Cyberspace Law Seminar 1998

Links to Full-Text Copies of Memos to Students


CLS98 - Various

[January 16, 1998]

Hi Gang:

Well, we're off and running. Good session Wednesday night.

(1) To make sure this next Wednesday is as useful, I'd appreciate it if you'd either (or both) stop by the office for a one-on-one chat or send me an e-mail regarding (a) your reaction to Karla Tonella's presentation, especially with regard to [1] how _you_ would like her/us to spend the time this coming Wednesday evening, [2] in terms of the questions you have, or Internet-surfing skills you'd like to develop further, (b) the Web sites you've found, (c) your understanding of the broad _categories_ of topics/issues regarding the Internet, and (d) which of them are beginning to look like something you'd like to pursue.

(2) Note, in this regard, that I will be out of town the days between January 21 and 28 (Thursday through Tuesday -- attending an Aspen Institute Conference proposing legislation/regulations not unrelated to our seminar). Much of a "seminar" is, necessarily, a matter of one-on-one discussions between each of you and me. Thus, to the extent we need to do that during the first three weeks of class (one of which is behind us) the best days are going to be Monday through Wednesday, January 19-21 (and then, of course, January 28-30, once I'm back). The sooner we can begin, and resolve, the process of picking an area of research for you, and then narrowing your topic, the easier and more rewarding the semester will be for you.

(3) If you have not yet seen it, you might want to check out the CLS98 Web site. You get to it by going to my Web page (address at the bottom of this message), clicking on "Teaching," and then on "Cyberspace Law Seminar, Spring 1998." (a) One of the resources there is a set of all the memos/e-mail sent you so far. It's a handy way to check to see if you have everything. (b) You might also want to look at "Resources" and then "Ezines." The latter provides samples (from last spring, but equally relevant for this purpose) of the kinds of "electronic magazines" that are available to you. (They come via e-mail.) At a minimum, you might want to know about them. Beyond that, there may be some to which you wish to "subscribe" (I believe they are all free; instructions on how to subscribe are usually embedded in each ezine) -- or you may have suggestions for me of additional ones.

(4) Contributing sites to our composite, class "ultimate cyberlaw research resource," and having your paper posted to the Web, are a part of the seminar assignment. Making your own personal Web page is not. _However_, if you _do_ have a personal Web page, and have no objection, I'd like to create a link to it from our CLS98 Web page. Just give me the URL and you'll be on your way to cyber-fame!

NJ

[19980121]


Note: This Web page contains links to memos related to the Cyberspace Law Seminar taught by former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson in the Spring 1998 semester. It is intended for use by students at the University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, enrolled in the Cyberspace Law Seminar [Catalog: 91:624].

If you are not enrolled in this seminar, although you are not forbidden to examine this page and its links, you are requested to maintain the privacy of those who are enrolled. You will find the pages primarily to be administrative in nature, rather than providing many useful links to substantive material (which can be found, however, on the pages headed "Cyberlaw Research Resource Sites" and, from Nicholas Johnson's Home Page the link to Web Pages, 800 Useful Sites).

-- N.J.

Nicholas Johnson's e-mail address is: 1035393@mcimail.com

[19980112]


var sc_project=11993352; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="dbb95d95";

Web Analytics Made Easy - Statcounter