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HeinOnline
March 13, 2018
Old books.

Legal Classics: From the Minds of Key Historical Scholars to HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. Last month, HeinOnline’s Legal Classics database reached another milestone: it now contains more than 11,000 titles ! Last year, we blogged about the incredible collection of books contained in HeinOnline in...
Of Interest
March 9, 2018

Evidentiary Foundations, by Edward J. Imwinkelried

Evidentiary Foundations, Tenth Edition provides sample lines of questioning that demonstrate how to lay the foundation for admitting various kinds of evidence. It also includes a brief discussion of the underlying legal principles, based on modern common law and the applicable Federal Rules of...
Of Interest
March 9, 2018

What Happened, by Hillary Rodham Clinton

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first...
Oxford English Dictionary
March 9, 2018
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Women's History Month and the Oxford English Dictionary

March is Women's History Month, and the Oxford Dictionaries blog is celebrating with a quiz about "the words of womenkind". Jenkins' members can find the definitions of words like gynarchy , herstory , philogyny , Queen Bee , suffragette , and superwoman on the Oxford English Dictionary database, a...
Jenkins Law Library
March 6, 2018

Jenkins Closed Tomorrow

Jenkins will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 7th due to the impending storm. Forecasts have predicted severe winter weather conditions that will make travel very hazardous or impossible. The Philadelphia Courts will also be closed. Our online services are always available 24x7 on jenkinslaw...
Federal Register
March 6, 2018
Scrabble tiles spell our "search".

Enhanced Metadata to Improve Search and Discovery in the Federal Register Library on HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. We have been continuing to enhance searching in HeinOnline by adding natural language processing and machine learning tools to different databases. We’ve already updated the tool several times, and we blogged...
Employment Law
March 2, 2018

Employment Litigation

Employment Litigation by Mary Gambardella focuses upon procedural issues and strategies for the employment law case. This insightful volume has chapters which include "Pre-Answer Motions", "Discovery", "The Settlement Agreement" and "Arbitration". Coverage includes agency as well as court...
Federal Legal Research
March 1, 2018

U.S. Government Publishing Office: From FDsys to govinfo

Need a copy of the Federal Budget (including analytical perspectives) ? Or access to George H.W. Bush's public papers ? How about a listing of U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearings since 1971 ? govinfo has all these, and more. govinfo provides free public access to more than one million official,...
Of Interest
February 28, 2018

The Law of Guns in Pennsylvania, PBI

This course book is designed to help you master the complexities of state and federal gun laws, map the maze of state and federal constitutional, statutory, case law and regulatory provisions, learn where they converge/diverge and what to tell your clients to avoid the traps and pitfalls. Above all...
Women Owned Law
February 23, 2018

Special Event: Women Owned Law & Her Corner - A Mini Accelerator Session

Women Owned Law and Her Corner are joining together for a special event at Jenkins on March 14th from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Her Corner will be conducting a mini session to give attendees a little taste of what it actually feels like to participate in the Her Corner Accelerator. Accelerator is the...