Mar 272015
While our Popular 
DVD Collection features many contemporary titles such as Game of Thrones and House of Cards, we’ve also made it a point to feature classic titles that emphasize law, lawyers, public policy, and government. One of those includes the under-appreciated 1959 film Compulsion starring Orson Welles, Diane Varsi and a young Dean Stockwell.
From the summary:
“Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off “The perfect crime.” The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial.”
Cornell faculty, staff, and students may check out DVDs; the loan period is seven days. From this guide you can see our current titles and link to the catalog record to see if the DVD is available or checked out. You can also browse the collection in person in the study area directly outside the Law Library’s Reading Room.
Do you have a suggestion for the collection? Contact Nina Scholtz, Digital Resources Librarian.
In honor of Dean of Students Anne Lukingbeal’s retirement this month and 37 years of service at Cornell Law School we have a new exhibit on display in the eating area just outside the Reading Room on the third floor of the law library. The gallery below features a few of the images included in the exhibit.
Our digital repository Scholarship@Cornell Law has a new cleaner design that matches the look of our new website. Come check out the thousands of publications avalable from Cornell Law faculty and journals with our new look!
Every month the Cornell Law Library adds new titles to its collection. The most recent additions for February 2015 are posted, here. A few highlights from this month’s additions are featured below.
Empirical Legal Analysis – Edited by Yun-chien Chang
Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property – Edited by Graeme B. Dinwoodie
Trends in the Judiciary:
Interviews with Judges Across the Globe – Dilip K. Das, Cliff Roberson with Michael M. Berlin
The law library has three new exhibits in the Gould Reading Room to coincide with Cornell’s Sesquicentennial celebration. The exhibits are:
Cornell at 2015: Celebrating 150 years at the Law School
A showcase of memorabilia and historical materials from throughout Cornell Law School’s history.
Myron C. Taylor: Cornell Benefactor, Industrial Czar, & Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Ambassador Extraordinary”
A feature of Cornell Law School’s primary benefactor and building namesake.
Cornell at 2015: Grateful to our Law Library Donors
A celebration of many of the Law Library’s donors of named endowments.
