Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

PocketJustice

Are you a fan of the Oyez Project? If so, you'll be happy to know that Oyez has a mobile app called PocketJustice available on iPhone, iPad and Android. The app is available in 3 versions that range from zero cost to $8.99.

PocketJustice features: "information and audio for all 600+ constitutional law cases in the Supreme Court canon;" "voting alignments and biographical sketches for all justices;" and "synchronized, searchable transcripts identifying all speakers."

For more information or to purchase the app, go to: http://www.pocketjustice.com/.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Justice Sotomayor suggests that law students "stop and breathe."

Lately, the NCCU Law librarians have been trying to reduce the anxiety and stress levels of our students. However, it appears as though stress levels are at all-time high.

Since some of you won't listen to us, we hope you'll consider taking the advice of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

In an interview earlier this month, Justice Sotomayor said that she "fears law students today are missing that experience because they don’t unplug and suffer from information overload."

When asked how students can improve their chances of obtaining a Supreme Court clerkship, Justice Sotomayor responded “I want passion. I don’t look at the kid who has 1,000 things on their resumé. Do you ever just stop and breathe? Do you ever go to a movie?”

We concur.

Click here to read the article featured in the ABA Journal.
Click here to read the article featured in the Chicago Sun-Times.
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