This Week in the Law Library … Jan. 21, 2025
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 Advanced Legal Research, previewing US Supreme Court arguments, and raising awareness of stalking.
Spring Law Library & Circulation Desk Hours:
Martin Luther King Day
Closed Jan. 20, 2025
Spring 2025 (Jan. 21 – May 16)
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. 17 – Mar. 21, 2025)
Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Law Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 20th 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.
All Labor Has Dignity
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clayborne Carson, ed. 1998)
A Call to Conscience : The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clayborne Carson & Kris Shepard eds. 2001)
“In A Single Garment of Destiny:” A Global Vision of Justice (Lewis V. Baldwin ed. 2012)
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion : Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Lectures of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clayborne Carson et al. eds. 1992)
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (James Melvin Washington ed. 1991)
Textbooks
As a reminder the Law Library has a copy of many of the textbooks assigned for the Spring semester. These books are available on reserve from the Circulation Desk. 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.
Policies for Textbooks on Reserve Spring 2025
- All textbooks have a 2-hour loan.
- Textbooks are available on a first come, first served basis – no holds are available.
- It is a violation of United States Copyright law to copy the entire, or a substantial portion, of any copyrighted material. These textbooks all fall under US Copyright law.
Visit the Law Library page on Bearcat's Landing for a list of textbooks.
Library Seating & Study Rooms
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.
This Week’s Research Sessions
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025
Advanced Legal Research: Fiction and Fact
Research Instructional Services Librarian Shannon Kemen
Room 107
10:05am – 11:00sm
January is National Stalking Awareness Month
January 2025 marks the twentieth annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking.
University of Cincinnati Resources
University of Cincinnati Gender Equity & Inclusion (Title IX)
Clery Act at University of Cincinnati
Victim Services, Harassment, Stalking and Dating Violence
Help for Student Victims & Student Survivors
Women Helping Women Campus Based Advocacy
January Arguments at the United States Supreme Court
US Supreme Court by Jarek Tuszyński CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
From SCOTUS Blog:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. - whether a manufacturer may file a petition for review in a circuit (other than the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) where it neither resides nor has its principal place of business, if the petition is joined by a seller of the manufacturer’s products that is located within that circuit.
McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc. v. McKesson Corp. - whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the Federal Communications Commission’s legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Monday, January 22, 2025
Barnes v. Felix - whether courts should apply the "moment of the threat" doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment.
Cunningham v. Cornell Univ. - whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the plan and a party in interest, as proscribed by 29 U.S.C. § 1106(a)(1)(C), or whether a plaintiff must plead and prove additional elements and facts not contained in the provision’s text.
Posted Jan. 21, 2025 by Susan Boland