Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library

Well not that you really needed another reason to attend the UCLA School of Law but just in case here's a good one...check out the article in the National Jurist titled "Where law firms interview"

http://www.njplonline.com/careers.html

Posted by Adam Sexton at 3:44 PM | Permalink

Dear Students,

By now, you have hopefully seen the email sent around last Thursday by Dean Cheadle regarding food in the library. I wanted to follow up with you to let you know that starting tomorrow (9/12), we plan to be very serious about enforcing this policy. We will be instituting rounds of the library by our guards and if you have any food, you will be asked to immediately remove it or throw it away, so I wanted you all to be forewarned.

I am pleased to tell you that we’d like to give a little something back for your understanding and attention to this matter (we’ve noticed a huge improvement already—thank you) and we have relaxed our beverage policy a bit. You may now bring in your bottled water in clear bottles. This does not include other types of beverage bottles or opaque reusable water bottles, because it would be too difficult for us to determine that there is only water in them. If you would like to bring in other beverages, please do so in the UCLA Library and Law Library approved mugs (given to you for free at orientation) or you can now bring in your LexisNexis or Westlaw “no spill” mugs.

Thanks in advance for helping us to keep our library a beautiful, quiet and pest-free place to study.

Donna

From: Cheadle, Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:33 AM
To: Class of 2008; Class of 2009; Class of 2010
Subject: An important reminder

Dear Students,

Once upon a time, not so long ago (you weren't here, but I was), the law school had a terrible rodent problem. We're talking rats leaping off filing cabinets in student organization offices, scurrying down the hallway in the middle of the day, and prowling the stacks of the libraries. This was especially a problem in the library, where there are lots of places for rodents to hide, and where valuable library resources appear to small four-legged creatures to be simply an additional food source or hiding place. Months and many thousands of dollars later, we finally got rid of all the critters, but it was a creepy period of time in the life of this lovely and homey building. That is why the library has such a strong anti-food policy, which they tell me they are currently having trouble enforcing because you guys don't fully understand all the bad consequences that can flow if you leave crumbs around. The ants have now arrived and the rats will follow shortly if we don't nip this in the bud. Facilities can't clean fast enough and the guards can't always be on potato chip patrol. Please, dear students, it's important to be careful about food everywhere, but I ask that you especially and strictly adhere to the library's "no food" policy. Save the calories for mealtime.

Oh, and please pay attention to the large "no smoking" signs around Shapiro Courtyard, too. Smoke lingers in the air; this is California, and we don't even smoke outside.

End of public service reminder(s). Happy studying.

Elizabeth A. Cheadle
Dean of Students, UCLA School of Law

Posted by Donna Gulnac at 5:10 PM | Permalink

The Black Law Student Association will be hosting the semi-Annual Blood Drive (co-sponsored by the Library Staff Association & the School of Law) Thursday September 20 from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm at the School of Law in Room 2326. This is a great opportunity to help those in need, earn some "blood time" (4 hours of administrative leave) or a movie ticket, see some of your co-workers & friends and enjoy some Diddy Riese cookies.

If you have any questions about leave time to come and donate please contact UCLA Human Resources.

While walk-ins are more than welcome we ask that you sign-up for a time. Please email Ned Boehme (boehme2009@lawnet.ucla.edu) or Adam Sexton (sexton@law.ucla.edu) to sign-up for an appointment.  Not only will this help streamline the process but it will allow the Blood Donation center to know how many donors to expect and how much staff is needed.

Last year’s drive set a record. We are trying for 100 donations this time! Please come and help. And encourage others to donate as well.

(Volunteers are needed for set-up & clean-up too)

Here is some additional information from the Blood Center:

When you donate, you will receive A FREE MOVIE TICKET or 4 hours administrative leave.

You make a difference when you give blood because:

• The residents of the LA area donate blood at the very lowest rate of ANY city in the nation.
• Donations go to the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center, the source for UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA emergency room is a Level One Trauma Center that performs many procedures that require huge amounts of blood.
• Every local donation helps reduce the amount of blood that must be purchased away from other areas, thereby preserving blood resources for others in need.

Plan to spend approximately one hour (including intake interview, donation, and resting period) on the day of donation. Please remember to bring your ID.

Additional Information to help you determine if you should donate:

• You cannot donate if you are a man who has had sex with a man since 1977.  You also cannot donate if you have had sex with a man who has had sex with another man since 1977.
• Most medications are ok, but you may be deferred if you are taking certain antibiotics, steroids, and other medications.
• Do not donate if you have had flu or cold symptoms in the 24 hours prior to donation.
• Do not give if you have any new tattoos or tongue, nose or genital piercing in the past 12 months. No new ear, navel, or eyebrow piercing in last 12 months unless performed in a commercial establishment or by a physician.
• You must not have traveled to a malaria risk area in the past year; visited or lived in the UK for more than 3 months between 1980 to 1996; or spent more than 5 years in Europe since 1980. Travel to certain parts of Africa may also result in deferral.
• You cannot donate if you have ever injected drugs not prescribed by a doctor or had sex with someone who has. 

The US Food and Drug Administration's current blood donation policy discriminates against gay and bisexual men, despite testimony by the American Association of Blood Banks, America's Blood Centers, and American Red Cross that such a policy is "medically and scientifically unwarranted"

(Statement before the Blood Products Committee, March 9, 2006). BLSA and

OUTLaw disagree with the lifetime deferment of donations by gay and bisexual men. We do however acknowledge the blood shortage in this country, and we strongly encourage everyone who is able to donate on behalf of those who cannot.

To read the complete Statement before the Blood Products Committee, go to http://www.americasblood.org/download/releases/stmnt_060309_deferrals-msm.pdf

Posted by Adam Sexton at 12:15 PM | Permalink

Shepard's Citations now available online through LexisNexis

In conjunction with the cancellation of the Law Library’s print subscription to Shepard’s citations, all print volumes of Shepard’s have been removed from the Main Reading Room and stacks. The library will continue its subscription to Shepard’s online through LexisNexis.  For public patrons, Shepard’s is now available online on Public Terminals 1 and 2 in the Reference Reading Room. Detailed instructions for public patron login are available in between these two Terminals.   

The library will retain one copy of Acts and Cases by Popular Name, which will be located behind the desk in the Reference Room.

Posted by Ellen Christensen at 3:53 PM | Permalink