’s website lately, you probably noticed some big changes have occurred. First of all, the website is now called KLISS. No, it’s not an awkward dating move. It stands for Kansas Legislative Information Systems and Services. From the website: KLISS integrates the information from many functions within the Legislature and presents in a hyperlinked …
KU Libraries offer access to variety of e-book resources
A good friend of mine, John Pappas, with the Rapid City Library, sent me the link to the eReader Guide he’s been working on. In it, he goes over six different electronic book readers: iPad, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader, Nook, Kindle and Cruz Reader. It’s a wonderful evaluation of these readers, and I highly recommend checking it out. Reading through …
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 followers made predictions about all cases that the Supreme Court decided. On average, members …
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 countries would like to charge Assange with …
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 Instruction) http://www.cali.org/ CALI is computer-based, interactive tutorial that is …