Major Resources for the New Family Law Attorney

While experienced family law lawyers are undoubtedly familiar with the array of research resources most useful to the family law practitioner, new attorneys and attorneys new to family law practice may need guidance in locating and identifying the most efficient and useful source material to help them in their family law work. Sherri L. Katz provided an excellent and comprehensive list of family law resources in her article Best Research Resources on Family Law, Mich BJ79, no. 2 (2000): 196 (hereinafter Best Research Resources ). Although the article is three years old, its excellent and comprehensive descriptions of the best resources in the field and citations to relevant federal laws are still useful. This list is intended to provide an updated list of the major resources likely to be of use to the new family law attorney. It is not intended to provide comprehensive identification or coverage of family law issues or resources

Sources of Information on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement between 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. The agreement, signed by the U.S. and other participating countries in Auckland, New Zealand on February 4, 2016, “promotes economic integration to liberalise trade and investment” and “bring economic growth” to the region and participating countries. One reason for the sense of uncertainty, unease, and concern surrounding free trade agreements in general and the TPP in particular is that the negotiations are not public and have been described by many as “shrouded in secrecy.” This, combined with the large number of polemical articles, blogs, editorials, speeches, and news reports for and against free trade and the TPP, makes it difficult to find neutral information about the agreement and its potential impact on the U.S. and regional economies, regulations in affected industries, health, safety, and the environment. Fortunately, it is possible to find useful sources of information despite the lack of transparency relating to the debates, discussions, and documents of the negotiations themselves

A Research Agenda for International Law Librarianship

The goal of the Research Agenda for International Law Librarianship is to suggest research priorities for law librarians around the world. It is hoped that the Agenda, created by the Board of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) will inspire creative thinking and stimulate research, publication and educational programmes by law librarians and legal information professionals on the most important topics, issues, trends and developments in the field

Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement: Sources of Information

Globalization and fre trade are usually discussed in a political context in the United States as well as in other areas of the world. As a consequence, it can be difficult to find neutral, basic information about recent new trade agreements, such as the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), because much of the information found in the news or on the Web is polemical, and it takes time for the legal literature to provide the kind of legal analysis needed by practicing attorneys. This short piece is an attempt to provide links to free, Web-based information on CAFTA-DR to help attorneys understand the context and content of this important new trade agreement

Selected Michigan Probate Law Research Resources

Over the past decade, attorneys have increasingly sought free electronic resources on the web to meet their research needs in order to control research costs. The need for free or low-cost access to legal materials is especially critical for solo practitioners and attorneys with smaller practices who live in areas without access to a law library or who may find the cost of commercial print and electronic resources prohibitive

Sources of Presidential Papers and Documents on the Web

The President of the United States and his staff produce a large volume of documents and other materials. These documents fall into two major categories. The first category is comprised of archival presidential materials such as papers, documents, visual and audio records of the presidency, and the personal papers of the president, his family, associates, and friends. This category of presidential material is primarily of interest to historians, political scientists, and other scholars because it provides a comprehensive view of our Presidents and... [U.S.] history. 1 The second category is comprised of presidential documents with legal effect used by the president to exercise presidential authority and through which the president also manages the operations of the federal government.2 This category includes executive orders, proclamations, reorganization plans, administrative orders, findings, determinations, memoranda, executive agreements, presidential nominations, messages to Congress, and signing statements. This article provides information on how to find free sources of material in both categories on the web

Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement: Sources of Information

Globalization and fre trade are usually discussed in a political context in the United States as well as in other areas of the world. As a consequence, it can be difficult to find neutral, basic information about recent new trade agreements, such as the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), because much of the information found in the news or on the Web is polemical, and it takes time for the legal literature to provide the kind of legal analysis needed by practicing attorneys. This short piece is an attempt to provide links to free, Web-based information on CAFTA-DR to help attorneys understand the context and content of this important new trade agreement

Major Resources for the New Family Law Attorney

While experienced family law lawyers are undoubtedly familiar with the array of research resources most useful to the family law practitioner, new attorneys and attorneys new to family law practice may need guidance in locating and identifying the most efficient and useful source material to help them in their family law work. Sherri L. Katz provided an excellent and comprehensive list of family law resources in her article Best Research Resources on Family Law, Mich BJ79, no. 2 (2000): 196 (hereinafter Best Research Resources ). Although the article is three years old, its excellent and comprehensive descriptions of the best resources in the field and citations to relevant federal laws are still useful. This list is intended to provide an updated list of the major resources likely to be of use to the new family law attorney. It is not intended to provide comprehensive identification or coverage of family law issues or resources

Michigan Family Law Research Resources: Review and Update

Family law includes topics relating to marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody and support, child abuse and neglect, paternity, juvenile delinquency, and other domestic relations issues, ] including cohabitation and domestic violence. Michigan family law research continues to be facilitated by a combination of print and electronic research resources. As in other areas of law, web-based access to legal research resources in the realm of family law continues to improve and expand, following the general trend in legal publishing toward electronic publication. This article is primarily a review of the web-based resources provided by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), although other resources are briefly listed at the end of the article

Sources of Information on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement between 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. The agreement, signed by the U.S. and other participating countries in Auckland, New Zealand on February 4, 2016, “promotes economic integration to liberalise trade and investment” and “bring economic growth” to the region and participating countries. One reason for the sense of uncertainty, unease, and concern surrounding free trade agreements in general and the TPP in particular is that the negotiations are not public and have been described by many as “shrouded in secrecy.” This, combined with the large number of polemical articles, blogs, editorials, speeches, and news reports for and against free trade and the TPP, makes it difficult to find neutral information about the agreement and its potential impact on the U.S. and regional economies, regulations in affected industries, health, safety, and the environment. Fortunately, it is possible to find useful sources of information despite the lack of transparency relating to the debates, discussions, and documents of the negotiations themselves