Robert Ambrogi

What might a law librarian achieve in a career? How about saving the life of someone who was suicidal and homeless? According to this Santa Cruz Sentinel profile, that is but one of Pat Pfremmer’s accomplishments during her 25-year career as librarian for the Santa Cruz County Law Library. She retired last week,…

In recognition of Sunshine Week, the Electronic Privacy Information Center today launched a new online publication designed to help bring attention to secrecy in the federal government. Called EPIC FOIA Notes, it will highlight important documents EPIC obtains under the Freedom of Information Act.

The first edition features documents recently obtained from…

If St. Patrick’s Day has you green with the urge to research Irish law, a good starting point is the aptly named site Irish Law and its companion blog Irish Law Updates. The main site, which is hosted by the law faculty at the University College, Cork, is a wide-ranging portal to…

The Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts will present its seventh annual online dispute resolution Cyberweek April 4 to 8. This is an entirely Web-based conference with no fee for participation and registration. I have participated in this conference in prior years and can recommend it…

Temple University Law Library has recently started Trial Advocacy Blog, as a forum to provide information and discussion on trial advocacy. The blog is an adjunct to Temple’s trial advocacy program.…

LeapLaw has unveiled a blog devoted to state-specific corporate and UCC filing information that puts a new spin on blogging. Called the Secretary of State Blawg, it focuses on the practical aspects of doing business with the 50 secretaries of state.

Unlike blogs that are organized by date, LeapLaw’s blog is organized…

I wrote in January (Bringing order to Web searching) about the search tool Clusty, noting its customizable tabs for searching news, images, shopping sites, blogs and other types of information. Now it has added a “Gov” tab, allowing users to search a number of special collections focused on U.S. government and politics. It…

Say you represent the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case and you need to pin down weather conditions at the time of the accident. Where would you turn? Here are three resources on the Web:…

This Sunday, news organizations across America will participate in Sunshine Sunday — kick off to Sunshine Week — by running stories supporting access to government information. Not wanting bloggers to be excluded, FreeCulture.org is organizing Blogshine Sunday, to encourgage bloggers across the U.S. and beyond to write about the need for…

The Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law recently launched GlobalLex, a Web-based legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research.

Editor Mirela Roznovschi, reference librarian for international and foreign law at NYU, writes, “GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative…

On March 30, the eve of ABA TechShow, legal bloggers are gathering to eat, drink and make merry, thanks to the organizing efforts of blawgers Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy. The evening promises, Dennis says, to be the largest gathering of legal bloggers ever brought together under one roof. (The question is,…

At the IP blawg Phosita, contributor Douglas Sorocco offers a simple but compelling demonstration of screencasting. The technology combines audio — a la podcasting — with a recording of the broadcaster’s computer screen. Sorocco uses a software program called Camtasia Studio, which is available for a free trial download or to…