Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new semester at UC Law. This week in the Law Library we are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., teaching a Research Review Using Federal Law, and raising awareness of stalking.

Spring Law Library & Circulation Desk Hours:

Martin Luther King Day

Closed Jan. 15, 2024

Spring 2024 (Jan. 16 – May 12)

Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm for nonlawschool persons
Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 6:00pm for law students, faculty, and staff

Spring Break Hours (Mar. 11 – Mar. 15, 2024)

Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm

The Time Is Always Right to Do What Is Right, Martin Luther King Jr., Jan 15, 1929-Apr 4, 1968 text on a grey background next to a picture of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Law Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 15 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day but never fear, all of our virtual resources will be available and law students, faculty, and staff will still have 24/7 access to the building and library spaces!

Martin Luther King Jr. Display

Check out our small library display on Martin Luther King Jr.!

Selected Books & Speeches on/by Martin Luther King Jr.

This semester, in response to numerous requests from students, the Law Library is experimenting with making available some course textbooks in the law library. Textbooks will be available on a first come, first served basis for check-out in two hour increments during the hours when the Circulation Desk is open.

The purpose of these materials is not to replace your purchasing you own copy, rather for those times when you forgot your textbook and need to read a chapter or two, or for some other need.

Textbooks that are, or will soon be, available are:

Administrative Law, Prof. Mank
Advanced Problems in Constitutional Law, Prof. Bilionis
Bioethics Seminar, Prof. Malloy
Business Associations, Prof. Jackson
Business Tax, Prof. McMahon
Civil Procedure II, Prof. Lenhart
Civil Procedure II, Prof. Solimine
Civil Rights Litigation, Prof. Honkonen
Client Counseling in the dispute/Litigation Context, Prof. Mamo
Computer and Internet Law, Prof. Armstrong
Conflict of Laws, Prof. Ford
Constitutional Law II, Prof. Bryant
Constitutional Law II, Prof. Thoreson
Copyright Law, Prof. Owens
Criminal Law, Prof. Lavalais
Criminal Law, Prof. Whiteman
Criminal Procedure I, Prof. Bilionis
Criminal Procedure II, Prof. Godsey
Human Rights Seminar, Prof. Lockwood
International Business Transactions, Prof. Bernay
International Criminal Law, Prof. Behlen
Intro to Sports Law, Prof. Combs
Labor Law, Prof. Newport
Advocacy, Lawyering II
Legal Ethics, Prof. Rucker
Legal Ethics, Prof. Vander Laan
Legal Ethics Skills and Applications, Prof. Smith
Property, Prof. Bai
Property, Prof. Cogan
Public Health Law Seminar, Prof. Bard
Remedies, Prof. Lenhart
Sales, Prof. Houh
Sex, Gender Sexuality, and the Law, Prof. Bailey
State and Local Government Law, Prof. Ghiz
Trademark and Unfair Competition, Prof. Krafte
White Collar Crime, Prof. Ziepfel

Please contact Circulation Manager Justin Ellis for more information.

Library seating is found throughout the law school building. Most seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Basement

A limited number of carrels are available in the basement where the law stacks are.

First Floor

Study rooms 101, 103, 163, and 165 on this floor are for law students only and can be reserved through TWEN.

Second Floor

Library seating on the second floor includes the Law Library Reading Room and study rooms 227, 271, 273, 275, 276, and 277. The group study rooms on this floor are for law students only and can be reserved through TWEN.

Fourth Floor

The fourth floor library seating includes carrels in the Quiet Reading Room.

Fifth Floor

The fifth floor library seating consists of open study space in room 545.

Study Room Reservations

Study rooms may be reserved through TWEN. Add the Law Library Study Rooms as a course and use that TWEN course to access the study room reservations.

Reservations may be made from 8am – 5pm Monday – Friday. Reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Only 4 hours (per individual) may be reserved each day.
After 6pm and on weekends, study rooms are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Students may stay in a study room for longer than the reserved period of time provided no one has reserved the room. Those with reservations have first priority for the rooms. Those without reservations must leave when a student having a reservation claims the room.
Study room keys are available at the Circulation Desk for check-out Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm. All study room keys must be returned before the 6pm closing of the Circulation Desk.

Anyone leaving any items in a study room beyond the reserved time will have these items turned into the lost-and-found. The Law Library takes no responsibility for any items left in a study room. When leaving the room, please leave the room neat and clean. Contact Circulation Manager Justin Ellis if you have questions.

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation
Associate Director Susan Boland & Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio
Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones & Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian Shannon Kemen
Room 107
2:00pm – 2:55pm

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 1
Instructional & Reference Services Law Librarian Ashley Russell
Room 245
10:40am – 12:05pm
Research Review Using Federal Law

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 2
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Research Review Using Federal Law

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 5
Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian Shannon Kemen
Room 230
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Research Review Using Federal Law

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 6
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 245
3:05pm – 4:30pm
Research Review Using Federal Law

Friday, Jan. 19, 2024

Advocacy, Lawyering II, Cohort 3
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 230
10:40am – 12:05pm
Research Review Using Federal Law

January 2024 marks the twentieth annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking.

White House Proclamation

University of Cincinnati Resources

US Supreme Court by Jarek Tuszyński CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

From SCOTUS Blog:

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P. – whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit erred in holding that a failure to make a disclosure required under Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K can support a private claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, even in the absence of an otherwise misleading statement.

Devillier v. Texas – whether a person whose property is taken without compensation may seek redress under the self-executing takings clause of the Fifth Amendment even if the legislature has not affirmatively provided them with a cause of action.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Relentless v. Dep’t. Com. – whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

Loper Bright Enter. v. Raimondo – whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

Posted January 16, 2024 by Susan Boland

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