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.

  • Welcome

    Welcome (Back)!

    The RWU Law Library staff would like to welcome all our Law School Students! We are excited to get to know the 1Ls students as you begin your law school journey. We are eager to welcome back the 2L

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    July 30th: International Friendship Day

    According to the UN, the International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 and lobbied by the World Friendship Crusade out of Paraguay. There are many South American countries that celebrate it

  • Nelson Mandela on May 13, 2008

    Summer Holidays: International Mandela Day

    International Mandela Day is celebrated on July 18 each year. Volunteering and community services on this day honor the legacy of Nelson Mandela. In April 2009, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the

  • Juneteenth Freedom Day. Silhouette of a fist over red, yellow, and green stripes.

    Celebrating and Reflecting Upon Juneteenth

    According to the New York Times, “On June 19, 1865, about two months after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston

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    Summer Holidays: Memorial Day

    For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer. Americans often take advantage of the three-day weekend to take short vacations, visit with family and friends, or have barbeques. Officially

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    Congratulations to the Class of 2022!

    Congratulations to the Class of 2022 on completing your work here at RWU Law. Your class spent most of its time studying and learning during a global pandemic and still you have reached this milestone

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    Law Library Summer Resources

    No matter what you’re doing this summer the Law Library has your back! Got a summer job? Great! Need access to the legal research databases you’ve come to know and love like Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and

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    Fastcase and the Bad Law Bot

    As a 1L you learn all about citator services. You even learn a new verb, “Shepardize.” But as you get to the end of the year you may have a class where the law librarians introduced you to Fastcase

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    Unconventional Stress Reduction

    Final exams are upon us again here at RWU Law. It is the culmination of a semester’s work for students, with the support and guidance of faculty and staff, taking what they learned and applying it to

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    Finding the Golden Oldies

    Legal research is all about updating. Then along comes the tantalizing research project that relies on original wording of a statute or the statute’s legislative history. Where do you start? The