The Bruce K. Gould Book Award

The Bruce K. Gould Book Award will be presented to Kenneth Gormley for The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr this evening, April 21st, 2010. Dean Gormley is the interim dean at Duquesne University School of Law as well as a nationally renowned expert on Watergate and special prosecutors.

The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr has become a national best seller since it's release in February of this year.

Evening Students: Research Tips for Summer Clerkships, Internships and Employment!

On Monday April 19th Christine Morton and James Durham will be leading a session on free federal and NY legal research tips as well as cost cutting for Lexis and Westlaw and better utilizing Touro resources. Join them on the 19th from 5:20-6:00 pm in the Library's main computer lab!

Lunch with the Librarians- Today!

Please join James Durham and Christine Morton for research tips for summer clerkships, internships and employment in room 307 from 12:30 to 1:30! The first 20 students to RSVP to James Durham (jdurham@tourolaw.edu) will receive a complementary lunch.

Spring Holiday Hours and Closings

The Gould Law Library will have special holiday hoours and closing during spring break:

• In observance of Passover, the Library will close at 2:45 pm on Monday March 29th and will be closed all day Tuesday and Wednesday March 30th and 31st. We will reopen to students, faculty and staff at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday April 1st. For all other visitors, we will open at 8:00 a.m. *

• The library will again be closed on Sunday, April 4th, Monday April 5th and Tuesday, April 6th. The Library will reopen on April 7th at 7:00 a.m. for students faculty and staff and 8:00 a.m. for all other visitors. *

We would like to wish our students, faculty and staff a happy and healthy spring break and holiday season!

*Detailed access policies may be found at here.

New CALI software

CALI recently released A2J Author, version 3. A2J Author assists legal aid attorneys and court personnel to create computer based, user friendly instructions and forms for use on the Internet. The interviews that are created with A2J Author are intended to enable self-represented litigants to complete court documents that can be filed with a court. A2J Author is currently used in 36 states, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, England, Australia, Canada and Singapore.
A2J Author is available for free to anyone using it for non-commercial purposes. This software can be downloaded at www.a2jauthor.org.

West OnePass

Westlaw has extended the timeframe for students and faculty to update their account information, username and password. Westlaw users now have until May 31, 2010 to update their West OnePass account.

Winter Break Hours

Touro Law Center and the Gould Law Library will be closed for winter break from Thursday, December 24, 2009 through Saturday, January 2, 2010.