http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php en jtkantor@law.harvard.edu Copyright 2008 2008-05-11T19:29:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/court_cases_with_which_i_am_familiar/ Have you spent this entire picture-perfect weekend trapped inside, immersed in the minutiae of never-ending outlines and the stress of exams? Humor 2008-05-11T19:29:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/388/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/hls_goes_open_access_unanimously/ Harvard Law School’s faculty has voted unanimously to join the Faculty of Arts & Sciences in implementing an open access publication policy and institutional repository for works published by faculty members.  Incoming Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources John Palfrey’s blog provides details, including the text of the policy.  The Chronicle of Higher Education blogged the decision as well. Cool, In the News, Legal Research 2008-05-07T17:22:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/387/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/mildred_loving_1939_2008/ Mildred Loving, whose 1967 Supreme Court victory brought an end to laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the United States, passed away on Friday at the age of 68. In the News, Legal Research 2008-05-06T15:46:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/386/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/update_on_the_oregon_revised_statutes_copyfight/ From BoingBoing comes the news that the dispute we blogged about last month between Oregon and would-be net publishers (or, as they call themselves, “archivists") Justia and Public.Resource.Org continues.  Oregon insists on its copyright, and has offered the publishers a “public license.” To no avail - BoingBoing quotes Karl Olson of the firm Levy, Ram & Olson LLP, Attorneys, as responding that My clients respectfully cannot agree to the Public License. First, and most fundamentally, it would require them to acknowledge that portions of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) are protected by copyright, and they respectfully but vigorously disagree that portions of the ORS are protected by copyright. Read the attorney’s letter in full. Government Information, Intellectual Property Issues 2008-05-05T16:47:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/385/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/learned_handmade_plates/ HLS 3L José Klein has created the Learned Handmade Plates, a series of dishes commemorating significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions and current Justices of the Court. Cool, Law Schools/Study of Law 2008-05-05T15:32:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/384/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/the_real_world_v_the_state_of_ames/ For those students who endured the Ames Competition researching third-party actions involving guns, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed a case citing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.  Read more in the New York Times. In the News 2008-05-01T18:05:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/382/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/downloadable_guided_tour_of_old_cambridge/ Your family will be here for graduation in a few weeks. You’ll want to have an enjoyable and relaxing visit with them, and also deceive them into thinking that you took full advantage of the surrounding cultural and historical resources during your time here. But how? Cool 2008-05-01T13:26:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/383/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/prof_stuntz_elected_to_the_american_academy_of_arts_sciences/ From Less Than the Least Blog: I learned through the grapevine yesterday that Bill is one of a small handful of law fellows (the others are Justice Stevens and six law professors) who have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. This is an incredibly high honor, and couldn’t have been more deserved. Congratulations, Bill. Indeed, congratulations, Prof. Stuntz.  And Professor Elizabeth Warren, as well! Harvard University 2008-04-30T17:06:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/381/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/secret_law_hearings/ The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing April 30 on the subject of “secret law.” Government Information 2008-04-29T19:45:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/380/ http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/lexisnexis_and_westlaw_student_summer_access1/ LexisNexis and Westlaw provide only limited access to students during the summer between June 30th and August 1st. Announcements 2008-04-28T21:36:00-05:00 http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/index.php/site/379/