To assist with students’ finals prep, the library will provide free coffee and snacks the week of May 6-10. The days and starting times are below. Items are served until they run out. Stop by the library’s 6th floor to get some brain food for your study sessions. Good luck with exams! Monday, May 6 …
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Are you interested in learning how to apply your education to the real world? In the library’s next installment of the Scholars & Students series, Professor Hugh Mundy presents “Classrooms, Clinics & Courtrooms: A Primer on Putting Your Legal Education to Work.” Please join us for lunch and a conversation with Prof. Mundy on Tuesday,…
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The library will provide free coffee and snacks for students on selected dates and times: Monday, May 7 @ 8:00 am Tuesday May 8 @ 4:00 pm Wednesday May 9 @ 8:00 am Thursday May 10 @ 4:00 pm Friday May 11 @ 8:00 am Stop by the 6th floor and get some brain food…
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CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK WITH THE JMLS LIBRARY! Monday, April 9 Guest speaker Lisa Holton, author of “For Members Only: A History of Chicago’s Private Clubs” 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Room 409 Tuesday, April 10 Students & Scholars Series with Professor Marc Ginsberg 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Room 1202 Book Cake 4:00 pm…
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Did you know… that treaties are “the supreme law of the land” (sometimes)? that treaties can have reservations (that have nothing to do with eating out)? that treaties are not treatises (but there will be treats)? Come learn about the basics of treaty research while enjoying some delicious international treats. Globalization is a fact of…
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It’s that time of year again! Eat some candy and get crafty while creating a Peeps diorama. The winner of the JMLS Peeps Diorama Contest will win an amazing Peeps prize pack donated by the Just Born candy company. Even better, the winner will advance to compete against winners from other Chicago law schools…
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Scribes Legal Writing Program at The John Marshall Law School Friday, March 23, 2012 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Room 1200 Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers—will hold a free, two-hour legal writing workshop for law students and legal writing faculty from all Chicago-area law schools. This fast-paced and entertaining program will benefit law review…
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Are you confident in your ability to conduct effective legal research in your summer position? Do you feel like you have forgotten much of what you learned about research in LS? Law librarians Jamie Sommer and Tom Keefe offer these research refreshers to help you feel more certain about your ability to conduct effective legal…
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Have you ever compared yourself to a hip hop artist as you sit hunched over your laptop writing a memo or brief? No? Then you should definitely join Professor Kim Chanbonpin for the next installment of the Scholars & Students series In her recent article Legal Writing, the Remix: Plagiarism and Hip Hop Ethics, Prof….
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Professor Timothy O’Neill will be the second speaker in the library’s Scholars & Students series. You may know Prof. O’Neill for his classes and writings on criminal law and procedure, but in his most recent article he explores a different side of human behavior. In Law and “The Argumentative Theory” he looks at the work…
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