Moritz Legal Information Blog

An opinion issued today by the United States Supreme Court cited a student note from the Ohio State Law Journal written by Moritz alum Conrad Bower ('13). The opinion was a concurrence to a cert denial in the case of Taylor v. Yee, written by Justice Alito and joined by Justice Thomas. The opinion is currently available on the Supreme Court's website. Mr. Bower's note, Inequitable Escheat?: Reflecting on Unclaimed Property Law and the Supreme Court's Interstate Escheat Framework, 74 Ohio St. L.J. 515 (2013) , along with the entire run of the Ohio State Law Journal, can be found on OSU's open access institutional repository, the Knowledge Bank . For Moritz students currently working on notes, seminar papers, and other writing projects, be sure to check out the T.C. Williams Legal Essay Contest Catalog, compiled by the University of Richmond School of Law, to find out about legal writing competitions.

After a hiatus during which three of our librarians each taught a section of LAWI, one of us gave birth, and one of us moved here from West Texas, the Moritz Law Librarians are pleased to announce the return of our Legal Information Blog! We plan on writing regular Blog posts to provide you with updates on new Law Library resources, policies, and technologies, along with other helpful legal research tips and news. If you'd like to know when updates are posted to the Blog, you can sign up to receive email notifications by submitting your email address under "Follow by Email" on the right or find the Moritz Law Library on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/MoritzLawLibrary/ ) and Twitter ( https://twitter.com/moritzlawlib?lang=en ).

Looking for an alternative place on campus for studying or group work? OSU recently opened the Research Commons ( https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons/ ) on the third floor of the 18th Avenue Library. The Research Commons, which is only open to graduate students (including law students) and faculty, offers quiet study space, day-use lockers, rooms with unique technology, and research consultations on copyright law and data management. The Research Commons also provides students with private meeting space in a variety of sizes. You can also take advantage of the technology like video-conferencing, a variety of scanners, wireless projection for sharing laptop screens, white boards that can double as smart boards, and computers that run Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. And when you need a study break, lock up your stuff and head downstairs to the Terra Byte Café (open until 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and until 11:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday).