The DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law reached a new milestone: its two millionth download. Launched in 2006, the repository showcases the research and scholarship of UM Carey Law.
Currently, Digital Commons houses 2,335 articles in Faculty Scholarship and 8,207 total items. Use is growing rapidly, with around 58,000 downloads per month.
The most popular papers cover a wide variety of topics, including: “Saving Facebook,” by James Grimmelmann; “Defending Junk-Debt-Buyer Lawsuits,” by Peter Holland, “Judging the Judges - Daytime Television's Integrated Reality Court Bench,” by Taunya Banks; and “Criminalizing Revenge Porn,” by Danielle Citron and Mary Anne Franks.
In addition to scholarly articles and working papers by law school faculty, DigitalCommons also provides open access to the law school’s five student-edited academic journals, as well as to Maryland Carey Law, the school’s alumni magazine.
Conference proceedings, Congressional testimony, outstanding student articles, program and center newsletters, and a Book Gallery are also featured. Fully customizable Profile Pages enable faculty to describe their research and scholarship to reflect their unique specialties.
The DigitalCommons, a service of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, is fully searchable based on author, subject, academic program or specific articles, and is updated daily. New papers include:
- Richard Boldt, Perspectives on Outpatient Commitment, also published in the New England Law Review.
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Sherri Lee Keene, Are We There Yet? Aligning the Expectations and Realities of Competency in Legal Writing, also published in the Duquesne Law Review.
- James Grimmelmann, The Virtues of Moderation, also published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology.