September 15 marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. It is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico also declared its independence on September 16 and Chile declared its independence on September 18.

According to the 2010 Census Questionnaire Reference Book, people of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin are those who trace their origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, and other Spanish cultures. Origin can be considered as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.

Check out some famous firsts by Hispanic Americans, including those in government, military, science and more!

Try out the Infoplease interactive crossword puzzle where this week’s theme is Hispanic Heritage Month!

And for more fun, test your knowledge on Hispanic Americans by taking the Infoplease quiz!

Stop by the Law Library and check out this month’s Hispanic Heritage Display created by Tim Saffles, Faculty & Interlibrary Loan Services Coordinator! The display highlights some books and videos that the library owns, including A Class Apart, a DVD donated to the Law Library by Los Abogados, Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association. The DVD is about a small-town Texas murder from which emerged a landmark civil rights case, the little-known story of the Mexican American lawyers who took Hernandez v. Texas (347 U.S. 475 (1954)), to the Supreme Court, challenging Jim Crow-style discrimination.

Hello everyone!

Here is a listing of events the law library is conducting for the week of September 6th, 2010:

Monday 9/6/10:
    Library CLOSED!

Tuesday 9/7/10:
    Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    3pm, LP2: Court Documents
    4:30pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    5:50pm, Mini SRU: Library Catalog

Wednesday 9/8/10:
    11:50am, Mini SRU: Library Catalog   
    Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    5pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    6pm, LP2: Court Documents
   
Thursday 9/9/10:
    11:50am, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
    Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    3pm, LP2: Court Documents
    4:30pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    7:40pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources

Friday 9/10/10:
    11am, LP2: Court Documents
    Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    1pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
    2pm, LP2: Court Documents
    3pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Secondary Sources
   

Please visit our workshop calendar to RSVP (no RSVP needed for the Mini SRUs). For descriptions of these workshops, click here.

Questions? Call (602) 682-6898.

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Don't forget! The Law Library will be closed on Monday, September 6th 2010 in observance of Labor Day! Students please note: the building will be shut-down as well in observance of the holiday, so you will be unable to access other areas of the building to study.

Saturday, September 4th and Sunday, September 5th will be regular hours, with no reference hours. On Tuesday, September 7th we will resume all regularly scheduled programming! :)

For more information on our special hours please visit http://www.phoenixlaw.edu/libraryhours

We hope you all have a fantastically restful weekend!

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Hello everyone!

Here is a listing of events the law library is conducting for the week of August 30th, 2010:

Monday 8/30/10:
 Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 Noon, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 5pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 5:30pm, Mini SRU: Library Catalog

Tuesday 8/31/10:
 8:15am, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 3pm, LP2: Legislative History/Statutory Interpretation
 5:30pm, Mini SRU: Library Catalog

Wednesday 9/1/10:
 Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 Noon, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 5pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 5:30pm, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 6pm, LP2: Legislative History/Statutory Interpretation

Thursday 9/2/10:
 8:15am, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 3pm, LP2: Legislative History/Statutory Interpretation
 7:40pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters

Friday 9/3/10:
 8:15am, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 11am, LP2: Legislative History/Statutory Interpretation
 Noon, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 1pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters
 2pm, LP2: Legislative History/Statutory Interpretation
 2:45pm, Mini SRU: Library Catalog
 3pm, LP1 SRU Workshop: Digests & Reporters

Please visit our workshop calendar to RSVP (no RSVP needed for the Mini SRUs). For descriptions of these workshops, click here.

Questions? Call (602) 682-6898 or email us.

For those of you who have yet to visit our wonderful law library, here's a peek at what you're missing!

Phoenix School of Law Library Video Tour

For extra help, see our map of the law library.

Happy Thursday!