This Week in the Law Library ... Let Us Feed Your Brains

Happy Halloween Week! This week in the Law Library we're celebrating Halloween, teaching Online Searching, Statutes Research, AI and the Law, and Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation. We're also continuing to raise awareness about domestic violence and cybersecurity.

Monday, October 27, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Online Searching
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Lawyering 1, Cohort 6

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Online Searching
• Ron Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian

AI & the Law

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

Lawyering 1, Cohort 3

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Online Searching
• Ashley Russell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

Technology Tuesdays

• Final Grading in Canvas & Catalyst
• 12:15pm - 1:15pm
• Zoom
• Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian​

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Researching Statutes
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation

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

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 2

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Researching Statutes
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

AI & the Law

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

Friday, October 31, 2025

• Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Miracles and Mishaps of Modern Family Formation
• 12:15-1:15 p.m
• Judith Daar, Dean and Professor of Law at Northern Kentucky University’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law
• For nearly 50 years, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have enabled family formation outside traditional conception methods. Over 10 million children worldwide have been born through ART, with usage increasing annually. While most families experience successful outcomes, rare incidents of mishaps or misconduct can cause significant harm, challenging existing legal and medical frameworks and prompting us to reconsider norms related to human reproduction.

In honor of this year's Schwartz lecture, this week's featured resources deal with family law.

• CALI Family Law Lessons
  • CALI currently offers several interactive exercises for Family Law students. 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. 
• Family Law Stories
  • Available through the West Academic study aid subscription, this Law Stories title presents the back stories- historical, procedural, personal and political - of eleven significant family law cases. The essays, written by leading family law scholars, cover four main areas: marriage (Reynolds, Loving, Goodridge), parenting and custody (Troxel), separation and divorce (McGuire and O'Brien) and the definition of family (Moore v. East Cleveland). Other essays investigate well known state and federal cases on such topics as child kidnapping, the intentional infliction of emotional distress, the Indian Child Welfare Act and frozen embryos.
• Mastering Family Law
  • Available through the LexisNexis Digital Library study aid subscription, this text helps students understand the basic principles and underlying policies of the topics covered in a general family law course. The content in this book is drawn from the table of contents of all the major family law teaching texts and includes all of the major topics covered in those texts. The book includes traditional family law topics such as marriage and divorce, but also covers child law topics such as the constitutional rights of parents and the definition of parents, among others. It provides a roadmap at the beginning of each chapter to focus attention on the important topics that will be addressed and a checkpoints list at the end of each chapter to summarize the important concepts as an aid to student comprehension and retention.
• Family Law Examples & Explanations
  • Available through the Aspen Learning Library subscription, this study aid continues to identify and explore new trends in family law practice. It includes central topics such as alternative dispute resolution, domestic violence, alternative reproduction, premarital agreements, and professional responsibility. New to the 7th edition is an introductory chapter regarding the evolving definition and regulation of families in America and significant updates to chapters covering parentage, abortion, adoption, assisted reproductive technology, and alternative dispute resolution, including updated discussions of recent cases and legislation.Analysis is first provided for a topic and then examples are given to help students understand the analysis. A series of problems at the end of each section or chapter assist you in testing your understanding. Answers are provided for these problems.

• HeinOnline's Women and the Law
  • A collection of books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law, allowing users to research the progression of women's roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

• Gender & Law Research Guide
  • This guide provides a quick overview of general and law materials. It covers browsing for materials by call number range, using encyclopedias for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest.

• Sexual Orientation and the Law
  • Available on Westlaw, this legal treatise for practitioners nation-wide representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered clients; those in alternative families or facing discrimination due to alternative lifestyles or gender stereotypes; and clients with HIV or AIDS. It includes extensive legal arguments, litigation strategies, current caselaw and legislation, sample agreements, practice pointers, and forms.

• Reproductive Health and Assisted Technology Access (YouTube)
  • This free, non-CLE webinar examines current overall access to reproductive health and assisted reproductive technology (ART) for diverse communities, including cultural competency and language and economic access. Panelists consider insurance and financial issues around reproductive health, abortion services, and the definitions of infertility as it intersects with LGBTQ+ families.

• CDC, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
  • Currently, about 500 U.S. clinics provide ART services to patients. The CDC requests data from all ART clinics in the United States and calculates standardized success rates for each clinic that reports. These success rates are shown per ART cycle or ART transfer.

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 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."

• University of Cincinnati College of Law's Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic
  • UC Law students can gain hands-on experience as you learn how to provide holistic legal services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault. At the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic, you’ll work alongside clinic staff to learn every aspect of civil practice, from initial interviews through advocacy.
• Ohio Legal Help - Family & Safety
  • Self-help tools for family and domestic safety issues
  • Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Self Help Center
  • Lorain County Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court Help Center
  • Montgomery County Domestic Relations Self Help Center
• Ohio Supreme Court Domestic Violence Program
  • The Domestic Violence Program provides technical assistance and specialized resources to strengthen courts’ and justice system partners’ responses to domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault.   The Program disseminates information, monitors trends, offers education, and recommends forms, rules, and standards that promote effective response to these cases.
• Hamilton County Domestic Violence and Dating Violence CPO

October is also National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched by the National Cyber Security Alliance & the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October 2004. The theme this year is "Stay Safe Online." 

• ABA Cybersecurity Handbook: A Resource for Attorneys, Law Firms, and Business Professionals
  • Law Stacks KF318 .A7518 2013
  • The new third edition published by the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force addresses the current overarching threat, describes how the technology works, outlines key legal requirements and ethical issues, and highlights special considerations for lawyers and practitioners of all types.
• Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws
  • Law Stacks KF390.5.C6 D69 2006
  • The federal computer fraud and abuse statute, 18 U.S.C. 1030, protects federal computers, bank computers, and computers used in interstate and foreign commerce. It shields them from trespassing, threats, damage, espionage, and from being corruptly used as instruments of fraud. It is not a comprehensive provision, but instead it fills crack and gaps in the protection afforded by other federal criminal laws. This is a brief sketch of section 1030 and some of its federal statutory companions.
• Harboring Data : Information Security, Law, and the Corporation
  • Law Stacks KDF1263.C65 H37 2009
  • With insights from leading academics, information security professionals, and other area experts, this original work explores the business, legal, and social dynamics behind corporate information leakage and data breaches. The authors reveal common mistakes companies make, which breaches go unreported despite notification statutes, and surprising weaknesses in the federal laws that regulate financial data privacy, children's data collection, and health data privacy.
• Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age
  • Law Stacks KF1263.C65 P76
  • Proskauer on Privacy is a comprehensive resource on the laws and standards governing areas where data privacy and security is potentially at risk, including the workplace, medical data, financial information, commercial transactions, and online activity, including communications involving children. It includes coverage of global regulation of privacy. The book offers guidance that can help organizations develop effective compliance programs, enhance data security, and mitigate negative consequences when breaches do occur.

You can view the live stream of oral arguments on the Court’s website or see them after the arguments take place in the Ohio Channel archives.

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

• State v. McAlpin - (1) Must a trial court address a pending  motion for leave to file a new trial motion before issuing a decision on the motion for a new trial; and (2) whether an appellate court can decide a trial court motion that wasn’t addressed in the trial court decision that was appealed. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• One Church v. Bhd. Mut. Ins. Co. - Whether a property owner can seek more money for additional hidden damages not discovered during the appraisal process once the property owner engages in "binding" appraisal and accepts full payment of the appraisal award.  Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• In re application of Oak Run Solar Project L.L.C. -  Whether the Ohio Power Siting Board followed its regulations when it approved the application of Oak Run Solar Project. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• State v. King - Whether a trial court's judgment of acquittal entered pursuant to Ohio Crim. R. 29(B) (PDF) overturning a jury's guilty verdict is a "final verdict" within the meaning of Ohio Rev. Code sec. 2945.67(A) and implicates the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States Constitution and the Ohio Constitution. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• State v. Hill - Whether the post-conviction statute, Ohio Rev. Code sec. 2953.23(A), is the exclusive remedy to vacate a criminal conviction or sentence or whether Ohio Civil R. 60(B) (PDF) can be used to reopen prior civil post-conviction proceedings. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• State v. Fontanez - Whether a trial court's failure to explicitly state that a guilty plea is a complete admission of guilt invalidates a guilty plea when the court otherwise complied with Crim. R. 11(C)(2) (PDF), the admission of guilt is obvious from the context of the plea colloquy, and the defendant does not assert actual innocence. Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• In re application of Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc. - (1) Whether the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approval of a stipulation that a Columbia Gas rate increase was in the public interest was not supported by the evidence; and (2) whether the evidence supports PUCO's finding that the stipulation did not violate any important regulatory principles.  Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview
• State v. Jones - (1) Whether a reviewing court is limited to only the evidence admitted into the record by the trial court; (2) whether the "inevitable discovery" doctrine requires officers to have taken steps toward obtaining a search warrant if the officers had a good faith belief that a valid exception to the warrant requirement authorized the search and negated the need to obtain a warrant; and (3) whether the court of appeals replaced the standard of review for ineffective assistance of counsel claims set forth in Strickland v. Washington with a lower standard.  Court News Ohio Oral Argument Preview

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