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iPad Workshop: Task Management in iOS

Are you interested in learning more about the iPad?   The Academic Technology Department is presenting a series of workshops exploring how the iPad can be used in both the courtroom and the classroom.  The second workshop in the series will cover task management with apps like Dragon Dictation, Evernote, and Mindjet.  This session will take…
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Scholars and Students with Prof. Kamp: Monday, Feb. 20

Scholars and Students with Prof. Allen Kamp The Louis L. Biro Law Library invites you to join us for a lunchtime conversation with Professor Kamp as part of our Scholars & Students series.   We hope you will take this opportunity to get to know favorite professors in an informal setting and to learn what they…
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Topics in Digital Law Practice

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)  is offering a FREE online course called Topics in Digital Law Practice. The course will run for 9 weeks beginning on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:00.  This course is designed to provide an overview of the changes that are occurring in the practice of law today, especially with…
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iPad Workshop: Managing the Cloud

Are you interested in learning more about the iPad?   The Library will be presenting a series of workshops exploring how the iPad can be used in both the courtroom and the classroom.   The first workshop will cover “cloud” computing, and how services like iCloud, Dropbox, and SugarSync can be used to manage documents and…
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Lori Andrews Book Discussion at Chicago Public Library, February 1

Lori Andrews, internationally acclaimed legal pioneer in the areas of modern ethics and privacy, discusses and signs her latest book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy.  This will take place at the Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (400 S. State Street)…
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Film Screening: Hot Coffee on Monday, Jan. 23

      Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the…
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Free coffee and snacks during finals

The library will provide free coffee and snacks for students on selected dates and times: Friday, December 9 @ 8:00 am Monday, December 12 @4:00 pm Tuesday, December 13 @ 8:00 am Wednesday, December 14 @ 4:00 pm Thursday, December 15 @8:00 am Come and get a little extra fuel for your studies.  Best wishes…
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Scholars & Students with Prof. Acevedo: Monday, Nov. 7

Scholars & Students Prof. Arthur Acevedo: The Hidden Joys of Tax Research  The Louis L. Biro Law Library invites you to join us for a lunchtime conversation with Prof. Acevedo in the first meeting of our new Scholars & Students series.   We hope you will take this opportunity to get to know favorite professors in…
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Library Learning Series: Google+ Monday, Sept 26

Google = Search for most people, but Google offers much more than just a quick answer to your everyday questions.  At the next Library Learning Series on Monday, September 26 come learn about what else Google can do for you. We’ll talk about Google+ – the company’s new social sharing service Google Scholar –  the…
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Library Learning Series: MindManager, Monday, Sept 19

Are you a visual person?  Are your class notes filled with arrows, lines and bubbles?  Would you like to organize your thoughts and notes in a way that makes sense to you visually? Come to the Library Learning Series on Monday, September 19 at 12:30 in Room 529 for a pizza lunch and to learn…
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