by Austin Martin Williams

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

by Austin Martin Williams

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

by Deborah Schander

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.