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Legal Research
February 27, 2020
distorted 2020 calendar on a tablet device

The Legal Hiccups of Leap Year

It is once again leap year, that magical, mystical time that adds an additional day to February every four years*. Though the practice of adding an extra day keeps "the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year" ( Wikipedia ), it also has the potential to cause havoc in...
Legal Research
November 19, 2019

Happy Birthday to the ALR!

Congratulations to the authors and editors of the American Law Reports (ALR) on its 100-year anniversary. The first article of this unique legal resource was published in 1919. Many articles, several series and hundreds of volumes later, this set continues to help researchers today. The attorney-...
Congress.gov
January 29, 2019

Congressional Research Services (CRS) Reports

Last fall, Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, announced that the library had begun to provide Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports to the public for the first time in history. Authored by experts, CRS reports provide policy and legal analysis, offering multiple perspectives on...
Legal Research
February 14, 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Presidential Documents on HeinOnline

Use HeinOnline to find documents written by or about the presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama.
Legal Research
January 31, 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Attorney General Materials on HeinOnline

Find attorney general reports and opinions from all 50 states on HeinOnline.