The official page for DePaul University’s College of Law Rinn Law Library.
The primary mission of the Rinn Law Library is to serve the research and study needs of the DePaul University community.
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04/04/2024
April 10
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Join Reference, Instruction, and Scholarship
Librarian Ryan Marcotte as he delves into
the confluence of A.I and the law.
This session will:
• Give a general overview of artificial
intelligence,
• Define essential A.I. terms all law students
should know,
• Walk through the current usages of A.I.
tools in the legal profession/academy,
• Forecast the subtle ways in which A.I.
appears poised to change legal
research.
04/03/2024
National Library Week
Save the date!
The Law Library welcomes you to drop in to celebrate Library Week with us in the Rare Book Room on the 6th Floor.
Meet with the law library staff, and enjoy salty and sweet refreshments.
Monday, April 8
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Due to extreme weather, DePaul University, including the Rinn Law Library, will be closed on Tuesday, January 16. The Rinn Law Library will be open according to the normal Spring semester schedule on Wednesday, January 17.
12/05/2023
The Law Library has published the second of its two-part video series on methods for legislative history research. In this video, you will learn how to find legislative history resources using both subscription and freely-available resources.
Introduction to Legal Research, Part 9: Retrieving Legislative History Documents 00:00 Introduction00:30 Retrieving Basic Citation Information 03:06 Subscription Research03:45 Westlaw06:22 HeinOnline08:19 ProQuest Congressional09:46 Free ...
10/10/2023
Mayor Brandon Johnson Set to Unveil Spending Plan Designed to ‘Undo Trauma,’ Close $538M Gap The spending plan crafted by Mayor Brandon Johnson and his team will provide the most comprehensive response to the myriad of intractable problems facing the mayor, including how to handle the more than 1,700 vacant positions in the Chicago Police Department, since he took office nearly 150 days ago...
10/10/2023
US DOJ seeks to stop ex-president Trump from delaying trial in classified documents case The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a response Monday to a motion from former president Donald Trump's legal team asking a Florida judge to adjourn the trial date in his classified documents case...
10/09/2023
Chicago Will End Subminimum Wage For Tipped Workers After Council Approves Plan Wages for tipped workers will rise 8 percent on July 1 and continue to rise annually until meeting the city’s full minimum wage in 2028.
10/08/2023
City Will Pay $100K To Man Who Said Ald. Jim Gardiner Had Him Wrongfully Arrested The settlement comes just a few days after another lawsuit against the alderman moves to a trial. He also faces a third lawsuit and a series of other investigations.
10/08/2023
Stops by Chicago Police Create Fear and Sow Distrust, Finds Survey Conducted by Federal Court Monitor The 39-page report from the independent monitoring team, led by attorney Maggie Hickey, compiled the results of the feedback gathered from more than 400 Chicagoans at 17 community engagement sessions in February, March and April.
10/08/2023
US court bans Arizona from excluding gender-affirming care from state health insurance plans US District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez affirmed the final consent decree in the case Toomey v. State of Arizona on Tuesday, banning Arizona from excluding gender-affirming care in state health insur...
10/08/2023
Judge denies bid to force opening of relocated General Iron on Southeast Side The rebranded metal-shredding operation will remain closed for now, a Cook County Circuit judge ruled Thursday.
10/07/2023
Proposal to Hike Taxes on Sales of Million-Dollar Homes to Fight Homelessness Clears Key Hurdle Supporters say the plan would generate approximately $100 million annually to address the root causes of homelessness by building new permanent housing that offers wraparound services.
10/07/2023
Isolated and afraid, pregnant migrants cobble together prenatal care any way they can “I’m scared I will go into labor in the shelter,” said one Venezuelan mother-to-be. “But if I put my faith in God, I feel it will be OK.”
10/07/2023
Chicago-area fair housing group sues over discrimination using AI Open Communities says a management company used a chatbot to illegally rule out a renter who had a housing voucher.
10/07/2023
Racist propaganda, antisemitic acts spiked in Illinois last year, report shows “In some ways, we think that we live in Illinois and somehow we’re immune to this,” said David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League that issued the report.
10/07/2023
No injury, no barriers? IL Sup Ct to decide if 'no-injury' standard for big money biometrics lawsuits applies to other laws, too Walgreens has won the chance to ask the state high court to decide if plaintiffs' lawyers can press big money class actions in Illinois state courts under a federal identity protection law, despite no harm caused by a technical violation of the law, and despite rulings across the country that they c...
10/06/2023
Toni Preckwinkle pitches a $9 billion Cook County budget with no new taxes, fees or hikes The county’s CEO is prioritizing migrant health care and wants to tap reserves to keep some other programs after federal pandemic relief dollars end.
10/06/2023
US Supreme Court hears case regarding failure to place disability information on hotel website The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the case Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, which questions if a person has the right to sue a business over its disability accessibility informat...
10/06/2023
NASCAR Returning To Chicago In 2024 For 2nd Grant Park Street Race Downtown aldermen said they weren't consulted about the decision despite Mayor Brandon Johnson's promise to loop them in.
10/06/2023
Judge: U of I doesn't formally sell Chief Illiniwek gear, but doesn't mean anyone else can without risking lawsuit A federal judge declared a decision by the University of Illinois to license its banned Chief logo to the College Vault allows the university to plausibly claim it hasn't "abandoned" the trademark
10/06/2023
Wisconsin judge blocks policy allowing students to change their gender identity at school without parental consent A Wisconsin state judge struck down on Tuesday a public school district policy that allowed students to request to transition to a different gender identity at school without parental consent and over...
10/05/2023
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/heat-september-extreme-warmth-climate-rcna118401
'Gobsmackingly bananas' September of extreme warmth has climate scientists alarmed Data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found that September was the most anomalously warm month in recorded history.
10/05/2023
Biden admin waives federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas The announcement follows pressure from top Democratic officials to address the overwhelming influx of migrants in the past year.
10/05/2023
CTA President Will Be Required To Meet With City Council Quarterly As Train, Bus Service Woes Continue The ordinance comes after CTA President Dorval Carter skipped City Council hearings last year. In the wake of a Block Club investigation, its chief sponsor doubled down on calls to fire Carter.
10/05/2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203633021/jordan-scalise-mchenry-mccarthy-new-house-speaker
The House can't work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy's successor? Republicans plan to convene for a candidate forum on Tuesday and hold a speakership vote on Wednesday. While it's not clear who will be running, there's no question they face a tough road ahead.
10/05/2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1202252103/china-floods-sponge-cities-climate-change
Making cities 'spongy' could help fight flooding — by steering the water underground Almost all of China's medium and large cities are susceptible to floods. Some experts are promoting a solution called sponge cities — urban landscapes that are softer and meant to absorb more water.
10/04/2023
Mayor Brandon Johnson establishes city’s first chief homelessness officer role The person in the role will be tasked with providing solutions “for stable, permanent and affordable housing” for the unhoused in the city, Johnson said in a statement.
10/04/2023
Registration is now open for Illinois residents who own assault weapons Under a law that took effect this year, residents in possession of assault weapons are required to submit an endorsement affidavit by Jan. 1, 2024.
10/04/2023
Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, supported then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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