Interested in social justice? Check out HeinOnline’s Social Justice Suite and the recently added database, the Open Society Justice Initiative.

The Open Society Justice Initiative, part of the Open Society Foundation, publishes “reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice.” It also “represents individuals before domestic and international human rights tribunals” and works to expand access to justice in the United States and throughout the world.

The new database provides access to works published by the Justice Initiative. It is fully searchable and includes the option to search by publication type. The database contains items new to HeinOnline and is expected to be updated annually.

We hope you had a wonderfully scary Halloween with lots of treats!  We want to give a big thanks to everyone who entered our 2021 Halloween Info Hunt!  While we promised to select 10 prize winners, because we had such great participation, we instead have randomly selected 15 lucky prize winners, each of whom will receive a prize from our selection of study aids, law dictionaries, NYLS commuter mugs, Westlaw blankets, Lexis points, and more.

The fifteen lucky students are:

• Angelina DeModna
• Rana Dola
• Jordynn Figueroa
• Julianna Iacona
• Connor Lawrence
• Shakayla Lee
• Rishai McDermott
• Marie Meltzer
• Simi Parikh
• Natallia Popchanka
• Shama Puranik
• Sophie Richard-Bail
• Shukra Sabnis
• Gurpartap Singh
• Richard Windisch

 

A separate email will be sent from Darlene Young to the prize winners with instructions for claiming their prize.

If you didn’t win this time, fear not, as next semester you will have an opportunity to enter our 2022 Valentine’s Day “Find Love in the Library” Info Hunt for a chance to win more great prizes.

For those students who have not yet claimed their prize from the Legally Clueless Info Hunt, please come by as soon as possible to do so.

Congratulations to all the winners!

–Mendik Library Staff

We have received recent requests from students for help in finding information about critical race theory (CRT).

Two books that will provide helpful background:
Critical Race Theory : a Primer by Khiara M. Bridges.
Book Stacks Call number: KF 4755 .B75 2019.

Critical Race Theory : an Introduction by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic.
Book Stacks Call number: KF4755.D454 2017.

In addition, many law journals are devoted to covering this area of law.  To find the direct link to each journal use the Mendik Library’s list of E-journals A to Z.

• Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review
• American Indian Law Review
• Berkeley Journal of African-American Law and Policy
• Berkeley La Raza Law Journal
• Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review
• Columbia Journal of Race And Law
• Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives
• Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
• Harvard Journal on Racial and Ethnic Justice
• Harvard Latinx Law Review
• Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal
• Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture, and Resistance
• Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice
• Michigan Journal of Race & Law
• Rutgers Race and the Law Review
• The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues
• Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
• Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy
• University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class
• University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review
• Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

 

If you are interested in going beyond Google to follow the state legislative actions regarding the teaching of CRT and any related content in K-12 classrooms, you may want to use the wealth of policy and research resources provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). In addition to links to all state legislative sites and bill tracking, a number of topical areas are tracked regularly.

And of course, never hesitate to Ask a Librarian for help finding exactly what you need.

Happy soon-to-be-Halloween from the Mendik Library!

Don’t forget to enter our Halloween Info Hunt for your chance to WIN great prizes such as study aids, law dictionaries, NYLS commuter mugs, Westlaw blankets, Lexis points, and more!  Just answer the six Halloween Info Hunt questions.  Your answers don’t need to be perfect—just close!

The deadline to enter is 9PM on Monday, November 1 so don’t delay!  Click here to access the questions.  Each slide includes just one question, along with step-by-step instructions that will get you to the answer.

And don’t forget to stop by the Reference Desk (beginning Thursday, October 28) for Halloween candy (no costume required).

Happy soon-to-be-Halloween from the Mendik Library!

As an early Halloween treat, here’s your opportunity to WIN great prizes such as study aids, law dictionaries, NYLS commuter mugs, Westlaw blankets, Lexis points, and more!  Just answer the six Halloween Info Hunt questions.  Your answers don’t need to be perfect—just close!

Click here to access the questions.  Each slide includes just one question, along with step-by-step instructions that will get you to the answer.

And don’t forget to stop by the Reference Desk (beginning Thursday, October 28) for Halloween candy (no costume required).

This past August, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth report addressing the issue of climate change. The Sixth Assessment Report, titled “The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change,” issued a dire warning about human-induced greenhouse gases and the imperative to reduce emissions by 100% by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change.  An executive summary details the findings and those who are inclined are welcome to peruse the almost 4,000 (!) page report.

For those 1Ls who have not yet taken one or both of their required RSWs for Legal Practice, there is a make-up session for each class being offered on Sunday, October 31 (Happy Halloween!).

You must register using the links below to attend these classes.

MAKE-UP Jurisdiction & Authority RSW
2:00pm – 2:50pm, Sunday, October 31, 2021
https://nyls.libcal.com/event/8405889

MAKE-UP Secondary Sources RSW
3:30pm – 4:20pm, Sunday, October 31, 2021
https://nyls.libcal.com/event/8405900

The new Supreme Court term will begin this Monday, October 4^th, 2021.

The Court has an active term ahead with high stakes cases surrounding abortion rights, the 2^nd Amendment, religious freedom, and the Boston Marathon bombing.  While many cases have potentially wide implications, all eyes will likely be on the December 1, 2021 oral arguments set to determine the fate of Roe v. Wade.  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will decide whether “all pre-viability prohibitions on abortions are unconstitutional.”

You can find more information on the upcoming Supreme Court term at HeinOnline’s Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases or the SCOTUS Blog (includes case summaries).  You can also view the case briefs at the Supreme Court’s website (under CASE DOCUMENTS click the link for Docket Search and enter the docket number of the case you are interested in). The Court will again be making available to the public live audio of the arguments.  Check for the link on the Supreme Court’s web site on the day of argument.