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Please Send Your Law Dawg Photo(S) to Aburnett@Uga.Edu Scary DVDs :: Law Dawg of the Month - Petra :: Terrorism Lecture Resources Library Podcast :: Archives Month :: Favorites From Fiction - the Best of the Worst A M I C U S B R I E F S October 10, 2017 Alexander Campbell King Law Library Scary DVDs from the Collection By Nina Guzman Here at the Law Library, we are big fans of Halloween. And what better way to celebrate the best holiday of the year than with a scary movie marathon! We compiled a selection of our spookiest, ookiest movies to get you in the spirit. The UGA Law Library is not responsible for any popcorn that you throw in the air. Cape Fear (1962/1991) PN1997 .C374 2001 / PN1997 .C374 2005 This is a classic horror film that I recommend any movie fan to watch. A psychotic man is set free from jail and decides his mission in life is to torment and torture the lawyer who convicted him. Don’t let the black and white film strip fool you. The scares are just as good (if not better) than any movie in the theater today. The original is my favorite but the remake comes pretty close. A perfect selection for a late night double feature showing. 5 4 2 3 5 4 3 2 The Crucible In Cold Blood 1 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Based on the book PN1997 .C8588 201 Devil’s Advocate Don’t you hate it PN1997.I455 2003 ’s incendiary PN1997.E96 2005 Based on Arthur Miller PN1997.D44 1998 by Truman Capote, the film follows 1953 play, we are taken back to the ou’re a big shot young when one day you’re a normal student Perry Smith and Dick Hicock, who in Picture this: Y walking around campus and you’re events that eventually led to the lawyer, and you get the opportunity 1959 murdered a family of four in infamous witch trials in Salem. Are biggest worry is getting a good grade Kansas during a botched robbery. The of a lifetime to work for one of the on your exam and the next thing you there actual witches terrorizing the best firms in the country. Downside: director’s pursuit for accuracy is , probably, know you’re possessed by a demon. small New England town? Or is it all your boss is most likely haunting as the film sets are the actual a prank caused by a few frustrated It’s the worst! This movie follows an locations of the original events and the definitely Satan. Add Al Pacino to attorney trying to understand if Emily teenagers? At the end of the film you the mix and all hell breaks loose. resemblance of the actors to the real might find the true menace are Rose was sick or if she was overtaken life killers is uncanny. The more you by something far more sinister. people’s own prejudices. watch, the more the lines between fiction and reality blur. Law Dawg of the Month: Petra By Anne Burnett October’s Law Dawg is Petra, who is ready for Halloween with her tiara. Petra is a Shiba Inu who resides with 2L Becca Wackym. When Petra isn’t distracting her owner with cuteness, she’s springing around the dog park and hunting squirrels. All members of the Law School Community (students, faculty and staff) are invited to submit a photo for possible selection as the Law Dawg. The featured entry for each issue will be selected at random from all entries received. Please note that honorary Law Dawgs (i.e. those of the feline, equine, porcine, avian, reptilian, etc. persuasion) are eligible as well. Please send your Law Dawg photo(s) to [email protected]. Petra Read Amicus Briefs online at http://www.law.uga.edu/amicus-briefs October 10, 2017 Alexander Campbell King Law Library Guantanamo, Torture, & Terrorism Resources By Endia Sowers Paige FAVORITES FROM T oday (October 10, 2017) the Dean Rusk International Law Center will host a lunchtime conversation with Rick Kammen, the lead defense counsel for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. If you would like to read more about Guantanamo, Torture, and Terrorism, the Law Library has several titles to choose from. Here are four to get you started! FICTION Fundamentals of United States Migrant We're back with more favorite fictional lawyers. Counterterrorism Law Interdiction and the For October Nina Guzman shares "the Best of Detention of Refugees the Worst". Follow the library's blog for more Edited By: Lynne Zusman in this series: ugalawlibrary.wordpress.com Available in the Basement- in Guantánamo Bay KZ7220 .F86 2014 By: Azadeh Dastyari Available on the Balcony- from Hitchhiker’s KF4836 .D37 2015 Guide to the Galaxy The Terror Courts : My Guantánamo Diary: "Now these guys are pretty Rough Justice at The Detainees and the much the full embodiment Stories They Told Me of Dickens’ feelings toward Guantanamo Bay lawyers. They are By: Jess Bravin By: Mahvish Rukhsana Khan described as “one of the Available on the Balcony- Available in the Basement- most unpleasant races in KF7661 .B73 2013 HV6432 .K493 2008 the galaxy—not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous”, and having “as much sex appeal as a road Vogons accident” as well as being the authors of “the third worst poetry in the universe”. In Library Podcast Episode #1: Technology the book (as well as the movie) they are responsible for the destruction of Earth to make an intergalactic highway. They are the most despicable beings in the UNIVERSE, and they happen to be lawyers." from Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas "Who ever said lawyers are boring bureaucrats who don’t From left to right: Rachel Evans, Christian Turner, Lucas Carver, Leslie Grove, Jim Henneberger know how to have a good time have probably never By Rachel Evans heard of Oscar Zeta Acosta, most famously known as Dr. My co-host Leslie Grove and I are excited to share episode 1 of the law library's podcast with Gonzo from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The students, faculty and staff. This episode focuses on technology and can be heard at: book follows Raoul Duke https://www.mixcloud.com/amicus-briefs-podcast/episode-1-technology/ As with the pilot Dr. Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson) episode, this and each subsequent episode will center around a theme and discuss it through the lens and Dr. Gonzo on their search for the American Dream of legal education, acting as an extension of this newsletter. Our goal is to feature individuals from in a haze of drugs and 60’s disillusionment. This is one all walks of the law school community, aiming to include at least one student, faculty member, character you won’t soon forget, even if you tried." librarian, and staff member per episode allowing them to share their passions, both personal and scholarly. Episode 1: Technology interviews from Twin Peaks • Information Technology Law Librarian Jason Tubinis "Leland Palmer has the • Administrative Specialist Tina Whitehair perfect life. He has a • Help Desk Manager Brad Grove wonderful family, a • Law Faculty Member Christian T urner beautiful house and great job working for the richest • Information Technology Services Director Jim Henneberger man in town. But • Student Worker and Podcasting Studio Engineer Lucas Carver everything is turned on its head when his teenage The podcasting studio is available for use by law students and law faculty. For studio availability daughter, Laura Palmer is and to schedule a time in the studio with our student engineer visit: law.uga.edu/podcasting-studio. found dead. The portrait of the idyllic American Leland Palmer dream slowly disintegrates throughout the series and Leland’ s psychological foundation crumbles before your eyes. David Lynch’s October is Georgia Archives Month foray into TV is a crazy ride that is worth watching." By Rachel Evans October is Georgia Archives Month, an annual event aiming to draw attention towards the state's from Chicago archival repositories. It is a perfect time to reflect on what you might have that could be donated to a local or regional archive facility for preservation, or to explore existing archives in your area. Lucky "When Roxie Hart ends up in jail after killing her lover, for us, our own library acts as an archive repository, housing many collections and items unique to there’s only one lawyer she our area, the school's history, and our city and state's heritage. Two law library websites in particular wants on her side. Billy are excellent starting points for delving into our law school's archive collections: Flynn is the flamboyant lawyer tailor made for the Digital Commons, the law school's institutional repository: celebrity obsessed 1920s Chicago. He uses the http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu press to his advantage and knows that a good LibGuides, the law library's home for research guides: Billy Flynn show beats the truth. http://libguides.law.uga.edu The justice system is a three ring circus and Billy Flynn is the ring master. Just give them the old razzle Some notable collections within Digital Commons include dazzle andyou can get away with murder." • Oral Histories: http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/oral_histories/ • Photographs: http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/photos/ from Liar Liar Athenaeum Building, corner • Portrait Collection: http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/portrait/ of Broad and Lumpkin, home "Fletcher Reed is you’re of the Law School, 1919-1932 the quintessential smarmy, For the final collection, the School of Law possesses a skeezy lawyer. He From the Hargrett Library's exaggerates and blatantly marvelous array of portraits. Many are on display on the walls Historic Images of Athens, lies in court and will do of its three buildings including famous Georgians, former deans Georgia.
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