Thursday, October 6, 2016

Public Defender Crisis Noted

"Years of drastic budget cuts have created bottomless caseloads for public defenders – the ‘pack mules of the system’ – and tipped the scales of justice against the poor."

A three-part series was published in September by the Guardian in partnership with the Marshall Project.  

Part 1:  The Human Toll of America's Public Defender Crisis.
Part 2:  Louisiana Public Defenders: a Lawyer With a Pulse Will Do.
Part 3:  For Louisiana's Defenseless Poor, It's One For All.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Lapsed Titles Restored

Lapsed print titles at the Wayne County Law Library have been restored as electronic titles in the recently negotiated Westlaw subscription.  These titles are now available again online through patron access in the law library and/or remotely to government users.

Advising eBusinesses
Advising Small Businesses
Advising Small Businesses: Forms
Advising the Elderly Client
Alternative Dispute Resolution
American Law of Medical Malpractice
Americans with Disabilities: Practice and Compliance Manual
Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code
Annotated Manual for Complex Litigation
Avoiding and Defending Wrongful Discharge Claims
Bankruptcy Code, Rules and Forms
Bankruptcy Service (Lawyers Edition)
Blue Sky Law Reporter (CCH)
Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts
Complete Manual of Criminal Forms
Constitutional Rights of the Accused
Criminal Trial Techniques
Drinking/Driving Litigation Criminal and Civil
Drinking/Driving Trial Notebook
Employment Law / Rothstein
Employment Law Checklists and Forms
Equitable Distribution of Property
Equity Finance: Venture Capital, Buyouts, Restructuring & Reorganizations (only on gov't accounts)
Estate and Personal Financial Planning
Estate, Gift, Trust, and Fiduciary Tax Returns: Planning and Preparation
Expert Witness Checklist
Eyewitness Identification
Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright and Miller)
Fletcher Cyclopedia of the Law of Corporations
Franchise and Distribution Law and Practice
Guide to Homeland Security
Handling Criminal Appeals (only on gov't accounts)
Handling Drunk Driving Cases
Handling Misdemeanor Cases
Handling Narcotic & Drug Cases (only on gov't accounts)
Hearsay Handbook
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Investigating Employee Conduct
Jones on Evidence
Koren: Estate, Tax & Personal Financial Planning
Law of Computer Technology
Law of Distressed Real Estate
Law of Municipal Corporations - McQuillen
Law of Probation and Parole
Law of Trusts and Trustees
Legal Malpractice
Lentz School Security
Limited Liability Company Handbook
Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases (only on gov't accounts)
Litigating Tort Cases
Litigating Wrongful Discharge Claims
Medical Malpractice: Checklists and Discovery
Municipal Legal Forms
Neighboring Property Owners
Norton Creditors' Rights Handbook
Occupational Safety and Health Law
Ohio Forms and Transactions
Padrick's RESPA, TILA, HOEPA and ECOA in Real Estate Transactions with Forms
Pattern Discovery: Employment Discrimination
Pattern Discovery: Premises Liability
Pattern Discovery: Tort Actions
Patton & Palomar on Land Titles
Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation
Psychological and Scientific Evidence in Criminal Trials
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Searches & Seizures, Arrests and Confessions
Social Security Disability Claims
Social Security Disability Practice
Stein on Personal Injury Damages
Summers Oil and Gas
Tiffany Real Property
Uniform Laws Annotated
Valuation of Divorce Assets
West's Legal Forms
White Collar Crime
Willison on Contracts