We hope you will join us in this new year for the continuation of our U.S. law webinars for 2026. The next offering of our Orientation to Legal Research webinars, focusing on U.S. federal statutes, will be followed by an Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar. It will cover digital resources available on the Law Library’s website as well as those available on-site. During this webinar, a guest presentation from the Pennsylvania State Law Library staff will be featured as part of the 50 State Outreach Project.
The presenters from the Pennsylvania State Law Library, librarians Kevin Spangenberg and Loren Nocheck, had this to say about their state library:
[t]he Bureau of the State Library traces its historic roots to 1745, when the General Assembly requested that its Clerk, Benjamin Franklin, order a set of the English Statutes and some maps for reference use. It has grown to one of the largest collections of materials about Pennsylvania and serves the information and research needs of all branches of the State Government. As a statewide resource center and law library, the State Library provides residents with Pennsylvania State and U.S. Government Documents, print materials, digitized collections, online reference services, and automated resources. Rapid access to other state and national collections is available through online systems, networks, interlibrary cooperation, and databases. The Rare Collections Library includes the Provincial Assembly Collection, a historic collection of rare colonial imprints, and the largest collection of Pennsylvania newspapers in the world.
We hope you will join us for these informative and interesting webinars!
Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
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: Jason Zarin. Jason is a legal reference librarian at the Law Library. Jason has a B.A. in economics from Tufts University, an M.A. in economics from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Southern California, an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, and a Master of Science in information systems from the University of Texas at Austin.
Register here.
An Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar featuring the Pennsylvania State Law Library
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Content: The Orientation to Law Library Collections (OLLC) Webinar is designed for patrons who are familiar with legal research and would prefer an introduction to the collections and services specific to the Law Library of Congress. The purpose of the State Law Libraries Outreach Project is to strengthen the ties between the Law Library of Congress and state law libraries by sharing information about our collections, products, and services with one another and with the public. This project involves providing a guest spot for state law librarians, or their designees, to discuss the collections and services they offer during our OLLC Webinars.
Instructor: Sarah Friedman. Sarah Friedman is a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Sarah holds a B.A. in English literature and criticism from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law.
Register here.
To learn about other upcoming classes on domestic and foreign law topics, visit the Legal Research Institute. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or [email protected].
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