Best of Luck!
All of us at the Schmid Law Library wish you all the very best of luck on exams! Study hard and get all "As"!
Remember that you're not the only one under pressure this time of year, so be patient, courteous and try to keep voices and noises down.
Tweet Treats During Finals
Follow the law library on Twitter (@schmidlibrary) for tweets to tasty treats in the library!
Legal Research Palooza - May 2
What is a "research palooza"?
According to the Urban Dictionary, a palooza is "an all-out crazy party; partying at one place with a ton of people like there's no tomorrow." A research palooza is like that. We're teaching legal research skills like there's no tomorrow. It's not quite a party, but it should be fun; at worst it will be very useful for you if you are working this summer and want to impress your employers by hitting the ground running with awesome legal research skills.
Schedule of sessions:
8:00-8:30:
Registration & Donuts
8:30-10:00:
Effective Westlaw/Lexis Nexis/BloombergLaw Searching – Sandy Placzek
10:10-11:30:
Administrative Law Research – Matt Novak
11:30-12:15:
Legislative History – Stefanie Pearlman & Sandy Placzek
•Federal – Stefanie Pearlman
•Nebraska – Sandy Placzek
12:15-12:45:
Lunch
12:45-1:45:
Free/Low Cost Legal Sites on the Web –Marcia Dority Baker & Brian Striman
•Web Sites – Marcia Dority Baker
•Library Catalog – Brian Striman
1:45-2:45:
Starting Research – Stefanie Pearlman & Matt Novak
2:55-3:45:
Practical Research Tools & Strategies – Rich Leiter
Registration is now open!
To reserve a space and LUNCH, please register by 5:00 pm on Monday, April 29 by sending an email with the following information to splaczek2@unl.edu
- Your name
- Any dietary restrictions
- If you plan to attend all sessions, morning sessions only, or afternoon sessions only.
You may attend without registering - however, registering guarantees lunch!
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Extended Library Hours
The library will be open some extended hours during finals.
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
Tip of the Week
You may be out of town for the summer, but that doesn't mean that you have to be out of touch with your dedicated reference library staff. At any time, or for any reason, call us. We can help with reference questions, research strategies, moral support, you name it. (The fact is, we grow lonely for you, too, over the summer, so as much as we're here to help you with your work, we'd also love to hear from you….) 402.472.3547.