Once again, the list has come through. I was able to find the
report of the advisory committee. There were several stages
that the committee went through, including a request for
comments. As a result, different versions of the report were
available. The proposed amendments were approved the
U.S. Supreme Court on April 11, 1997, and will be effective
as of December 1, 1997, unless Congress acts to block or
amend them.. Here are the places that were suggested to
me:
163 F.R.D. 153 has the text of proposed revisions to the Fed.
Rules of Evidence published for comment, with commentary
by the advisory committee. This was an earlier step in the
process, and was not what the student needed.
Advisory committee notes are included at the end of each
rule in the various primary sources and online at
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html>.
The Criminal Law Reporter has the proposed Rules and
excerpts from the report at 61 CrL 2048.
One of the first places that I looked was the Federal Rules
Decisions. The Westlaw reference attorney did not even
know the correct name of their own publication! (I guessed
that he was talking about FRD, and aparently I was right.) I
hope we can get the students out of the habit of calling
Westlaw when what they should do is ask the librarian.
Thanks to the following people who had suggestions:
Paul Healey
Sally Curtis Askew
Laura Goldsmith
Beth Youngdale
Rita Keiser
Lynn Merring
Pamela Melton
Barbara Golden
Leslie McGuire
Anne Kirkhope
Ellen Pratt
Brenda B. Clark
Maryland State Law Library
Ruby Grad
And anyone else that I may have missed. I am especially
grateful to Ruby Grad for offering to fax me the report if
needed (the student was already satisfied). This list is really
great! Thanks for the help.
Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S.
Reference/Computer Services Librarian
Hamline University Law Library
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St Paul, Minnesota 55104
612-641-2063 (After June 9 the number is 612-523-2063)
bcarson@gw.hamline.edu
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