We hope you will join us in June for the next offering of our Orientation to Legal Research webinar, focusing on U.S. case law, followed by the next entry into the Introduction to Congress.gov webinars. These webinars are designed to give a basic introduction on how to use Congress.gov and other legal sources when conducting research, as well as to provide updates on the new features available at the Law Library and through Congress.gov. For more information and to register, please visit the links below.
An Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This webinar is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for researching case law, and information about locating records and briefs.
Instructor: Olivia Kane-Cruz. Olivia Kane-Cruz is a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Olivia holds a B.A. in political science from Humboldt State University (Cal Poly Humboldt), a J.D. and a master’s of environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington.
Register here.
An Introduction to Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will also be highlighted.
Instructors: Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University. Robert is the chief of the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from Wayne State University, and a Master of Library Science from Florida State University.
Register here.
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Comments (2)
I *just* saw this! Will the Orientation to Legal Research webinar be given again, do you think?
Thanks,
Lara
Hi Lara,
The Orientation to Legal Research webinars happen every month focusing on four different topics. The next one will occur on July 10th focusing on Federal Legislative History and you can register here: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_7QTmKKMpTl2cX8Wc5hlw9Q
The next one focusing on U.S. Case Law will occur on October 16th. You can always visit our website law.gov to see upcoming events and webinars under the Researcher Resources and Legal Research Institute tabs. Hope this helps!
Taylor