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02/20/2020
profile-icon Frances Brillantine
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The library has a new ebook platform, Lexis Digital Library, which includes four study aids: Mastering, Questions & Answers, Skills & Values, and Understanding. To login, use your CUA network username and password.   Go to Browse Library to easily locate the four study aid series. Also available are primary and secondary materials for DC, MD, and VA, and major treatises such as Moore's Federal Practice and Corbin on Contracts (scroll down to the bottom of the screen to locate statutes and treatises).

Download the Lexis Digital app on your phone or tablet to read books offline. The first time you use the app, you''ll need to enter this code: catholiclaw

02/20/2020
profile-icon Frances Brillantine
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The library has a new resource, Lexis Courtroom Cast, which provides online courtroom videos, AudioCaseFiles, and online courtroom training. You must use your @law.edu email address to register.

Video Library

The video library provides thousands of hours of trials, hearings, and oral arguments, streamed directly to your computer. Search by practice area and industry, or find proceedings in a specific jurisdiction or in front of your next judge. Proceeding video sessions are cataloged down to the attorney and witness level, so watch an expert witness or view an attorney at court.

AudioCase Files

AudioCaseFiles offers downloadable MP3 files of edited judicial opinions, along with full text of the edited opinion, a brief fact summary, and the rule of law. 

Courtroom Training

Courtroom Cast Training provides real courtroom video highlights with expert commentary and analysis. You can learn key trial techniques from Trial the Advocacy library, such as how to develop a theme for your case, or learn objection skills from the Evidence library.

02/17/2020
profile-icon Frances Brillantine
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Taking the MPRE in March? Check out The Weekend MPRE: Complete Preparation for the MPRE in Only a Weekend’s Time, available via West Study Aids. The book is designed to prepare students for the MPRE in a single weekend, and includes digital access to 14 videos, two practice exams, interactive quizzes, and A Short & Happy Guide to the MPRE.

02/04/2020
profile-icon Frances Brillantine
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The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has released two rounds of of CALI Lessons produced by the Law School Study Skills Fellowship. Authored by members of the academic success community, the lessons cover strategies for exam success, outlining, IRAC, and more.

Click here for a full list of lessons, or from the CALI homepage, select Lessons > First Year > Law School Success.

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