LibGuides: NextGen Bar Exam: Criminal Law & Constitutional Protections of Accused Persons: Current Awareness & Multimedia Resources

Current Awareness & Multimedia Resources

Westlaw:

Arrest Law Bulletin: features up-to-date information on the laws surrounding actual arrests, as well as the search for evidence.
AAP Rolling News: features news articles several times a day pertaining to current criminal matters in the U.S. and around the world.
Computer Crime & Technology in Law Enforcement: designed for police officers, investigators, and prosecutors who deal with crimes directly or indirectly involving computers and fraud.

Lexis:

Go to the drop-down option Content area, and choose Criminal Law. Once opened, on the right side is the White Collar Law 360 and Lexis Legal News. These provide up-to-date news articles pertaining to a number of criminal law topics.

Bloomberg Law newsletters:

US Law Week: nationwide coverage of major cases, legislation, and regulations.
White Collar & Criminal Law News: latest news, insights, and trends affecting the prosecution and defense of white collar crim.

Law.com: aggregates legal news publications (national and state) on topics including legal trends, litigation news, and legal technology. Access Law.com thru the library database page. Select "All Topics" for Criminal Appeals and Criminal Law topics.

Broden and Mickelson
Broden & Mickelsen, in their criminal law blog, provide commentary on recent crimes, cases, and changes to the law that affect all of us.
Crime and Consequences
The Crime and Consequences Blog discusses crime and the criminal law. We approach criminal law issues from the perspective of victims of crime and the law-abiding public. As most of the existing criminal law blogs are defense-oriented, this is a step toward balance in the blogosphere as a whole.
Simple Justice - A Criminal Defense Blog
A criminal defense Blog where the practice is limited to the defense of serious criminal matters and investigations in state and federal courts, trials, and appeals.
SENTENCING LAW AND POLICY An Affiliate of the Law Professor Blogs Network
This blog is designed and contributed to by law professors around the United States. It offers many criminal procedure topics, along with related resources.
Wrongful Convictions Blog
The blog, done by law professors and experts around the globe, focuses on many criminal procedural issues. You can scroll through the topics on the right side to see current issues being discussed.

Bloomberg Law
Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news. The show examines all aspects of the legal profession, from intellectual property to criminal law, from bankruptcy to securities law, drawing on the deep research tools of BloombergLaw.com. Refine your search for criminal procedure through the advanced search.
Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
Discussing legal issues of the day and criminal law with a criminal defense lawyer with 23 years of experience.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers -- "The Criminal Docket"
Each episode of "The Criminal Docket" explores important items on the criminal legal agenda, in-depth, with top leaders in the legal practice, public policy, journalism, academia, and others whose lives intersect with the criminal legal system.
Law School Toolbox - Listen and Learn episodes
Weekly podcast, search archive for criminal law/procedure topics. Episodes include: Introduction to Homicide, Privilege Against Self-Incrimination and Miranda Rights, Property Crimes, Exclusionary Rule, The Fourth Amendment - Informer Tips; The Sixth Amendment, Warrent Requirements, Stop and Frisk, and more.
The Marshall Project
Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records, you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people, and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation.

The Business Professor - Criminal Law And Procedure Explained
The chapter introduces the concept of criminal law and the procedures for enforcing those laws. It will explore the Constitutional authority of the government to pass criminal laws, the enforcement methods, and identifies specific types of criminal laws. It breaks down criminal conduct into the basic elements necessary to demonstrate criminal liability. It explores the process and procedure for enforcing criminal laws and the Constitutional limitations on the government that serve to protect individual rights. Lastly, it explores numerous federal and state criminal statutes that routinely affect business practices.
If you continue down the page where this website is located, they include many other topics relating to criminal law. Just click on the topic that you are interested in learning more about.
Criminal Law Crash Course: Law School and Bar Exam Prep
This video series runs through the entire subject matter of criminal law in preparation for the Bar Exam.
Overview of Criminal Law Modules 1-5
Gives a very broad, easy-to-understand overview of criminal law. There are five, 20-minute videos in the series.
Criminal Law Short Videos
A 19-video series, featuring videos of 10 minutes and under to introduce the highlights of criminal law.
Criminal Procedure Crash Course: Law School and Bar Exam Prep
This video series runs through the entire subject matter of criminal procedure in preparation for the Bar Exam.
LECTURE ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Parts 1 & 2
Done by a practicing attorney, these short 20-minute videos run through the gambit of criminal procedure matters in a lecture format. Easy to understand, they make good quick study aids for those looking to brush up on criminal procedure.
Criminal Procedure -- Wake Forest Law Series
Law professors explain criminal procedure in this 50-video series. Videos vary in length and subject matter.