Uncle Christophers

Volume 5 Issue 3: March 2014

Supreme Competition
The third annual
Supreme Court
C h a l l e n g e ,
h o s t e d b y
Bl oombergLaw
and SCOTUSblog, asks you
to predict how the Court
will decide six merits cases
and six cert. petitions.
Register by March 22 to
compete for pride and cash
prizes against SCOTUSblog
experts and other law
students. The first prize is
$3,500, with an additional
$1,500 if the team also beats
the experts at SCOTUSblog.
More details at http://bit.
ly/sctcomp14.
Beware of Thefts!
In olden times,
some libraries
k e p t t h e i r
books chained
up to keep
t h e m s a f e .
T o d a y w e
r e c o mme n d
chaining your
laptop to keep it safe if you
leave it unattendedeven
just for quick trips to the
bathroom. Need a lock?
Ask at circulation, where
we have a supply available
for lending.
Bathroom Reader
Research Guide
Spotlight: Ireland
Ce l e br a t e Sa i nt
Pa t r i cks Day
wi t h Irish legal
research! If you need
suggestions, check
out our new guide to
Irish law at http://
bit.ly/hlslireland. Find out
the best sources for primary
law, treatises, news, and more
at HLSL and beyond. Visit
the HLS Librarys complete
collection of research guides at
http://bit.ly/hlslguides.
New E-resources
Whats i n thi s
months crop of
new e-resources
now avai l abl e
at Harvard? If you
have a crop that
i ncl udes moss
from California, youll be all set
with California Moss eFlora.
We also have a new selection
of Austrian and British news-
papers; statistics sources for
Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore,
and Uganda; the Handbook
of Global Energy Policy; the
World Bank eLibrary; and last
but not least, Westlaw Japan!
For details on these sources
and more, visit http://bit.ly/
hlslnew314.
VoxGov
L o o k i n g f o r
a wa y t o d o
c o mp r e h e n s i v e
searches of gover nment
websites, press releases,
transcripts, the Federal
Register, the Congressional
Record, as well as individual
and agency social media
sitesand help analyzing
your results by date, time
period, party affiliation,
source, and more? Were
excited about our new
subscription to VoxGov
and encourage you to give
it a try. Visit http://bit.
ly/hlslvoxgov to start
exploring!
Yummy!
If theres a fancy restaurant
youve been wanting to try,
March is a good month! Dine
Out Boston (aka restaurant
week) runs March 16-21
and 23-28. For participating
restaurants, menus, and
details, visit http://bit.ly/
hlslrw14.
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Image credits: Guinness and Supreme Court at dusk from Wikimedia Commons; Wimborne Minster by Chris Downer, CC:BY-SA license.