The Clinical Law Program is implementing a computerized case management system this semester. Time Matters, a sophisticated practice management software, will mean more efficient time, keeping, case recording, and retrieval, and more thorough conflicts checking. In addition, the software is capable of integrating group calendars and tracking progress on casework. Students in clinic will learn the system this semester. The software has been provided to the school of law free of charge by LexisNexis.

The law library staff is again presenting its research workshop series for clinical law students. The initial workshops are intended as refreshers on basic legal research and research techniques covering professional standards for research, primary and secondary authority, statutes, regulations, common law, electronic research, and citation and document format. The series also includes advanced research workshops designed specifically for individual clinic programs. The workshops will cover both print and electronic media. Clinic students in prior semesters have found these workshops to be very beneficial. Thanks goes to Helen Frazer, head of public services, for organizing the workshops and to electronic services librarian Barrett Graham and reference librarian Rick Apgood.