Category Archives: GSU Law Library

10.07.10
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Baseball & The Law

It’s playoff time here in Atlanta, something people have not been able to say since 2005.  For that reason, I encourage anyone who has the chance to go out and support your local team this postseason.  Many law students can use the playoffs as relaxation in the midst of upcoming midterms and papers.

One might wonder what business does a law library blog have talking about baseball?  Baseball and law have been very interconnected over the past century.  Several former managers, and current St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, have law degrees.  Additionally, one cannot forget about the steroid saga and its legal implications in baseball over the past several years.

But still, what does this have to do with the library?  Like everything in the world, if something is important enough, a book will be written about it.  The College of Law Library has several books for anyone interested in law and baseball.  Here are just a few:

For additional books, please go to the following link.

For more information on the Atlanta Braves’ playoff run.

10.04.10
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50th Anniversary of “Mockingbird”

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird turned 50 this summer. Harper Lee’s classic story features Atticus Finch, perhaps the most famous fictional lawyer in the world.

Did you know … ?

  • The character of Dill is based on Truman Capote, Harper Lee’s own childhood friend.
  • Robert Duvall made his film debut in the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird playing Boo Radley. To prepare, Duvall dyed his hair blond and stayed out of the sun for six weeks before filming.
  • In 1997, the Alabama State Bar erected a monument in Atticus Finch’s honor.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird is currently #4 on the American Library Association’s Top 100 Banned and Challenged Classics list.

The library owns copies of both the book and the movie in our Leisure Collection.

09.30.10
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Resources for Law Student Life

The COL Library recently published a new research guide called “Life as a Law Student.”  The guide focuses on providing law students with resources about life in law school.

Whether you’re a 1L—new to law school—or a 3L looking forward to graduation, this guide includes resources that may be of interest to you.  There are links to books in the library that offer exam preparation advice.  You’ll find links to movies about life as a lawyer, perfect for relaxation after a hard day of classes and studying.  If you have a hard time turning off your technology, the selection of links available for both the iPhone and Android platforms is broad.  The links include both law-related and leisure sources.  Of course, the research guide also includes links to other online resources, including blogs that will keep you up to date on both legal gossip and legal news or provide you with information about life in Atlanta.

09.27.10
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It’s Banned Books Week!

ALA Banned Books Week Poster 2010

This past Saturday, September 25th, marked the beginning of Banned Books Week. Established in 1982, Banned Books Week highlights attempts to  remove books from library and store shelves.

Being a law library, we’re interested in Banned Books Week as librarians, and also because there happens to be a lot of case law resulting from efforts to ban books. Removing books from school libraries was the primary focus of Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982). There are also cases about the suppression of specific books,  including James Joyce’s Ulysses, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, and William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch.

The Law Library has a number of books on the First Amendment and book banning, including:

120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature, by Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, & Dawn B. Sova

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment, by Anthony Lewis

Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius, by Edward De Grazia

Ulysses in Court: The Litigation Surrounding the First Publication of James Joyce’s Novel in the United States, by Irving Younger & James W. McElhaney

09.23.10
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Student Writing Competition

The American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) has announced its 2011 Student Writing Competition in Law, Medicine & Bioethics.  Every year the ACLM presents an award for the outstanding original paper on legal medicine.  First Prize is $1000, Second is $500, and Third is $250.   The First Place winner will also be named the Hirsh Award Winner.  In addition, the ACLM will provide costs for travel and lodging to the winner to present his or her paper at the 2011 ACLM Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

The deadline for this paper is by the end of the business day on January 10, 2011.

For more information on the competition, go to: http://www.aclm.org/resources/swc/pdfs/swc%202011.pdf

For more information on the ACLM, go to: http://www.aclm.org/

09.16.10
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Saito Book Signing

The Georgia State University College of Law Library invites everyone to attend a book discussion and signing for Professor  Natsu Taylor Saito’s new book, Meeting the Enemy: American Exceptionalism and International Law.

The event will be Thursday, Sept. 21st, in the Law Library at 4pm.   Refreshments will be served.

For more information about this event and the book, please refer to Joy Woodson’s article, “Saito’s new book confronts exceptionalism in America.”

09.08.10
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Welcome New Librarians

The law library welcomed three new librarians on August 9:

  • Meg Butler, Associate Director of Public Services
  • Deborah Schander, Reference/Student Services Librarian, and
  • Austin Williams, Reference/Student Services Librarian

You will find Meg, Deborah and Austin answering questions at the Reference Desk, teaching Legal Bibliography and occasionally visiting other classes as well. All three new librarians are delighted to be at GSU, helping law students, faculty members and other library patrons.