Moritz Legal Information Blog

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh has an interesting post on his blog warning law students about the use of commonly misspelled phrases. Professor Volokh mentions "all intensive purposes", "baited breath", "tough road to hoe" and "free reign". I believe I have the right to remain silent as to my participation in these crimes against English. This topic reminded me about Washington State University English Professor Paul Brians' excellent Common Errors in English Usage Website .

Interesting in listening to a court case while on the elliptical machine or driving to school? The Library has subscribed to the AudioCaseFiles service. AudioCaseFiles contains downloadable audio files of court opinions and podcasts from law professors and law students. The website contains cases from many 1L classes along with some 2L and 3L subjects. To use this service, simply go to the AudioCaseFiles website ( http://www.audiocasefiles.com/ ) and "Sign Up for An Account." Just be sure to use your OSU e-mail address(.osu.edu) when you sign up.

Many people have long suspected that corporations, special interest groups and others edit Wikipedia articles anonymously. Now there's proof. WikiScanner "traces millions of Wikipedia entries to their corporate sources, and for the first time puts comprehensive data behind longstanding suspicions of manipulation, which until now have surfaced only piecemeal in investigations of specific allegations." Read the Wired article about WikiScanner . From TVC .

HeinOnline is going to be adding the Congressional Record , and related documents, to its online library. Via DePaul Law Library blog .

An article from LawFirmInc. (available via Law.com ) discusses its recent survey of law firm librarians. Summary: Jobs Good, Vendors Bad.

The Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law have created a Legal Conference Watch Blog , to help faculty keep aware of upcoming conferences.

1-L's should consider reading George Washington University Law Professor Orin Kerr's How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students .