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Jan 26, 2023 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
Today's legal research thread is devoted to Westlaw, and the little tips that can help you make the most of this database.
Jan 25, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Did you know that we now have a Patron-Driven Acquisitions Scheme? But what is this? Let us explain with this delightful comic ...
Jan 23, 2023 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
For today's thread we are going back to basics with the 10 Rules of Legal Research
Jan 19, 2023 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
We'll kick off with our old friend, the neutral citation. Read, save, print, tattoo this thread. It will save you a lot of time when it comes to deciphering citations.
Jan 11, 2023 • 28 tweets • 4 min read
Today is #HeritageTreasures Day and to mark this occasion we shall tell you the story of one of the Inner Temple's treasures. A rather fetching flying horse. Pull up a chair and we shall begin ...
The ‘Flying Horse’ is a white marble relief sculpture of the Inner Temple’s Pegasus emblem. Walking around the Temple you will see a number of carvings of the Pegasus (some flying others not), but this one has a particular story to tell.
Jan 5, 2023 • 41 tweets • 20 min read
What's happening in January? A lot! Here's a selection of law-related events happening in January 2023 ...
16 January @UCLLaws - 'Reframing the English Foreign Act of State Doctrine'. 6pm, in-person & free eventbrite.co.uk/e/reframing-th…
Nov 14, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
New week, new thread. This one is 50 simple (and some not so simple) Google tips and tricks.
Search within a site using "site:" followed by the URL of the site (without the http: bits) and then your chosen search term. Results will be limited to hits from that specific site.
Nov 1, 2022 • 51 tweets • 32 min read
For November we will be highlighting 50 tips and tricks collected from the brains of the Inner Temple librarians. Everything from search tips, free resources, useful tools, apps, browser extensions and more. 1. Unpaywall browser extension (Chrome/Firefox) will display a little green padlock to flag up alternative free sources for articles/research papers where they are available: unpaywall.org/products/exten…
Oct 27, 2022 • 32 tweets • 7 min read
For Halloween this year we've been digging* around in the archives and found a signed (!) call photo of a very famous member
*buckle in, there's a lot more puns to come
Sir Edward Metatarsal Hall KC.
Oct 25, 2022 • 43 tweets • 11 min read
24-30 October is International Open Access Week. To celebrate the bounty of free materials available we will be highlighting some resources for free and open access books and picking out a few interesting titles.
Open Access law books from Cambridge University Press available on Cambridge Core: cambridge.org/core/what-we-p…
Jun 27, 2022 • 193 tweets • 50 min read
1 July 1972 is the 50th Anniversary of the first Pride march held in London. To celebrate we will be taking a whistlestop tour of the history of Pride around the world.
The first Pride marches were held in a handful of cities in the United States to mark the first anniversary of the 1969 'Stonewall Riots'. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…
Sep 1, 2020 • 38 tweets • 8 min read
Today's thread is for all new students about to embark on their law studies. 🥳
Mar 24, 2020 • 166 tweets • 53 min read
What to watch during lockdown? Here's a thread of law related shows and documentaries available to watch online (via iPlayer, Amazon Prime, Netflix and YouTube) - we will add to this as we find them
Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings (iPlayer) - 'The untold story of Britain’s worst fetal poisoning scandal since thalidomide, when a group of ordinary mothers took on the establishment and won.' bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…