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Lifetime Members Of Phi Alpha Delta Magruder Chapter Richard R. Cross Ernest R. Fraley Carl W. Gabel James B. House Ramon H. Mason Marshall Chapter John A. Radcliffe McCormick Chapter Shelley A. Weinstein McKellar Chapter Thomas Fletcher Grooms McKenna Chapter Edward W.l. Kam James M. Masuda Robert L. Mennell O.M. Monk McKinley Chapter Harold C. Meier McReynolds Chapter John L. Cleary Sidney W. Gilreath Ole J. Olsen Clarence E. Shattuck Meck Chapter David D. Kahan Middleton Chapter Donald L. Loper Mitchell Chapter Paul R. Nesheim Morgan Chapter Forrest L. Adams Ralph W. Adams Mark Ezell Robert H. King Richard J. Raming William N. Ray Aaron Scott Roebuck Paterson Chapter Joseph A. Maffongelli Pinckney Chapter Humphrey H. Childers Rapallo Chapter Gerald L. Dorf Julie-April Montgomery David R. Paley Rasco Chapter A. Jay Cristol Stephen B. Grant Eugene W. Harper Thomas Maxey Joseph B. Merlin Christine M. Moreno Dale E. Murphy Rayburn Chapter Ralph E. Belter Read Chapter Girard J. Mecadon Reese Chapter Ben L. Anderson James C. Barbee Roberts Chapter Frederic L. Conti William L. Goldman, Sr. Ronald F. Sandler Ronald L. Stockham Walter J. Timby Robinson Chapter Bruce T. Caldwell Robert L. Henry Ross Chapter William H. Cree Carl Minton Therene K. Powell John J. Reiner Robert B. Robbins Kenneth H. Rowen Rutledge Chapter Laurent R. Hourcle Ryan Chapter Arthur W. Jorgensen Larry E. Lichte Michael K. Nolan Gordon Rohn Sammis Chapter Fred Whitedeer Gabourie, Sr. Shepherd Chapter Bernard J. Broadbent Dennis R. Devor A.H. Stephens Chapter William P. Johnson O. Nicholas Ordway Benjamin G. Parks Story Chapter Edwin A. Anderson Frederick C. Cappetta John Peter Curielli Peter A. Loutos Diane M. Mueller J. Sullivan Chapter Erin Weber Anderson David L. Branson James L. Chevalier Thomas C. Re Edward R. Weber William H. Wyne M. Sullivan Chapter James M. McCabe Sutherland Chapter Robert E. Hafey Taft Chapter William G. Downey Harry J. Goodrick Robert E. Redding L.S. Van Landingham Taney Chapter Gerald M. Botts Clarence J. McDonald Temple Chapter Jess J. Aguilar C. Richard Bartalini Clay A. Brumbaugh Bob T. Hight Allan Jacobs Richard C. Macmillan Dennis E. Ostrow Melville Owen Terrell Chapter Dennis E. Larosa Tilden Chapter Joseph Angelo Rutigliano Timberlake Chapter Charles H. Taylor Vinson Chapter Roy Burlew Henry D. Mann Watson Chapter Wayne G. Johnson Willey Chapter Ernest V. Morton Charles E. Porterfield Royce B. Saville Williams Chapter Wendy J. Dier Willis Chapter Hubert T. Derivan Harry A. Flannery Wilson Chapter Richard D. Enders Hyman G. Etkind Emlyn I. Griffith Meyer A. Gross Wormser Chapter Conrad J. Mazzarini Clifford Schechter Wythe Chapter Lionel G. Batley C. Lacey Compton Brian B. Kent William L. Scott Samuel W. Weaver Murphy Chapter’s s Fall all Initiation Murphy Chapter members from left to right: Clerk Andrea Misko, Justice Jeremy Rogers, Vice Justice Shana Cooper, new member Macie Tuiasosopo, new member Amanda Pertusati, current member Stacy Johnson, Marshal Faiza Mokhtar, and Treasurer Agnieszka Osowicka. UNC-Chapel Hill Pre-Law Chapter Looks Back on Successful Year As the semester wraps up for the students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, our Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Chapter looks back on the past year. Over the span of two semesters, Chapter President Trent Kool implemented the scholarship that the our Chapter has in place for a Carolina Law School student. He also bonded the brothers together by having frequent dinners and having a weekend mountain retreat. We are eagerly awaiting the leadership of the newly elected President, Kira Lumsden and Vice President, Emily Patoray. Moving? Be sure to update your contact information! Click here to fill out our change of address form. THE REPORTER — WINTER 2010-2011 — PAGE 30
The Resear esearch ch Process for Law Study By David Gray, www.eCasebriefs.com Back when I attended law school the law research process was quite simple. Basically the process worked as follows; go to the books. Well, a lot has happened since then. Now all of the books are on line. You all know that you can simply log into LexisNexis or Westlaw, enter your user name and password and amazingly you have the entire legal research world at your fingertips. Prior to this technical evolution not only did you have to go to the books but you were also a prisoner to the hours your law school library was open. During the school week it was easier because you were already on campus, but on the weekend research became a real nuisance. There was the inconvenience of actually getting to the library. You had to prepare for the trip to the school, then wait for the subway or the bus or drive to campus so you were able to access the research information you needed. Not to mention the fact that every third trip or so you always forgot to bring something that you needed for the day at home. To say the least, a real process. Today, as mentioned above you have access to your research needs, as long as you are Wi-Fi connected 24/7. The technological advances made over the last few years have been monumental with regard to ease of locating the research items you need to complete your legal briefs and memoranda. The process has now been driven down to how many different ways and through how many different devices can you access the information? Let’s first discuss locating the correct information. Believe it or not, today most students begin their research by using a search engine, primarily Google. Once entering a term, phrase or even case name in Google what appears is a complete listing that could help you start your research process. One of the main issues however is that most of what will appear in a Google search results screen are pieces of content that come from sources which are not trusted sources of legal content. This is a problem that did not exist when the only way to do your research was performed only by using the books in the law library. One way to make sure that you are accessing trusted content when using web search results is to use sites that you know and your peers know well. Predominantly sites such as eCasebriefs.com offer the content that is reliable and trusted for the proper study of law. Actually for the legal research process there are really two ways to confirm that a site is trusted for legal study. First and foremost is that the site is knowingly trusted by you and your peers. That you have used it and continue to refer back to it over again. Second and more of a technical way that the site is trusted worldwide is where it sits within the search engine results page. Where the site resides on the search results page is a positive or negative confirmation that you are accessing content that is widely trusted or not. Generally speaking most search engines move sites up in ranking on a search results page by the amount of times user access it. This method not only calculates unique users but also how many times repeat users continue to go back to certain sites. The more a certain site is accessed the higher the ranking on the search results page within the search engines. For instance if you were to search for the term “case briefs” you will notice that more than likely eCasebriefs.com appears in the first position in the search results page and most certainly on the first results page. Moreover, many times in your search process you will enter a case name in the search engine and again more often than not the case within the eCasebriefs.com site will most certainly appear on the first page of the search results screen. The reason why this happens is because the content in eCasebriefs.com is accessed continually by the law student and lawyer market. Thus, trusted content. In conclusion, it is very important in this day and age of free flowing, and easily accessible content to view content that provides you what you need for proper and formal legal research usage. Only sites such as eCasebriefs.com offer you content that you need and can trust in a format that satisfies your legal education and study needs. Have a wonderful, joyous and safe new year and let’s all look forward to welcoming 2011 with much cheer and success. David Gray is CEO of eCasebriefs.com and can be reached at dgray@eCasebriefs.com. THE REPORTER — WINTER 2010-2011 — PAGE 31
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Featur eatures es
Page 5 and 6: By Jon Bassford, Director of Law Op
Page 7 and 8: Samuel J. Tilden Chapter News ws Th
Page 9 and 10: By Ronald J. Winter, International
Page 11 and 12: Become a Par art t of P.A.D. .A.D.
Page 13 and 14: 2010 Pre-Law Conference ence Anothe
Page 15 and 16: The Eric ric Hutson Pre-Law Chapter
Page 17 and 18: By Byron K. Rupp Director of Pre-La
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