If your search does not result in any law video tapes, select a broader subject in the beginning and repeat the above steps. The Law Library's video tapes have a classification number beginning with "LAW VIDEORECORDING." Do not confuse it with Bierce Library's Audio Visual video tapes that have a classification number "VIDEOTAPE E#".
If you find a video tape you are interested in, note the videorecording number, which functions as a classification number, and ask for the video tape at the Circulation Desk.
Here is a selection of video tapes that may be of interest:
The Fundamentals of Taking Law School Exams
(4 tapes, 3/4 inch, 60 minutes each) Topics presented include: five exam skills, five grading criteria, four types of exam problems and answers, common exam blunders, studying and outlining for exams, the Delaney method for spotting issues and organizing answers, CIRIP for lawyerly answers and outlining of courses.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 62-1 TO 62-4
Ethics in America
(11 tapes, 60 minutes each) Examines a wide range of ethical positions and a look at your own ethical standards.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 165-1 TO 165-11
Bob Berring’s Legal Research for the 21st Century
(9 tapes, 60 minutes each, includes workbook) This collection is a distillation of the essential concepts and techniques taught in a Legal Research course.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 279-1 TO 279-5
Six Steps to Effective Legal Research
(17 minutes) A simple introduction or a quick review of basic legal research.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 186-1 OR 186-2
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years (1954-1965)
(6 tapes, 60 minutes each) The most comprehensive television documentary on the American Civil Rights movement ever produced.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 201-1 to 201-6
Eyes on the Prize II: American at the Racial Crossroads (1964-1980’s)
(8 tapes, 60 minutes each, includes a view book) Follow the trajectory of Malcolm X's influence, both within the Civil Rights movement and outside.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 231-1 TO 231-8
Legal Research made Easy: a roadmap through the law library maze
(145 minutes, includes a manual) Need to look up the law? Doing so means understanding and mastering the intricacies of a very confusing place- the law library.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 205
We the people: the President and the Constitution
(4 tapes, 60 minutes each) The interviews on these tapes will constitute an extraordinary history of profound interest to present and future generations of Americans.
tape 1- Richard Nixon
tape 2- Gerald R. Ford
tape 3- Jimmy Carter
tape 4- Ronald Reagan
LAW VIDEORECORDING 223-1 to 223-4
The Road to Brown
(58 minutes) The story of segregation and the brilliant legal campaign against it. Also a daring tribute to "the man who killed Jim Crow," Charles Houston.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 228
The Rodney King Case
(116 minutes) What did you see in the court room of Simi Valley? This presentation will include expert analysis to make the legal process understandable to the viewer.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 229
ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act: Opening all the doors (6 tapes, total of 490 minutes, includes 6 paper materials) A video conference.
Program 1 (parts 1-2)- an introduction,
Program 2 (parts 1-2)- accessible design,
Program 3 (parts 1-2)- enforcing the ADA.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 230-1 to 230-3
Negotiate like the Pros: learn the negotiating skills that get you what you want, so you get the best of every deal, every day.
(2 tapes, total of 80 minutes) The key to negotiating is fitting your strategy to your negotiating "opponent."
LAW VIDEORECORDING 233-1 TO 233-2
Business Law: Contracts
(2 tapes, total of 374 minutes) Eight lectures on various aspects of contract law, such as, offer and acceptance, consideration, performance and discharge, remedies and third party rights. The lessons are taught by Professor Frank Cross, who has been honored as the nation's outstanding professor by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and as a top teacher by the Business Week guide to MBA programs.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 243
Great Trials and Great Trial Lawyers
(2 tapes, total 390 minutes) A Superstar trial lawyer, James J. Brosnahan- voted one of the ten best trial lawyers in America- gives you an unprecedented examination of ancient and modern trials, from Socrates' defense of himself to the work of modern masters like Clarence Darrow. Great Trials and Great Trial Lawyers takes you behind the scenes of the Scopes Trial as Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan duel over evolution, to the trial and sentencing of Sir Walter Raleigh, to the special seven-member jury at Salem, which sentences 19 "witches" to death.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 244
Business Law: Negligence and Torts
(2 tapes, total of 372 minutes) Companies face a considerable financial risk from tort lawsuits, but this is a risk that can be controlled. Understanding the types of actions, both intentional and negligent, that may give rise to tort liability enables the minimization or avoidance of risk. The eight lessons covering tort liability for business are taught by Professor Frank Cross, who has been honored as the nation's outstanding professor by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and as a top teacher by the Business Week guide to MBA programs.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 245
California vs. O.J. Simpson
(2 tapes, total of 465 minutes) The opening statements from the trial.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 248-1 TO 248-2
Media and Society Seminars Collection- That delicate balance II: our Bill of Rights
(5 tapes, total of 321 minutes) This collection will use the classic Socratic approach to challenge us to think, air ideas, and get beyond the rhetoric of today's most prominent controversies.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 256-1 TO 256-5
Unraveling the tragedy at Bhapal
(1 tape, total of 17 minutes, includes manual). This video presents an accounting of the investigation of the nature and the cause of the 1984 Bhapal tragedy. It details the events encountered by the investigating teams, up to the discovery and confirmation that the tragedy was caused by human sabotage.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 268
Copyright and trademark law for the nonspecialist: understanding the basic.
(3 tapes, total running time 5 hours and 20 minutes, includes manual). A satellite program sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute. Reviews basic principles of copyright and trademark Law, infringement litigation basics, and licensing.
LAW VIDEORECORDING 259
