Moritz Legal Information Blog

Need an alternative to reading, reading, and more reading? Listen instead. ModioLegal offers audio files of several practitioner publications, including the Tax Lawyer, ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, and Litigation in Practice. The company plans to announce more titles in the near future. While you commute or work out, you can learn about tax treaty shopping, whether nationwide service of process is in jeopardy in bankruptcy cases, or the reliability of expert witnesses. This is a new service being offered to law schools on a trial basis. To subscribe, go to www.modiolegal.com , click on “Law School Portal” in the box on the right side of the screen, and enter the requested information. Once you have signed up, you can also use this service on your mobile device . If you do subscribe, the Moritz Law Library would love to hear your feedback. Please email us at lawlibref@osu.edu by December 5, 2017, with your comments.

The Moritz Law Library is proud to serve as the primary study space for our law students, but as we enter the back half of the semester, some of you may find a change of scenery may be beneficial for your study habits. If so, the Law Library has a few suggestions of alternative study spaces that may help sharpen your focus and re-energize your efforts: The views from the Thompson Library ’s Campus Reading Room on the 11th floor, or the stately bearing of the Grand Reading Room on the 2nd floor, may provide inspiration for your scholarly ambitions. The 24-hour access to the 18th Avenue Library may be perfect for night owls or those embarking on caffeine-fueled, last-minute efforts. The small but secluded Fine Arts Library may be your best option if you prefer silence and solitude. Finally, if you need to get off campus and you’re tired of Market District, check out the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s newly re-built Northside Branch , just a short walk down High Street from Drinko

The Moritz Law Library now provides online access to cybersecurity and privacy materials on Cheetah , the new legal research platform from Wolters Kluwer. In addition to Wolters Kluwer and Aspen publications, such as Sotto’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Deskbook and Delta and Matsuura’s Law of the Internet, Cheetah contains federal and state statutes and regulations, comparison charts, and specialized journals. Cheetah is designed for a more intuitive, smoother research experience than its predecessor, IntelliConnect, with a Google-like search box, filters for refining your search, and an easy-to-read document display. The Moritz Law Library will continue to add more practice areas to our Cheetah subscription. Materials for a given practice area will continue to appear in IntelliConnect until the practice area is added to Cheetah. If you have any questions on accessing or using either IntelliConnect or Cheetah, please ask at the reference desk .

Take advantage of the career resources and materials at the Moritz Law Library to gain insight on how to find and land the law job of your dreams. The Moritz Law Library’s Career Resources Guide will direct you to websites, journals, and books that can aid in the job search and interview process, as well as databases that can help you research potential employers and interviewers. The Job Resources shelves in the Law Library’s Reserve Room display our most recent books about job searching, interviewing, and practice areas. Other books on legal careers can be found throughout the Law Library by searching the library catalog . Of course, do not forget to check out the Career Services Office website and the Career Services Handbook for invaluable information and guidance on how to find the best law job for you. Please ask at the reference desk if you have questions about the Law Library’s career resources.

The Moritz Law Library now provides online access to Wolters Kluwer Study Aids in ebook format. Moritz law students can now consult the hundreds of study aids in this collection, which includes Examples and Explanations, Glannon Guides, and Emanuel CrunchTime and Law Outlines. To use these study aids, students must set up their own accounts: Go to https://ebooks.aspenlaw.com/librarycard/login Choose “Ohio State University Moritz College of Law” Enter your log-in information Your login info can be found on the Moritz intranet . If this doesn’t work, reach out to the library circulation or reference desks for help. Other study aid ebooks can be found on West Academic's online Study Aids collection , which contains over 500 titles, including Nutshells, Gilbert Law Summaries, and Black Letter Outlines. The Moritz Law Library also maintains a large collection of print study aids in the Reserve Room on the second floor. For a full description of the library’s study aids colle