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Ms. Gloria M. Orrego Hoyos on Role of Libraries and Archives in Reconstructing the Memory of Argentine’s Dirty War

Feb 29th, 2012 by

In July 2011, the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) presented a program at the annual conference in Philadelphia, PA titled Never Again, Never Forget: The Role of Libraries and Archives in Reconstructing Memory of Argentina’s Dirty War. The FCIL-SIS Executive Committee was proud to welcome the tenth recipient of the FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, Ms. Gloria Marcela Orrego Hoyos. Ms. Orrego Hoyos, the 2011 recipient, is the Legal Reference Librarian and a Professor of Law and Legal Research Methods at the Biblioteca Max von Buch, Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a librarian there since 2004, she helps patrons find domestic and foreign law; oversees the library’s legal database subscriptions; organizes, promotes, and delivers library instruction to the university community; maintains and updates the online reference service; and is involved in a project to create a unified citation system. As a Professor of Law since 2008, she teaches legal research and is responsible for ensuring legal information literacy. To read more about Ms. Orrego Hoyos, please click here.

Ms. Orrego Hoyos delivered an excellent presentation to a room filled with over hundred attendees. She addressed the history of the sad and incredibly sensitive Argentine’s Dirty War, the current debate and the important role the librarians, libraries and archives have played in reconstructing the memory of this dark chapter in the history of Argentina. To listen to Ms. Orrego Hoyos’ presentation, please access the MP3 file below.

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Argentine Dirty War and Libraries and Archives by Ms. Gloria Orrego Hoyos

Playing Time: 54:53

Parts

Introduction by Jeanne Rehberg (2011 FCIL-SIS Chair) at 0:00
Introduction of the speaker by Teresa Miguel (2011 FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant Selection Committee Chair) at 3:06
Gloria Marcela Orrego Hoyos (2011 FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant Recipient) at 8:52
Questions from the Audience at 51:21

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Bookbag to Briefcase 2011

Apr 5th, 2011 by

On March 18, 2011 the Pace Law Library hosted its third annual Bookbag to Briefcase presentation. The students have found this collaborativeeffort of the Pace Career Development office, Pace Law Library, LexisNexis and Westlaw to be useful and valuable. The presenters, Rachel J. Littman for the Career Development Office, Cynthia Pittson for the Law Library, Mary Beth Drain for LexisNexis, and HarrisonThompson for Westlaw shared information on how to start a successful summerinternship or post-graduate position. Tune in and don’t miss theopportunity to learn about the free and low cost alternatives to traditional research, how to be cost effective when using Westlaw and Lexis, and basic tipson how to be a successful legal professional from the start.

Please click the MP3 file below to listen to the entire program. Anexpanded version of the Free and Low Cost Resources is available here. If you have any questions, email us.

Speakers

Marie Newman, Pace Law Library Director (at 0:00min)
Rachel J. Littman, Assistant Dean for CareerDevelopment (at 2:27 min)
Cynthia Pittson, Head of Reference Services (at20:24 min)
Harrison Thompson, Westlaw Representative (at 34:09 min)
Mary Beth Drain, LexisNexis Representative (at 43:50 min)

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Playing time: 50:05 min

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Prof. Gershman Discusses the Rights of Victims

Feb 7th, 2011 by

In January 2011, Prof. Bennett Gershman of Pace Law School, New York, has participated on a panel as part of victims’ rights seminar held by the Ministry of Justice for prosecutors and judicial officials in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prof. Gershman was invited to appear as an expert next to Ms. Jennifer Long, the director of Aequitas Resource and an expert on victims of sexual assault and Mr. Marcel Vanpeet from the Netherlands Forensic Institute, an expert on collection and preservation of forensic evidence.

The panel discussed a variety of very important issues surrounding the victims’ rights and their participation during criminal and/or civil trials, and emphasized the importance of bringing the rights of victims to the forefront of criminal justice systems. To hear more, access the below MP3 file and join Prof. Gershman as he reflects on his experience.

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Gershman on Rights of Victims.mp3

Playing time: 32:18

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Ms. Lamikanra on Legal System and Law Librarianship in Nigeria

Jan 31st, 2011 by

In July 2010, the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) presented a program at the annual conference in Denver, CO, titled Conflict of Laws in a Federation: The Nigerian Experience. The FCIL Executive Committee was proud to welcome the speaker and the 2010 recipient of the FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, Ms. Ufuoma Lamikanra from the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) at the University of Lagos in Nigeria, where Ms. Lamikanra is in charge of the Readers’ Services Section. She engages in reference and noter-up services, indexes and abstracts legal publications, and compiles bibliographies and reading lists. Ms. Lamikanra taught Legal Methods, Environmental Law, Use of the Library, and Evidence during her sabbatical leave at the Babcock University Law School, and she is an adjunct lecturer in Business Law for the Distance Learning Institute at the University of Lagos. To read more about Ms. Lamikanra, please click here.

Ms. Lamikanra delivered an excellent presentation where she addressed the complexity of the Nigerian legal system and its literature, including the issues associated with the influence of English law, customary law, and Sharia law in Nigerian legislation and judicial decision making. She also discussed the administration of justice in Nigeria, the system of reporting (its evolution, trends and challenges), the publication of primary and secondary Nigerian legal materials and the challenges facing the industry, and the challenges law librarians face in the acquisition of Nigerian legal materials. To listen to Ms. Lamikanra’s presentation, please access the MP3 file below.


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The Nigerian Experience by Ms. Lamikanra.mp3

Playing Time: 51:59

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Estate and Gift Tax Law Review Articles of 2010

Jan 13th, 2011 by

Please join Professor Bridget J. Crawford as she reviews 10 noteworthy law review articles on estate and gift tax law published in 2010. This 22-minute recordingcovers the same material as her article Estate and Gift Tax Law Review Articles You Should Have Read (But Probably Didn’t) in 2010,forthcoming in Tax Notes, and is designed to allow listeners tomulti-task while catching up on some important reading from the prior year. See the abstract here.

Articles Reviewed (in alphabetical order by author’s name):

  • Jeffrey A. Cooper, Ghosts of 1932: The Lost History of Estate and Gift Taxation, 9 Fla. Tex. Rev. 875 (2010).
  • William A. Drennan, Surnamed Charitable Trusts: Immortality at Taxpayers Expense, 61 Ala. L. Rev. 225 (2010).
  • Frances H. Foster, American Trust Law in Chinese Mirror, 94 Minn. L. Rev. 602 (2010).
  • Iris J. Goodwin, How the Rich Stay Rich: Using a Family Trust Company to Secure a Family Fortune, 40 Seton Hall L. Rev. 457 (2010).
  • John H. Langbein, Burn the Rembrandt? Trust Law’s Limits on the Settlor’s Power to Direct Investments, 90 B. U. L. Rev. 375 (2010).
  • Alberto B. Lopez, Re-evaluation of Cy Pres Redux, 78 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1307 (2010).
  • Kelly A. Moore, Previously Taxed Property Credit and the 2035(b) Gross Up, 34 S. Ill. U. L. J. 275 (2010).
  • Kerry A. Ryan, Human Capital and Transfer Taxation, 62 Okla. L. Rev. 223 (2010).
  • Carla Spivack, Why the Testamentary Doctrine of Undue Influence Should Be Abolished, 58 U. Kan. L. Rev. 245 (2010).
  • Stewart E. Sterk, Rethinking Trust Law Reform: How Prudent is Modern Prudent Investor Doctrine?, 95 Cornell L. Rev. 851 (2010).

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Humbach on “Sexting” and the First Amendment

Sep 15th, 2010 by

Sexting is a new phenomenon thatis growing exponentially each day. Join Prof. John Humbach and Prof. Bridget Crawford, both from Pace Law School, discussingProf. Humbach’s article, titled “Sexting” and the First Amendment, asProf. Humbach explains the First Amendment and the implications of teenagers engaging in creating, sending, receiving and possessing sexually explicitimages. Prof. Humbach writes that “[g]iven the reality of changing socialpractices, mores, and technology utilization, today’s pornography laws are atrap for unwary teens and operate, in effect, to criminalize a large fractionof America’s young people. ” Access the full article.

Recommended Citation
John Humbach, “Sexting” and the First Amendment, 37 Hastings Const. L. Q. 433 (2010).

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Prof. K. P. Berger on The Creeping Codification of the New Lex Mercatoria and Trans-Lex.org

Apr 28th, 2010 by

International and transnational law is a growing and quickly evolving area of law. We are pleased to invite you to join Damon Schwartz, Pace Law School and Vis Moot alum, currently clerking for the Honorable Judge Delissa A. Ridgway at the United States Court of International Trade as he interviews Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, a Professor of Law at the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne, in Germany. Prof. Berger is the founder of CENTRAL. He conducts research in transnational law and provides for the integration of practical training in the study of law. Prof. Berger is the author of The Creeping Codification of The New Lex Mercatoria and the founder of a free research and codification platform for transnational law, Trans-Lex.org available at www.trans-lex.org, both discussed in this podcast.

Links of Interest

Trans-Lex.org

The Creeping Codification of the New Lex Marcatoria 2nd Revised Edition

Private Dispute Resolution in International Business: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration

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Pace Law Review: The Beginnings

Mar 29th, 2010 by

To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Pace Law Review, we bring you a podcast about the birth and the beginnings of Pace Law Review. Join Diana Cioppa, a 2009 Pace Law School graduate, currently employed at Kitson Law Firm, LLP, as she moderates the conversations with two Pace Law School professors: Professor of Law Irene Johnson who was one of the co-founders of Pace Law Review, and Professor of Law Ralph M. Stein who was one of the first members of the faculty advisory board for Pace Law Review.

Pace Law Review 30th Anniversary Dinner is scheduled on April 13, 2010 and will take place at the Judicial Institute in White Plains.

Volume 30 of Pace Law Review is dedicated to this memorable milestone marking 30 successful years of Pace Law Review and more specifically Vol. 30, No. 5, which is expected to be published in August 2010, is the “30th Anniversary Commemorative Issue.”

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Playing time: 23:28

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Garfield On Criminalizing Verbal Abuse

Feb 19th, 2010 by

Should infliction of emotional distress, mere words, or verbal abuse be criminalized? I am Lucie Olejnikova and I invite you to please tune to our latest podcast where Leslie Yalof Garfield, Professor of Law, and Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, from Pace Law School, discuss this interesting question in connection to the France’s proposed legislation that would criminalize verbal and mental abuse in domestic situations.

Professor Garfield, an expert in criminal law and torts, is focusing on this issue in her upcoming article, Intentional Infliction by Internet: The Case for a Criminal Law Theory of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.

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GarfieldOnCriminalizingVerbalAbuse.mp3

Playing time: 12:45

Further Reading

Words Hurt: France Contemplates Prohibition on Psychological and Verbal Abuse of Domestic Partner – Prof. Garfield’s post on Feminist Law Professors blog.

France mulls ‘psychological violence’ ban – BBC

French Bid to Ban Marital Abuse That’s Psychological – TIME

France Moves to Outlaw Mental Abuse In Marriages – NPR

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A Guide to Oral Argument in International Moot Competitions

Jan 25th, 2010 by

Welcome to Pace Law Library Podcasts. This time, we are presenting A Guide to Oral Argument in International Moot Competitions lecture by Adj. Prof. Christopher Kee, LL.B. BA. (Hons) (Deakin), Grad Dip Laws (UQ) that is intended for students, coaches, and professors involved in International Moot Competitions, with a particular emphasis on the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and the Jessup International Moot at Pace.

Christopher Kee is a Senior Researcher and Co-author of the Global Sales Law Project, Universitat Basel, and an Adjunct Professor at City University, Hong Kong.He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and theSupreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales and specializes ininternational arbitration and international sales law. Christopher wasa member of the ACICA (Australian Center for International Commercial Arbitration) Rules drafting committee, and is an immediate past Co-Chair of AFIA (Australasian Forum for International Arbitration). He has been a member of the APRAG (Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group) delegation to the UNCITRAL (UN Commission on International Trade Law) Rules Revision Working Group since 2007.

Christopher has authored a book on mooting called “The Art of Argument” published by Cambridge University Press. View other Christopher Kee’s publications here.

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GuideToOralArgument.mp3

Playing Time: 1:18:29

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