The Pritzker Legal Research Center at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites service-oriented individuals to apply for a temporary, part-time position of Visiting Law Librarian during Spring 2024 (January 2024 – May 15, 2024). This position is in person…
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Northwestern Law’s Best Books Read in 2023
Looking for something fun or interesting to read over winter break? Why not try a book recommendation from a fellow member of the Northwestern Law community, including several librarians at the PLRC! The links for all the books below go…
Posted in Holidays
Law Library Summer 2023 Reference Associate
The Pritzker Legal Research Center at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites service-oriented individuals to apply for a temporary summer position of a Law Library Reference Associate. This position is primarily remote with opportunities to work at the Pritzker Legal…
Posted in Position Available
Resource Spotlight: CountryWatch
The law library recently subscribed to CountryWatch, which provides up-to-date political, economic, and business information and news on countries around the world. The key features highlighted below are located under the “Intelligence Zone” tab on the website. Country Reviews provides…
Posted in Resource Spotlight
Resource Spotlight: Westlaw UK
Students and faculty now have access to Westlaw UK, which is a full-text searchable database for UK case law and legislation. To log on to this database, use your regular Westlaw username and password on uk.westlaw.com. You can easily retrieve…
Resource Spotlight: Oxford Bibliographies
If you need to conduct a literature review or would like to identify reputable secondary and primary sources on a topic or concept, you may be able to save a ton of time by consulting Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford Bibliographies provides…
Posted in Resource Spotlight
Resource Spotlight: Extra! Extra!: Access to News Articles
If you hit a paywall when trying to access a news article, we have many electronic resources where you can likely access the full-text article instead. For current articles from the Wall Street Journal, use this link to access the…
Posted in Library Resources, Resource Spotlight
Black Lives Matter: Titles from Antiracist Reading Lists Available as E-Books at NU Libraries
To assist Northwestern Law faculty, staff, and students with accessing books on racism, the law library has obtained e-books for many of the titles recommended on the Office of Inclusion & Engagement’s Racism Resources list, Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracist Reading…
Posted in Library Resources
Resource Spotlight: Global-Regulation
Although there is no database that allows you to conduct a comprehensive keyword search across all laws from every country in the world in one place, Global-Regulation can at least help you efficiently run a search across laws and regulations…
Posted in Resource Spotlight
Resource Spotlight: Oxford Public International Law Resources
Next time you are working on a project that involves international legal research, consider using our Oxford Public International Law online resources. Our library now subscribes to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International…
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