Legal Research Palooza - May 2
On Thursday May 2, just after finals and before graduation, the law library faculty will be presenting a series of short, concentrated programs on practical legal research skills that are designed to enhance your legal research knowledge so that you can be more productive in your summer clerkship, internship, classes, or your new job! We are presently planning the topics to be presented and the numbers and schedules of sessions. If you have ideas of what you'd like to see us cover, please see any member of the library faculty. And, in the meantime, save the date!
Extended Library Hours
The library will be open some extended hours during finals.
Friday, April 19: 7:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday, April 20: 8:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday, April 21: 9:00am - 12:30am
Mon - Friday, April 22-26: 7:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday, April 27: 8:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday, April 28: 9:00am - 12:30am
Mon-Tues, April 29-30: 7:30am - 12:30am
Wednesday, May 1: 7:30am - 8:00pm
Thurs-Friday, May 2-3: 7:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday, May 4: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, May 5: CLOSED
"STIRring It Up" is a distillation of the 15-minute presentations in the law college from the S.T.I.R. Talks series at the law college.
The presentations are recorded and made available in YouTube at the STIR Talks channel. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlzVk61w41Le-ZdSlemOD6OgcEchyB6Xw
Please visit the YouTube channel for this and other S.T.I.R. talks.
Professor Kristen Blankley: "Unbundled Legal Services" http://law.unl.edu/facstaff/faculty/resident/kblankley.shtml
Unbundled legal services, or "limited scope representation," allows attorneys more flexibility in working with clients. Limited scope representation is permitted by ethics rules, as long as fees and representation are reasonable. This can help previously "unrepresentable" clients obtain legal assistance.
Professor Blankley encourages us to explore limited scope representation that focuses on settlement options, not litigation options, as this provides advantages for negotiated settlement, and collaborative lawyering. This approach can help reduce excess court workload from pro se actions, helps ease the burden on legal aid offices, and positively impact law clinics. In a nutshell it introduces satisfying client interests with limited attorney time. It turns "nobodys client into your client."
To read her research, go to her SSRN pages: http://ssrn.com/author=1537930.
The April 9 talk was the final S.T.I.R. talk for the academic year.
By Professor Brian Striman