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HeinOnline
March 20, 2018
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Citizens United and Its Impact on Campaign Financing: A Brief Overview

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. Money and politics have strolled hand-in-hand since the founding of the United States, when wealthy, well-connected candidates financed their own political campaigns and were essentially the only people who...
Legal Dictionaries
March 16, 2018

Oxford English Dictionary: Comedy Words and Where They Come From

This week the Oxford Dictionaries Blog explored the world of comedy with From joke to farce: comedy words and where they come from . Of the seven words profiled, the oldest, farce , dates back to 1530 and comes from the Old French word farce , which the etymology describes as "occurs as the name...
Law Journal Press
March 15, 2018
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Labor and Employment Law Titles on Law Journal Press

Law Journal Press* has a selection of labor and employment titles available to Jenkins' members on their desktops. Titles run the gamut of employment law and include Employee Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond , Hiring and Firing , Outsourcing: Law and Business , A Practical Guide to Equal Employment...
Legal Dictionaries
March 9, 2018
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Women's History Month and the Oxford English Dictionary

March is Women's History Month, and the Oxford Dictionaries blog is celebrating with a quiz about "the words of womenkind". Jenkins' members can find the definitions of words like gynarchy , herstory , philogyny , Queen Bee , suffragette , and superwoman on the Oxford English Dictionary database, a...
HeinOnline
March 6, 2018
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Enhanced Metadata to Improve Search and Discovery in the Federal Register Library on HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. We have been continuing to enhance searching in HeinOnline by adding natural language processing and machine learning tools to different databases. We’ve already updated the tool several times, and we blogged...
Law Journal Press
March 2, 2018

Employment Litigation

Employment Litigation by Mary Gambardella focuses upon procedural issues and strategies for the employment law case. This insightful volume has chapters which include "Pre-Answer Motions", "Discovery", "The Settlement Agreement" and "Arbitration". Coverage includes agency as well as court...
Dockets, Briefs, & Filings
March 1, 2018

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Need a copy of the Federal Budget (including analytical perspectives) ? Or access to George H.W. Bush's public papers ? How about a listing of U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearings since 1971 ? govinfo has all these, and more. govinfo provides free public access to more than one million official,...
Self-Help
February 23, 2018

Special Event: Women Owned Law & Her Corner

Women Owned Law and Her Corner are joining together for a special event at Jenkins on March 14th from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Her Corner will be conducting a mini session to give attendees a little taste of what it actually feels like to participate in the Her Corner Accelerator. Accelerator is the...
Law Journal Press
February 9, 2018
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Education Law

Education Law , by Charles J. Russo and Ralph D. Mawdsley, provides an introduction to various aspects of education and school-related law. Chapters include "School Governance", "Student Rights", "Special Education and Services for Students with Disabilities", and "Sports Law". The appendices also...
HeinOnline
February 6, 2018
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Anti-Vaccination Movement and the Flu

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. It is officially flu season. The dominant strain this season is the H3N2 strain, known to cause more hospitalizations and deaths than other strains. Although the flu shot’s effectiveness cannot yet be...