Pace Law Library Podcasts

Prof. K. P. Berger on The Creeping Codification of the New Lex Mercatoria and Trans-Lex.org

LucieOlejnikova — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:30:56 -0400

International and transnational law is a growing and quickly evolving area of law. We are pleased to invite you to join Damon Schwartz, Pace Law School and Vis Moot alum, currently clerking for the Honorable Judge Delissa A. Ridgway at the United States Court of International Trade as he interviews Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, a Professor of Law at the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne, in Germany. Prof. Berger is the founder of CENTRAL. He conducts research in transnational law and provides for the integration of practical training in the study of law. Prof. Berger is the author of The Creeping Codification of The New Lex Mercatoria and the founder of a free research and codification platform for transnational law, Trans-Lex.org available at www.trans-lex.org, both discussed in this podcast.

Links of Interest

Trans-Lex.org

The Creeping Codification of the New Lex Marcatoria 2nd Revised Edition

Private Dispute Resolution in International Business: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration

MP3

Playing time: 26:29

BergerOnLexMercatoria&TransLex.mp3

Featured Music

"Sue Me" by the Donman Band, available from PodsafeAudio.

Pace Law Review: The Beginnings

LucieOlejnikova — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:00:28 -0400

To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Pace Law Review, we bring you a podcast about the birth and the beginnings of Pace Law Review. Join Diana Cioppa, a 2009 Pace Law School graduate, currently employed at Kitson Law Firm, LLP, as she moderates the conversations with two Pace Law School professors: Professor of Law Irene Johnson who was one of the co-founders of Pace Law Review, and Professor of Law Ralph M. Stein who was one of the first members of the faculty advisory board for Pace Law Review.

Pace Law Review 30th Anniversary Dinner is scheduled on April 13, 2010 and will take place at the Judicial Institute in White Plains.

Volume 30 of Pace Law Review is dedicated to this memorable milestone marking 30 successful years of Pace Law Review and more specifically Vol. 30, No. 5, which is expected to be published in August 2010, is the "30th Anniversary Commemorative Issue."

MP3

PaceLawReview.mp3

Playing time: 23:28

Featured Music

"D" by Aaron Derington, available from PodsafeAudio.

Garfield On Criminalizing Verbal Abuse

LucieOlejnikova — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:50:48 -0500

Should infliction of emotional distress, mere words, or verbal abuse be criminalized? I am Lucie Olejnikova and I invite you to please tune to our latest podcast where Leslie Yalof Garfield, Professor of Law, and Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, from Pace Law School, discuss this interesting question in connection to the France's proposed legislation that would criminalize verbal and mental abuse in domestic situations.

Professor Garfield, an expert in criminal law and torts, is focusing on this issue in her upcoming article, Intentional Infliction by Internet: The Case for a Criminal Law Theory of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.

MP3

GarfieldOnCriminalizingVerbalAbuse.mp3

Playing time: 12:45

Further Reading

Words Hurt: France Contemplates Prohibition on Psychological and Verbal Abuse of Domestic Partner - Prof. Garfield's post on Feminist Law Professors blog.

France mulls 'psychological violence' ban - BBC

French Bid to Ban Marital Abuse That's Psychological - TIME

France Moves to Outlaw Mental Abuse In Marriages - NPR

Featured Music

"D" by Aaron Derington, available from PodsafeAudio.

A Guide to Oral Argument in International Moot Competitions

LucieOlejnikova — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:00:18 -0500

Welcome to Pace Law Library Podcasts. This time, we are presenting A Guide to Oral Argument in International Moot Competitions lecture by Adj. Prof. Christopher Kee, LL.B. BA. (Hons) (Deakin), Grad Dip Laws (UQ) that is intended for students, coaches, and professors involved in International Moot Competitions, with a particular emphasis on the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and the Jessup International Moot at Pace.

Christopher Kee is a Senior Researcher and Co-author of the Global Sales Law Project, Universitat Basel, and an Adjunct Professor at City University, Hong Kong. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales and specializes in international arbitration and international sales law. Christopher was a member of the ACICA (Australian Center for International Commercial Arbitration) Rules drafting committee, and is an immediate past Co-Chair of AFIA (Australasian Forum for International Arbitration). He has been a member of the APRAG (Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group) delegation to the UNCITRAL (UN Commission on International Trade Law) Rules Revision Working Group since 2007.

Christopher has authored a book on mooting called "The Art of Argument" published by Cambridge University Press. View other Christopher Kee's publications here.

MP3

GuideToOralArgument.mp3

Playing Time: 1:18:29

Featured Music

"Sue Me" by the Donman Band, available from PodsafeAudio.

CIETAC Arbitration & the CISG

LucieOlejnikova — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:00:07 -0500

The Institute of International Commercial Law Pace Law School, the Pace Law Library, and the Arbitration Committee of the NY City Bar Association are proud to present CIETAC Arbitration and the CISG podcast, a round-table discussion moderated by Kathleen Scanlon, Esq. with Professor Kritzer and Adjunct Professor Shulman. The podcast provides information on the UN Convention for the International Sale of Goods ("CISG"), China's relationship with the CISG, the results of the Institute's study of over 300 CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission) arbitral awards on the CISG, and Prof. Shulman's paper, The Diligent will be Shown the Path to Heaven: China's Implementation of the UN Sales Convention, co-written with Lachmi Singh, to be published this winter in 48:2 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.

MP3

CIETACArbitrationCISG.mp3

Playing time: 58:04

Featured Music

"Sue Me" by the Donman Band, available from PodsafeAudio.

On Law Librarianship in Afghanistan

LucieOlejnikova — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:28:42 -0500

On July 28 of 2009, the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) presented a program at the annual conference in Washington D.C. titled The Past, Present, and Future of the Law Library and Librarianship in Afghanistan: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Library After 30 Years of War. Mr. Ahmadullah Masoud (at that time from the Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC) Law Library), Andrea Muto (USAID), and Blair Kaufmann (Professor of Law and Director of Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School) discussed the legal system of Afghanistan and the process of building a new law library after thirty years of war. The presentation explored the INLTC's role in increasing access to justice in Afghanistan as well as the practical and technical challenges the INLTC has faced. Unfortunately, we were unable to capture the presentation in its entirety; the first approximately 15 minutes of Blair Kaufmann's talk is not included.

Related Readings

FCIL October 2009 Newsletter featuring an article that summarizes the conference event
INLTC Law Library
Ahmadullah Masoud - announcement of the 2009 recipient of the FCIL Shaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians
Lexis Nexis Government Info Pro Blog
Brooklyn Law School Library Blog

Parts

Introduction (at 0:00)

Blair Kaufmann (at 0:30)

Ahmadullah Masoud (at 3:00)

Photo Comments by A. Masoud and A. Muto (at 26:11)

Andrea Muto (at 28:18)

Post-presentation discussion (at 47:40)

MP3

FCIL_Schaffer_2009_Masoud.mp3

Playing Time: 54:25

Featured Music

"Green Forest" by Aaron Derington, available from PodsafeAudio.

Fight For Wrongfully Convicted

LucieOlejnikova — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:45:09 -0400

Welcome to Law Library Podcast. I am Lucie Olejnikova, a reference librarian at Pace, and our guests are Prof. Adele Bernhard, and second year law students at Pace School of Law, Marianito Mabutas, Jr. and Vanity Muniz. J.R. and Vanity are part of Pace Criminal Justice Clinic: Post-Conviction Project, taught by Prof. Adele Bernhard. They share their experiences, challenges, and rewards of working on real cases and representing real people that have been convicted but claim to be innocent. Please join us for this interesting discussion and enjoy.

MP3

FightForWrongfullyConvicted.mp3

Playing time: 32:17

Featured Music

"Green Forest" by Aaron Derington, available from PodsafeAudio at http://www.podsafeaudio.com/

Bookbag to Briefcase Part II

LucieOlejnikova — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:14:55 -0400

On March 24, 2009 the Pace University Law Library hosted an hour long program titled Bookbag to Briefcase: How to Start a Successful Summer Internship or Post-Graduate Position. This program was co-sponsored by the Pace Law Library, Pace Law School Center for Career Development, Lexis, and Westlaw. Please click on the MP3 bellow to listen to the entire program. Accompanying handouts are available here. An expanded version of Low Cost and No Cost Resources for Legal Research is available here.

Speakers

Prof. M. Newman, Director of the Law Library (at 0:20 min)

Rachel Littman, Esq., Assistant Dean for Career Development (at 1:17 min)

Cynthia Pittson, Head of Reference Services (at 16:19 min)

Mary Beth Drain, Lexis Nexis Representative (at 36:35 min)

Brian Gozycki, Westlaw Representative (at 49:02 min)

MP3

Bookbag to Briefcase.mp3

Playing time: 55:22

Featured Music

"Sue Me" by The Donman Band, available from PodsafeAudio at http://www.podsafeaudio.com/

Bookbag to Briefcase Part I

cpittson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:02:23 -0400

Materials for this program on the transition from law school to law practice are available here. Bookbag to Briefcase is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, from 5:00PM to 6:15PM in the Library Problem Room. Refreshments and prizes will be offered.

2009 LexisNexis Cost Effective Outline.pdf

Westlaw handout.pdf

Low Cost and No Cost Resources for Legal Research.pdf

Food For Thought: NY Statutes on Westlaw

LucieOlejnikova — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:50:32 -0500

Intro

This screencast was created as a follow up to a legal research class for 1Ls. In this demo I used Westlaw. It demos a strategy to search for an appropriate New York Statute, particularly Penal Law, and a NY Court of Appeals Case addressing the same issue. Take a moment to view this and let us know what you think!

Screencast

NYStatute Physical Force_demo.zip

Playing Time: 4:43