Library Blog

The weekly library blog contains news, research resources, and information about library events. To view archived copies of library newsletters and blogs from 1996 to present, visit Docs@RWU.

Meet the Staff: Jessica Silvia
December 4, 2020
This year the Legal Beagle is featuring blog posts which introduce you (or re-introduce you) to our hard-working and amazing staff. This week meet Jessica Silvia! Legal Beagle: What is your title
Thanksgiving & the Law
November 24, 2020
One of the library staff’s favorite holiday pastimes is finding the nexus between law and the holidays. While there are several ways that Thanksgiving is related to law, the one we are choosing to
2020 and Student Wellness
November 20, 2020
This year has been unlike any in your life, not just because you are in law school, but because you are in law school during a pandemic and a contentious presidential election year. It is very
Learn, Review, Practice: Getting Ready for Finals with Study Aids and eBooks
November 13, 2020
As final exams quickly approach, you are probably getting ready to review what you have learned so far in your classes, and what you have outlined so far in your review. But, what if you have some
Artificial Intelligence & Law
November 6, 2020
A Brookings Institution report, How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the World, states the following about artificial intelligence (AI): Although there is no uniformly agreed upon definition
Halloween Obsessions and LP Review Sessions!
October 30, 2020
Imagine enjoying a nice, leisurely stroll through a haunted corn maze when suddenly Jason pops up with a chainsaw, causing you to take a tumble and hurt your ankle. If one of your first thoughts is
No-Cost and Low-Cost Legal Research
October 23, 2020
Learning about legal research in law school will generally conjure up images of Lexis and Westlaw. Legal research training in law school will almost invariably focus on these industry standards. Most
Meet the Law Library Staff! - Lucinda Harrison-Cox
October 16, 2020
This year the Legal Beagle is featuring blog posts which introduce you (or re-introduce you) to our hard-working and amazing staff. This week meet Lucinda Harrison-Cox, the longest serving member of
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage at RWU Law
October 2, 2020
This week at RWU Law we are celebrating the historic centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. The ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress Traveling Exhibit, which
Voting is fundamental!
September 24, 2020
Whether voting is a right or a privilege is subject to debate. What is not open to debate is that voting is fundamental to democracy. Some of our most important legal documents in the United States