Beru's Legal Reference

Pittsburgh Legal Journal Contribution

berureference — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:05:33 +0000

Allegheny County Cases as reported in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal with their Parallel citations to the District and County Reports

Cases in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal in Alphabetical Order

Cases in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal in Chronological Order

Acts used in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal

Subject Index to the Cases used in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal

DCLI Acts as Pennsylvania’s Gateway to Legal Information

berureference — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:12:24 +0000

The Duquesne Center for Legal Information provides and facilitates access to legal and law-related information resources to meet the teaching, research and study needs of the law faculty and students

comprehensively and in the specialty areas, and in the areas of ethical, moral concerns and professional responsibility of the legal profession.

With the addition of several extremely qualified faculty and staff, Duquesne has shown it’s dedication to becoming one of the premier hubs for legal information in the United States. To read more about the Duquesne Center for

Legal Information, go to: http://www.lawlib.duq.edu/

DU School of Law Donates Books to Ethiopian Law Schools

berureference — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:48:12 +0000

Duquesne University School of Law donated over 700 library books this week to two Ethiopian law schools: the Addis Ababa and Mekelle law schools. The project was coordinated by Mr. Tsegaye Beru, Assistant Director of Public Services at the Duquesne Center for Legal Information. The donation is part of a new professional relationship between the Duquesne University School of Law and law schools in Ethiopia. Until recently, little work has been done between American law schools and the African academic legal community. This outreach initiative is designed to promote the exchange of international academic legal scholarship and the development of a new national reporter system for the Supreme Court of Ethiopia.

We hope to continue Duquesne’s tradition of service, both locally and abroad.

PA Legislative History

berureference — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:43:42 +0000

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE HISTORY – A RESEARCH GUIDE

Duquesne University Center for Legal Information

WHY RESEARCH LEGISLATIVE HISTORY?

Researching legislative history is important in order to:

• Discern the intended purpose for enacting the law.

• Ascertain the original intent of the legislature.

• Decipher the intended meaning of a particular act, especially when language used in the statute is ambiguous, etc.

To learn more about this topic, please click here.