International and transnational law is a growing and quickly evolving area of law. We are pleased to invite you to join Damon Schwartz, Pace Law School and Vis Moot alum, currently clerking for the Honorable Judge Delissa A. Ridgway at the United States Court of International Trade as he interviews Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, a Professor of Law at the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne, in Germany. Prof. Berger is the founder of CENTRAL. He conducts research in transnational law and provides for the integration of practical training in the study of law. Prof. Berger is the author of The Creeping Codification of The New Lex Mercatoria and the founder of a free research and codification platform for transnational law, Trans-Lex.org available at www.trans-lex.org, both discussed in this podcast.
To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Pace Law Review, we bring you a podcast about the birth and the beginnings of Pace Law Review. Join Diana Cioppa, a 2009 Pace Law School graduate, currently employed at Kitson Law Firm, LLP, as she moderates the conversations with two Pace Law School professors: Professor of Law Irene Johnson who was one of the co-founders of Pace Law Review, and Professor of Law Ralph M. Stein who was one of the first members of the faculty advisory board for Pace Law Review.
Volume 30 of Pace Law Review is dedicated to this memorable milestone marking 30 successful years of Pace Law Review and more specifically Vol. 30, No. 5, which is expected to be published in August 2010, is the "30th Anniversary Commemorative Issue."
Should infliction of emotional distress, mere words, or verbal abuse be criminalized? I am Lucie Olejnikova and I invite you to please tune to our latest podcast where Leslie Yalof Garfield, Professor of Law, and Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, from Pace Law School, discuss this interesting question in connection to the France's proposed legislation that would criminalize verbal and mental abuse in domestic situations.
Christopher Kee is a Senior Researcher and Co-author of the Global Sales Law Project, Universitat Basel, and an Adjunct Professor at City University, Hong Kong.
He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the
Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales and specializes in
international arbitration and international sales law. Christopher was
a member of the ACICA (Australian Center for International Commercial Arbitration) Rules drafting committee, and is an immediate past Co-Chair of AFIA (Australasian Forum for International Arbitration). He has been a member of the APRAG (Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group) delegation to the UNCITRAL (UN Commission on International Trade Law) Rules Revision Working Group since 2007.
On July 28 of 2009, the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) presented a program at the annual conference in Washington D.C. titled The Past, Present, and Future of the Law Library and Librarianship in Afghanistan: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Library After 30 Years of War.Mr. Ahmadullah Masoud (at that time from the Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC) Law Library), Andrea Muto (USAID), and Blair Kaufmann (Professor of Law and Director of Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School) discussed the legal system of Afghanistan and the process of building a new law library after thirty years of war. The presentation explored the INLTC's role in increasing access to justice in Afghanistan as well as the practical and technical challenges the INLTC has faced. Unfortunately, we were unable to capture the presentation in its entirety; the first approximately 15 minutes of Blair Kaufmann's talk is not included.
Welcome to Law Library Podcast. I am Lucie Olejnikova, a reference librarian at Pace, and our guests are Prof. Adele Bernhard, and second year law students at Pace School of Law, Marianito Mabutas, Jr. and Vanity Muniz. J.R. and Vanity are part of Pace Criminal Justice Clinic: Post-Conviction Project, taught by Prof. Adele Bernhard. They share their experiences, challenges, and rewards of working on real cases and representing real people that have been convicted but claim to be innocent. Please join us for this interesting discussion and enjoy.
Materials for this program on the transition from law school to law practice are available here. Bookbag to Briefcase is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, from 5:00PM to 6:15PM in the Library Problem Room. Refreshments and prizes will be offered.
This screencast was created as a follow up to a legal research class for 1Ls. In this demo I used Westlaw. It demos a strategy to search for an appropriate New York Statute, particularly Penal Law, and a NY Court of Appeals Case addressing the same issue. Take a moment to view this and let us know what you think!
Have you ever picked up an assignment, read it through but still felt unsure of where to start? Well, if that is the case, join Vicky and Lucie as they discuss and share
some helpful ideas on how to generate search terms for your research. Enjoy listening our next session in the Food For Thought series!
Our guest today is Margaret Moreland, a reference librarian at Pace Law School. Margaret joined us today to talk about a new class titled Advanced Research Skills for Health, Disability, and Elder Law that she will be teaching at the Law School. Feel free to contact Margaret Moreland with any questions at mmoreland[at]law.pace.edu or call her at 914-422-4339. You can also leave your questions and comments right here. Enjoy listening!
Exam time is approaching and students are looking for ways to get ready. Join Vicky and Lucie as they discuss and share some helpful ideas on how to get prepared. Enjoy our First Law Library Podcast!
Also, don't forget to check out lessons on CALI. If you are not registered, you will need to get the authentication code from our TWEN password database, click here.
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