DuFour Law Library Blog

This semester the Law Library has launched a new initiative, a repository for past Events, Lectures and Symposia hosted by the Catholic University Columbus School of Law.  The repository currently includes material for four lecture series and recent symposia for the Catholic University Law Review, however additional series and symposia will be developed over the course of this semester.

The University's Technology Services department made a change to the print server that was installed on 1L laptops during Orientation. This change has caused numerous issues, including print jobs restarting and incomplete printouts.  Due to these issues, 1Ls must reinstall the print server on their laptops.

1Ls, please see Len Davidson in the Law Library for help reinstalling printers (235C in the Reference Room).  Len is available Mon-Fri 8:30 - 4:30. His student assistant is available in Room 235C Mon & Tue 5 to 7pm, and Sundays 1 to 5pm.

1Ls can also run the install script at  http://printing.law.edu. The script removes the previous print server and installs the new server.

Thank you for you patience in dealing with this issue.

NOTE: this reinstall applies only to 1Ls. Returning students have the correct server installed.

ABA Legal Fact Check is a new web-based fact check service designed to provide dependable answers to confusing legal questions. From the ABA press release:

The site, ABA Legal Fact Check, is the first focusing exclusively on legal matters. The project is one of several initiatives launched by Hilarie Bass, who became the new ABA president on Tuesday at the close of the ABA Annual Meeting in New York.

“In a world with multiple sources of information, it is often difficult to distinguish between fact and opinion,” Bass said. “Through our new ABA Legal Fact Check, the American Bar Association will use case and statutory law and other legal precedents to help set the record straight by providing the real facts about the law.”

ABA Legal Fact Check will explore widely disseminated legal assertions. Initial postings examine whether individuals can be punished for burning the American flag, explore who has the constitutional authority to redraw U.S. Circuit Courts and offer explanations on the power of presidential pardons and hate speech, among other topics.