In this episode Research & Copyright Services Law Librarian Stephen Wolfson has a conversation with Dean for Faculty Affairs and health law scholar Elizabeth Weeks about her book Healthism and the process of collaborating on this work with a coauthor in another location. Metadata Services Librarian Rachel Evans discusses upcoming events celebrating this and other faculty book publications at the UGA School of Law and the stylistic shift in book covers that she and some of her colleagues are enjoying.

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This episode discusses the following books, articles and events:

• Healthism: Health-status Discrimination and the Law by Jessica L. Roberts, Elizabeth Weeks
• What Is (and Isn’t) Healthism by Jessica L. Roberts, Elizabeth Weeks
• Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multi-district Litigation by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
• Defending the Public’s Enemy: the Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark by Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
• ‘Rap on Trial’: Why Lyrics Should Be Off-Limits featuring Andrea Dennis
• A Celebration of Associate Dean Elizabeth Weeks’ Recently Published Book, “Healthism: Health Status Discrimination and the Law” event on 2/27/19

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In this episode Metadata Services Librarian Rachel Evans interviews Research & Copyright Services Law Librarian Stephen Wolfson. They discuss the growth of the public domain on January 1, 2019 including the 1998 law that added 20 years to copyrights which would have expired in 1999 and the copyright durations for past and present U.S. written, visual, and musical works. Wolfson also shares a few of his favorite works from 1923, resources for locating and determining copyright expiration, and the library digitization efforts happening with the more than 50,000 public domain materials. The two also talk about a couple of events UGA Law Library is doing this month in celebration of the growth of the public domain.

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This episode discusses the following copyright and public domain related resources:

• Duke Law’s Center for the Study of Public Domain Resource for Public Domain Day 2019
• University of Pennsylvania’s Copyright Registration and Renewal Records
• Stanford University’s Copyright Renewal Database

For more UGA Law Library podcasts, visit our archive in Digital Commons or find us in iTunes.

In this episode co-hosts Leslie Grove and Rachel Evans interview the Law Library’s two newest librarians about their most memorable reference questions, their past library and law firm experiences and their favorite legal research resources:

• Outreach & Research Services Law Librarian Amy Taylor
• Research & Copyright Services Law Librarian Stephen Wolfson

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In this episode co-hosts Nina Guzman and Rachel Evans discuss stress management with library programs and resources:

• Advice on managing law school and career stress from Work-life Balance Coordinator from UGA’s Office of Wellbeing Kiz Adams (J.D. ’89)
• Stress Busters and Book Repair from Circulation Assistant Nina Guzman
• Meditative Music from Pulse Emitter/Daryl Groetsch (with artist permission)

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In this episode co-hosts Leslie Grove and Rachel Evans are joined by Nina Guzman to bring you discussions about music and the law with:

• Law faculty member and fellow podcaster Joe Miller
• Alumnae and entertainment attorney Michelle Davis
• Former law faculty member, R.E.M.’s legal counsel and manager Bertis Downs
• Tunabunny member and author Scott Creney of the law school’s Jittery Joes coffee shop
• Law faculty member Jason Cade of Hog-eyed Man
• Law librarian and adjunct professor Endia Sowers Paige

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Since our last podcast episode aired in October 2017, the law library used a contest in the February issue of our Amicus Briefs Newsletter to find a new name for the podcast. Thanks to law student submissions, we now have a new name for the podcast: On Reserve. This idea was submitted by law student Ben Durfee. You can now find our podcast (including past episodes) in iTunes, in addition to following along with this blog for streaming via YouTube.

In this episode co-hosts Leslie Grove and Rachel Evans, interview the following personalities from our law school community about technology through the lens of legal education:

• Information Technology Law Librarian Jason Tubinis
• Administrative Specialist Tina Whitehair
• Help Desk Manager Brad Grove
• Law Faculty Christian Turner
• Information Technology Services Director Jim Henneberger
• Podcasting Studio Engineer Lucas Carver

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Read more about our podcast’s purpose and connection to our library newsletter Amicus Briefs in our previous blog post featuring the pilot episode.

This pilot episode focuses on animals and includes interviews with:

• International Law Librarian Anne Burnett who manages our newsletter Law Dawg series
• Law Faculty Lisa Milot who oversees AthensPets.net
• Acquisitions Law Librarian Wendy Moore who is faculty advisor to UGA’s Speak Out for Species
• 2L Deborah Yates of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Alumni Alex Sklut whose staff position supervises our 30 plus student organizations
• Law Library Circulation Manager Marie Mize who helps prepare and promote stress busters during exams

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The Alexander Campbell King Law Library recorded this inaugural podcast in the new school of law podcasting studio space! This podcast will serve as an extension of the longstanding library newsletter, Amicus Briefs. Law faculty member Christian Turner helped make the studio’s existence possible with a recent grant to renovate space in the library annex and fit it with audio and video recording equipment. Turner’s podcast with fellow faculty member Joseph Miller titled Oral Argument is also being recorded in the space. Each episode will tackle a different topic and will serve as a platform for the University of Georgia School of Law’s students, faculty, and staff to discuss the issues they are passionate about and the events happening in our community.  Co-hosts Leslie Grove, our law school Web Developer, and Rachel Evans, Web Coordinator & Digital Media Specialist, will interview guests from all walks of life, allowing them to share their personal interests and professional expertise. Each episode will also contain recommendations for library resources related to the theme.