This Week in the Law Library ... October 20, 2025

Welcome back from Fall Break! We hope your break was restful and relaxing. This week in the Law Library we're teaching AI and the Law and Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation, celebrating Open Access Week, and raising awareness about domestic violence and cybersecurity.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

AI & the Law

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation

• 3:05pm - 4:05pm
• Laura Dixon-Caldwell​, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian​

Thursday, October 23, 2025

AI & the Law

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

Open Access Week 2025 is an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme is "Who Owns Our Knowledge?” The "2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce. It also challenges us to reflect on not only who has access to education and research but on how knowledge is created and shared, where it has come from, and whose voices are recognized and valued." Read more about the Open Access Week 2025 theme

Visit our College of Law Scholarship Repository to see how the Law Library supports open access and check out our Open Access Week display!

Because open access involves copyright, this week our featured study aids are all about copyright!

CALI Lessons on Intellectual Property

• CALI currently offers interactive exercises for law students on intellectual property. You will need to set up a password to use CALI online. To set up a username and password, you will be asked to enter UC Law’s authorization code. You can get this code from any reference librarian or at the Circulation Desk.

Copyright Law (Conceptes & Insights)

• Available through the West Academic study aid subscription, this text provides an exploration of the doctrinal and policy issues in American copyright law. It covers every major topic in basic copyright courses: the history of copyright; subject matter, including original works of authorship and artificial intelligence; ownership, including works made for hire, transfers of ownership and termination of transfers; duration and formalities; exclusive rights, including their transposition to the digital environment; fair use, including the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, and the operation of fair use in the digital and AI environments; secondary liability, both at common law and as developed through application of the DMCA to Internet service providers; enforcement, including “paracopyright” protections against circumvention of technological protection measures and for copyright management information; Federal preemption of state law, including with respect to mass market “browsewrap” licenses. 

Copyright Examples & Explanations

• Available through the Aspen Learning Library subscription, this study aid provides an overview of Copyright Law, together with examples that illustrate how these principles apply in typical cases. Discussions of issues include whether artists have copyright in their performances, first sale of digital works, copying of information from famous news photographs, copyright of works in virtual worlds, fair use of appropriation art, news clippings services, Google Books, course pack, secondary liability of BitTorrent and YouTube, and reasonable royalty damages. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

Understanding Copyright Law

• Available through the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, Understanding Copyright Law reflects the substantial developing case law and legislative developments that have taken place since 2019, including an analysis of the eagerly awaited fair use decisions of Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. and Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, which marked the first time in several decades that the Court has ruled on this "thorniest" issue of copyright law. Other case law developments are also included, such as the challenges brought about by generative artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. As always, Congress continues to change the face of copyright law, and this edition includes an overview of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (the CASE Act), which establishes a small claims court-type system within the United States Copyright Office.

HeinOnline Intellectual Property Law Collection

• This collection contains legislative histories, treatises, books, periodicals, and more relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Includes the Federal Communications Commission Record and Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure. 

Copyright FAQ

• Copyright Basics: definitions of copyright, public domain, fair use and TEACH Act; general FAQ.
• How Do I Use Copyrighted Materials in My Teaching: General principles, safe alternatives, links and tips on finding copyright-free or open license materials organized by material type.

Nimmer on Copyright

• Available on Lexis, this is one of the leading treatises on U.S. copyright law.

Open Access Explained (YouTube)

• What is open access? Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen take you through the world of open access publishing and explain just what it's all about.

Copyright Office​

• The Copyright Office examines hundreds of thousands of copyright claims per year, resulting in an average of over half a million registrations annually. Congress has also delegated authority to the Copyright Office to develop regulations concerning many areas of copyright law. Additionally, the Copyright Office is focused on working with the public, including by answering questions and developing education programs.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Begun in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, it is a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. In 1989 Congress passed Public Law 101-112 declaring the month of October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This month's theme is "With Survivors, Always."

• Childhood Denied: Ending the Nightmare of Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Available at Langsam Stacks HV6626.52 .R43 2009
  • Childhood Denied: Ending the Nightmare of Child Abuse and Neglect delves into the political, legal, and social factors of children at risk for abuse and neglect, it chronicles the plight of abused children across the nation and provides a "report card" for each U.S. state.  
• Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative Approach
  • Available at Langsam Stacks HV6626.3 .E458 2007
    • As the aging population continues to grow, so does the potential for increasing cases of elder abuse. Replete with case examples that allow the experiences of victims to speak for themselves, this book provides the framework to begin, and to build on, collaborative approaches at the local, state, and national levels toward ending elder abuse.
• Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Guide
  • Available at Law Stacks Stacks RC569.5.F3 F35 1996
    • Family violence poses a significant threat to society—it is repetitive, increases in severity as it persists, and is transmitted across generations and to society. However, it often escapes undiagnosed, and resources for both treatment and research are either inadequate or lacking. Chapter by chapter, this book covers all types of family violence, including child physical and sexual abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, and elder abuse and neglect. Risk factors specific to each type of family violence are identified. Assessment and treatment guidelines are offered, including a discussion of therapy for memory of trauma in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment. The prevention of abuse is addressed, and clinical practice resources are listed. Legal information pertinent to both patients and clinicians is provided. An appendix includes legal resources.
• Family Violence: Explanations and Evidence‐Based Clinical Practice
  •  Available as an e-Book through OhioLINK
  • This book examines the major issues and current controversies in the field, provides background information on each type of family violence, and offers strategies for combating domestic abuse. In an informative discussion designed to enhance counselors’ ability to assess and treat each type of family violence, Dr. Lawson covers both well recognized forms of maltreatment, such as the abuse of women and children, and less understood issues, such as female-on-male intimacy violence, parent and elder abuse, same-sex violence, and dating violence and stalking. Case studies throughout the text illustrate clinical applications in action, and recommended readings are provided for further study.
• The Ohio Domestic Violence Benchbook : A Practical Guide to Competence for Judges & Magistrates
  • Available at Law Ohio KFO567.F35 B75 2004 and as a PDF version of The Ohio Domestic Violence Benchbook
    • This Benchbook provides a quick reference to key domestic violence legal issues in Ohio. The three courtroom contexts where domestic violence is most likely to be at issue: criminal proceedings, protection order proceedings and parenting proceedings, are paid particular attention. In addition, applicable federal laws, especially firearms restrictions are discussed. Supplementing the legal discussion in this Benchbook, the reader will find general information about the dynamics of domestic violence and best practice suggestions throughout the text. 

• DarkReading
  • A widely read cybersecurity news site.
• The Hacker News
  •     Features the latest in cybersecurity news, focusing on data breaches, cyber attacks, vulnerabilities, malware and more.
• Krebs on Security
  • Brian Krebs worked as a reporter for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009, authoring more than 1,300 blog posts for the Security Fix blog, as well as hundreds of stories for washingtonpost.com and The Washington Post newspaper.
• SANS Internet Storm Center
  • Part of the SANS Technology Institute, the Internet Storm Center (ISC) provides authoritative data on cyber attacks across diverse industries and regions worldwide.
• Schneier on Security
  • Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the Chief of Security at Inrupt, Inc. in addition to being a Harvard University fellow and a lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow and serves as an advisory board member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org.

   

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