Moritz Legal Information Blog

The Moritz Law Library offers students access to web-based legal tutorials and other resources through the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), a non-profit consortium. CALI provides law students at member schools access to nearly 1000 interactive, web-based “lessons” in many subject areas including first-year topics like torts, criminal law, and contracts. These lessons, created by law professors and librarians at U.S. law schools, are useful as a supplemental learning tool. CALI also features a growing ebook collection , which now includes casebooks, rules of procedure and evidence, and law-related coloring books. To access CALI lessons, new Moritz users must first click the “Register” link in the upper right corner of the cali.org site and enter the Moritz student code . Use your OSU email address when registering. Please contact a Moritz reference librarian if you need assistance, or if you have questions about additional study aids in print or online.

Do you need a jump start on your seminar paper this semester? The Moritz Law Library has created a list of resources relevant to this process, including books on academic legal writing, scholarly research tools, and more. Here are a few research tips for academic legal writing: Sign up for a research consultation with a reference librarian to find out about specialized sources, helpful databases, and research strategies, all specific to your topic. Explore the wide range of databases available through the OSU Libraries, and use the catalog to expand your research beyond online-only materials. Check out the Law Library’s specialized research guides on topics such as Election Law and Foreign and International Legal Research . Law libraries across the country produce research guides on almost any legal topic. Most can be found with a quick Google search. Keep track of your research process so that you don’t repeat steps and so that you can cite sources properly. Synthesize s

Looking for a cozy, out-of-the-way study space that’s all your own? The Moritz Law Library has 52 study carrels on the library’s lower level that are still available to reserve for the spring semester. All law students can reserve a study carrel in groups of two. Forms are available at the library’s Circulation Desk. If you’re hesitant to commit to one carrel for the whole semester, keep in mind that the study carrels on the second floor and those in the third floor’s reading room remain open for use without a reservation. In addition, nine private study rooms are available for individual or small group study, all with erasable white boards. For more details or to retrieve a study room key, stop by the library Circulation Desk.