With only one week to go until the extraordinarily contentious 2020 general election, CQ Voting and Elections Collections (CQ VEC) allows curious minds to easily dig into key aspects of past American elections. CQ VEC pulls together local and national…
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Resource Spotlight: Sports Market Analytics
Coinciding with the exciting news that Major League Baseball will be returning in July, I would like to provide a brief overview of Sports Market Analytics, a unique resource for sports fans and researchers interested in the business and economic…
Librarian Liaisons Connect Faculty with Remote Teaching Resources
Our librarians are available to support faculty members with designing remote classes for the fall. From our experience teaching courses, giving guest lectures, and supporting faculty teaching, we have gained expertise with several tools and teaching techniques. We invite you…
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Temporary Access to the Online Bluebook for Northwestern Law Students
Students at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law now have 60-day temporary access to the online edition of the Bluebook, accessible at https://www.legalbluebook.com. For information on creating an account, check your Northwestern email inbox for an email from Jesse…
HeinOnline’s U.S. Presidential Impeachment Library
Keeping track of the ongoing impeachment process in the U.S. House of Representatives requires that we process constant references to a whistleblower complaint, subpoenas, witness statements and testimony, and committee procedural rules. A tremendous resource for reviewing these documents is…
Resource Spotlight: Native American Treaties from HeinOnline
Too often, a library, a legal research vendor, or even Google will digitize something, put it somewhere online, and call it accessible. But anyone who has ever struggled to find something online knows that simply existing somewhere on the internet…
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New Exhibit on the Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial
This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the country’s most controversial cases, the Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial. In late August 1968, the city hosted the Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheatre, which was located on the south…
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Preparing for On-Campus Interviews? Try These Resources.
Are you participating in on-campus interviews at the law school? If so, take a look at our guide on researching legal employers, with links to useful resources for researching law firms, judges, major clients, and much more! http://library.law.northwestern.edu/Employers
Resource Spotlight: Lexis Context
For today’s litigators, analytics platforms are a useful tool, offering strategic guidance and a potential competitive advantage. One such platform, available to members of the Northwestern Law community, is Lexis Context, accessible through Lexis Advance. In this post, we’ll walk…
How to have a standout summer
It’s not too soon to start thinking about how to make the most of the summer. Are you ready to show off your research skills? Are you sure? Take one hour to have some pizza and come away feeling truly…
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