In July the Law Library applied to renew its green certification with the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. In early August, the Library received the honor of being “Green Certified” for the biennial period from 2010-2012. Along with other recipients, the Law Library will be listed in the Bar Association’s Journal and on its website. The Law Library was also honored at the Bar Association’s luncheon for the Second Annual David Webster Greener Way to Work Day. You can read about the conservation efforts that won us initial Green Certification in our Fall 2009 Newsletter, which can be found on our website. Challenged to do even more than last year, the Law Library recently migrated its process of printing charge records for patron faxes, emails, and research projects to totally electronic format. Based on the amount of requests we fill, this new procedure is saving us a lot of paper. We are constantly re-examining the way we work and would be happy to entertain your suggestions about how we can work even greener.

Want to be the star of the Library’s next Podcast? If you have always wanted to produce your own Podcast but don’t have the resources, that’s where we can help. If you are knowledgeable about a particular topic, we can work with you here at the Library to produce your Podcast. We will provide the necessary software and technology, and we will record the podcast at our offices. All we ask is permission to post the podcast on our website. If you are interested, contact Kathleen M. Sasala, at ksasala@clelaw.lib.oh.us.

Have you ever reached into a desk drawer or sifted through the cards in your wallet only to find one or more of the Law Library’s copy cards that you had long forgotten about? It’s time to gather those up and bring them in to exchange for our updated version. We have recently contracted with CardCash Systems for new card readers and copy cards for our copiers. The cards will have a new look, featuring the Library’s logo and phone number, but they will still be available in varying dollar amounts as before and operate similarly in the machines. In addition, we will continue to recycle the used cards once they are empty. We will be glad to check your old returned cards for remaining dollar amounts and issue you new ones. Be sure to stop in the Library soon for a trade-in!

• Bankruptcy Law Manual (West, 2010)
• Collaborative Family Law Workshop (OSBA, 2010)
• Consumer Class Actions 7th Ed. (NCLC, 2010)
• Consumer Warranty Law 4th Ed. (NCLC, 2010)
• Elder Law Handbook (OSBA, 2010)
• Finding Info Like A Pro: Mining The Internet’s Publicly Available Resources For Investigative Research (ABA, 2010)
• Foreclosures 3rd Ed. (NCLC, 2010)
• Lender’s Participation In A Chapter 11 Case (Lexis/Nexis, 2009)
• Nonprofit Organizations: Law And Taxation (West, 2010)
• Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act; Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act Of 2010 (CCH 2010)
• Principles Of The Law Of Aggregate Litigation (ALI, 2010)
• Sack On Defamation 4th Ed. (PLI, 2010)
• Sexual Harassment In The Workplace (Aspen, 2010)

It’s nice to be loved! The following is what some of our members are saying about us:

• “The six attorneys at Berns, Ockner & Greenberger, LLC, keep the Cleveland Law Library on speed dial for a number of reasons. Despite the availability of numerous on-line legal resources, there remains a crucial need to mine the Library’s treatises, articles, and other resources which are otherwise unavailable.

The Library’s capable staff is usually able to locate and transmit copies of relevant excerpts from these resources by facsimile or email, or deliver by messenger the entire resource within a short time allowing us to include the relevant information in our time sensitive papers.

• “The staff at the Cleveland Law Library works miracles! Almost instantaneously, they produce relevant, on-point research. Not only do they have access to all the traditional resources, but they have access to resources I didn’t even know existed!”
- Elizabeth Kelly, Esq., Solo Practitioner

Starting in May, the Law Library began publishing a new monthly service called Law Library Briefs. This publication is totally electronic and advises members about upcoming events or highlights a service here at the Library. We email a copy to all members on our email distribution list, as well as place a link on our Home page. If you are not already receiving an electronic copy, but would like to, please email us at lawlib@clelaw.lib.oh.us.