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Need to punch up a presentation with some visual interest? Duke University's Visual Studies Librarian Lee Sorensen has created a new online portal to help you with Finding Images , along with tips for using them without running afoul of copyright laws. The guide includes tips for locating images and maps online, such as through many of Duke's subscription databases like the AP Image Archive . Links also include copyright-free resources like Creative Commons images on the photo-sharing site Flickr or Google Advanced Image Search . However, as the guide sagely notes, the copyright status of images found online is often unclear. Sorensen states two basic rules of image-finding on the Internet: Assume an image is copyrighted unless there is an explicit indication that it is copyright free. People and institutions frequently claim ownership to images they don’t own. The Finding Images guide includes information about Copyright and Fair Use . Many educational uses of copyri...

Confused by corporations law? Take some time to learn more about this essential law school subject. Business Associations courses are a foundation for many upper-level law school classes in corporate and financial law topics, and will also be tested on bar examinations (including the jurisdictions which have adopted the Uniform Bar Examination ). The amount of treatises and other research materials on business and corporate law topics can be overwhelming to a BA beginner. Fortunately, the Goodson Law Library is here to help. Reference Librarian Laura Scott has created a new research guide to Business Associations , now available on the library website. The new guide covers both primary law (statutes, regulations, company filings, and case law) and secondary sources. The guide details both print and electronic resources for business associations in general, as well as specific subtopics like corporate governance, Delaware law, and the roles and responsibilities of corporate officers ...

Summer is traditionally Hollywood blockbuster season, and even the ABA Journal is getting in on the fun. This month's cover story includes a colorful round-up of The Six Types of Lawyer Movies , illustrated with "trading cards" for each category. The six types, and a famous example of each, include: The Crusading Lawyer ( To Kill a Mockingbird 's Atticus Finch) The Heroic Lawyer (Jimmy Stewart's character in Anatomy of a Murder ) The Obtuse Lawyer (John Travolta's character in A Civil Action ) The Disillusioned Lawyer (George Clooney as the titular Michael Clayton ) The Vengeful Lawyer (the legal team in Runaway Jury ) Buffoons in Law (Vinny Gambino in My Cousin Vinny ) The online version of the story also includes a quiz to determine Which Movie Lawyer are You? You'll need to answer a few questions to ID your Hollywood alter ego; the results also list a few other recommended movie titles in your genre. While the Goodson Law Library doesn...

At last week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the United States Constitution made an unexpected guest appearance. Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of a Muslim-American soldier who was killed in Iraq, appeared on stage after a moving video tribute to their late son. In remarks that followed, Mr. Khan, an immigration lawyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his proposed immigration ban on Muslims. Khan noted that not only would a religious bar to immigration be fundamentally unconstitutional, it would have also prevented the Khans' son from coming to America at age 2, later joining the U.S. Army, and ultimately sacrificing his life to save his fellow soldiers from a car bomber in 2004. Captain Humayun Khan was one of 14 American Muslim members of the armed forces who have died in service to their country since September 11, 2001. In a particularly emotional moment, Mr. Khan asked Donald Trump, "...