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The end of the semester is almost here! Amid the flurry of final exams and the holiday rush, it might be hard to find time for your perfect winter break book. But a good read can help pass the time on long flights or airport delays, as well as give you a great way to wind down for the night at the end of busy holiday festivities. To help you find something appealing to read before you go, here are seven recommended titles that the Goodson Law Library staff have enjoyed recently. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall , by Zeke Faux ( Request a print copy   or put a hold on the e-book !) "In this up-close-and-personal account, Faux reveals the highly entertaining and, frankly, horrifying (for human beings and the environment) worlds behind the current crypto scandals. An investigative reporter for Bloomberg, Faux also manages to make abstruse cryptocurrency concepts digestible here. For my fellow legal news junkies looking for a deep dive beyond the FTX/...

The new academic year brings some changes to the Goodson Law Library. Effective Sunday, August 22, evening and weekend services return to the library. During the fall semester, the library entrance will be unlocked (and the service desk will be staffed) at the following hours : Sunday 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Duke Law students, faculty and staff continue to enjoy 24-hour access to the Law School and library. Keep in mind that the outer doors of the Law School lock down automatically at 5:00 p.m. and over the weekends, so be sure to bring your DukeCard if you plan to visit after-hours. Returning students will notice some new faces at the service desk. Over the summer, the Reference Services department welcomed Foreign & International Law Librarian Kristina Alayan and Reference Librarian Jane Bahnson . You may also see more of Kelly Leong , who joined the library in the spring as a referen...

Over the summer, you may notice two new faces at the Reference Desk. Meet our two newest reference librarians: Amy Taylor came to the Law Library in May 2008. Prior to joining Duke Law, Amy was a reference librarian at the Georgetown University Law Center, and has also interned at the Supreme Court of the United States Library. Amy provides general reference assistance, teaches in the first-year Legal Analysis, Research & Writing program, and coordinates the Library's Empirical Legal Research Program. Molly Brownfield joins the Law Library staff on July 1. Molly previously worked as a reference librarian at the Rutgers School of Law in Newark, and has also worked at the Tarlton Law Library at UT-Austin as part of its fellowship program. Molly will provide general reference assistance, teach in the first-year Legal Analysis, Research & Writing program, and coordinate the Library's Faculty Research Assistants Program. During the remainder of the renovation, Amy and Moll...

Welcome back to a new semester! Regular Law Library building and service hours will resume on Sunday, January 6. See the Hours & Directions page for current information. Evening and weekend Reference Desk service will also resume, with one temporary change. Effective January 7, former Head of Reference Services Donna Nixon joins the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as their new Head of Public Services. As the Law Library staff work to fill this vacancy, evening reference services will be available in the spring 2008 semester from Monday through Wednesday only. Thursday evening reference services will resume as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please visit the Ask a Librarian page for the most current information about Reference Desk hours and services.

The Law Library is seeking applicants for the Faculty Research Assistants Program. This program gives you the chance to build relationships with a variety of Law School faculty members while you polish your legal research skills and provide valuable assistance to the faculty on short-term research projects. Past Library RA projects have included: updating an AIDS Law textbook and other course materials, developing biographical sketches of significant figures in legal history, and helping the Law School clinics prepare for planned litigation. Library RA applicants must have successfully completed LARW, and be willing to commit 8-10 hours per week during the spring 2008 semester (January 9-April 16). If hired, your schedule would consist of 4-6 regularly established “office hours”, with the remainder as flexible “research time”. Starting Faculty RAs are paid $10.50/hour. If you are interested in becoming a Library RA, please forward a resume and cover letter to Lauren Coll...

October 3rd, 2007 The Law Library will operate under reduced staff hours during the Law School Fall Break: Friday Oct 5 7:30am - 5:30pm Sat/Sun Oct 6 -7 CLOSED Mon-Fri Oct 8 - 12 8am - 5pm Saturday Oct 13 CLOSED Sunday Oct. 14 Resume regular hours Reference services will be available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Reference Desk will resume regular hours on Sunday, October 14. Duke Law students, faculty and staff retain 24-hour access to the building and the Library during Fall Break with a current DukeCard.

The Law Library is seeking applicants for the Faculty Research Assistants Program . The program provides participating students with opportunities to work on short-term research projects assigned by various members of the faculty, with supervision and training by the reference librarians. The program will give students the chance to work closely and build relationships with a variety of faculty members and polish their legal research skills, while providing valuable research assistance to the faculty. Applicants must have successfully completed LARW and have good interpersonal and communication skills. Prior research experience is a plus. Some faculty projects require particular substantive or language skills, so please identify in your cover letter any such skills not readily identifiable from your resume. Applicants must be willing to commit 8-10 hours per week for the fall semester, August 27 through December 4. Starting Faculty RAs are paid $ 10.50/hour. To apply, forward a resu...