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style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#78B3ED;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom: solid white 1.0pt;border-right:none;background:#002469;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='border-top:solid #333333 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom: solid white 6.0pt;border-right:none;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:#0033FF'><img width=600 id=Obiter src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/obiterdictum4.jpg" alt="Obiter Dictum"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'>&nbsp;Volume 23, Number 1</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black;display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=200 valign=top style='width:150.0pt;border:none;border-right: dashed #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'> <p style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>New Acquisitions:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#999999'><br> View the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/3278362:3688771911:m:1:108220247:F62FC0E5DE3133C0F324247FF54AEA22" target="_blank">New Acquisitions</a> online here. If you see an item of interest, click on the title to go to the full record in <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SALLY</span></strong>. There are also links to tables of contents, publishers descriptions, and contributors biographical information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size: 11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Library Hours:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'><br> Intersession: August 3 - August 17, 2008<br> 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. <br> seven days a week. <br> Regular hours will resume on <br> Monday, August 18. <br> For details, go to the <br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/3278363:3688771911:m:1:108220247:F62FC0E5DE3133C0F324247FF54AEA22">Legal Research Center web site</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Other Stories:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#999999'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; 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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'><a href="#LawLibrarians">Law Librarians Represent USD Law in Portland</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#999999'><span style='mso-list: Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'><a href="#BacktoSchool">Back to School at LRC</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; 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height:37.5pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/bebluegogreen.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=56 height=50 src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/bebluegogreen.gif" align=right alt="Be Blue Go Green" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>By switching from a paper format to this electronic newsletter, the LRC has joined the campus sustainability campaign, &quot;Be Blue, Go Green.&quot; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>When <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>OBITER DICTUM</span></strong> launched in 1985, its New Acquisitions list was about four pages long. Today this list is the equivalent of 24 pages of written text. To conserve our planet's resources, we have eliminated the paper and made <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/3278362:3688771911:m:1:108220247:F62FC0E5DE3133C0F324247FF54AEA22">New Acquisition</a> information available online. If you see an item of interest, click on the title to go to the full record in SALLY. There are also links to tables of contents, publishers' descriptions and contributors' biographical information. In future issues, these features will become more streamlined, as will the &quot;incidental news&quot; section you are reading now. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>We are excited to take this step towards conservation of our planet. If you have any suggestions for improving the format or content of this publication, please feel free to <a href="mailto:rlevor@sandiego.edu">e-mail <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>OBITER DICTUM</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><a name=LawLibrarians></a><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#01206D'>Law Librarians Represent USD Law in Portland</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="USD in Portland" style='position:absolute;margin-left:24.3pt; margin-top:0;width:57.75pt;height:25.5pt;z-index:251659264; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/portland.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=77 height=34 src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/portland.gif" align=right alt="USD in Portland" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>Our LRC librarians were in the national spotlight at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Portland, Oreg. Judith Lihosit's award-winning article, &quot;Research in the Wild: CALR and the Role of Informal Apprenticeship in Attorney Training&quot; (see <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/3278364:3688771911:m:1:108220247:F62FC0E5DE3133C0F324247FF54AEA22">May 2008</a> issue), landed her a spot in the annual Call for Papers program. There, she discussed the writing process and delivered a separate address titled &quot;Computer-assisted Legal Research Is No Threat to Librarians: The History of American Legal Education Shows Us Why.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Ruth Levor was the coordinator and moderator of, &quot;Explore the Real World in Real Time: Making Legal News on <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/3278365:3688771911:m:1:108220247:F62FC0E5DE3133C0F324247FF54AEA22" target="_blank">JURIST</a>.&quot; The program featured University of Pittsburgh law professor Bernard Hibbitts, creator of the Webby award-winning legal news service JURIST, and one of his student editors who discussed the real-time legal research process involved in maintaining their in-depth news and discussion site.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Melissa Fung attended the Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL). There, she represented the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section at the CONELL Marketplace, where she promoted career specialization options to other newer law librarians.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>A highlight of Loren Stamper's conference schedule was attending the popular program &quot;Beer and the Law: A Legal History of Beer, Brewing and Government Regulation from the German Purity Law to the Microbrew Movement.&quot; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Acquisitions and Collection Development Librarian Margaret McDonald met with many legal publishing vendors to investigate new products and discuss service issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><a name=BacktoSchool></a><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#01206D'>Back to School at the LRC</span></b><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:46.8pt;margin-top:0;width:69pt; height:49.5pt;z-index:251660288;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/backtoschool.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=92 height=66 src="http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/images/od/backtoschool.gif" align=right v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>While it seems to be very quiet in the library these days, we are actually busily preparing library orientation activities for new and returning students. Visits to the LRC have been scheduled as part of the first-year registration activities, which include orientation sessions in the computer lab, introductions of the librarians who assist students with research assignments and the distribution of LexisNexis and Westlaw passwords. We have also scheduled library tours for the incoming LLM and School of Peace Studies students. Instruction and Outreach Librarian Judith Lihosit is currently setting up tours for non-law instructors who teach classes with legal components and want their students to be familiar with legal research resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Planning for research training sessions is also underway. All Lawyering Skills students will attend two separate sessions, one on primary sources and one on secondary sources. Last spring, specialized research instruction was provided for students in the civil, landlord-tenant, small claims, entrepreneurship and special education clinics. 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