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05/11/2012 at 10:29 AM
Take a break this summer from your work and studies to watch a movie with a legal theme (what else!). Hopefully you will be entertained or even inspired!
Two years ago the National Jurist magazine published a list of the top 20 movies for law students. Several of the movies are based upon a best-selling novel. The movies are:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Twelve Angry Men
Anatomy of a Murder
Kramer v. Kramer
Michael Clayton
The Accused
The Verdict
Inherit the Wind
The Paper Chase
Erin Brockovich
The Thin Blue Line
Murder in the First
And Justice for All
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Posted by Library
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05/04/2012 at 03:50 PM
One of your first priorities practicing law as a newly minted attorney is to determine the nearest law library so that you can access its services and collections! Your state may have a law school library that is open to the public. Courthouses in your state may even have a law library. As a third option, you could pay a fee to use a membership law library such as the Social Law Library in Boston or Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia.
Services offered by law libraries generally include reference assistance, borrowing privileges, document delivery, and interlibrary loan....
