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Congressional Hearings
May 12, 2022
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Finding Celebrity Congressional Testimony

Congressional hearings are "held by standing and special committees of the House and Senate to investigate various issues of concern, and also to elicit views on proposed legislation from interested persons or groups, executive branch personnel, or other legislators" Kent. C. Olson et al.,...
LexisNexis Digital Library
May 5, 2022

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Causes of Action on LexisNexis Digital Library

If you have a case in Pennsylvania or New Jersey and you need to find the cause of action, check out the causes of action titles on LexisNexis Digital Library . Pennsylvania Causes of Action and Encyclopedia of New Jersey Causes of Action can help you to evaluate theories of recovery and find...
Law Journal Press
April 28, 2022

Mergers and Acquisitions Titles at Jenkins

With all the news surrounding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, you may have a few questions about the law of mergers and acquisitions. Terms like “hostile takeover” and “poison pill” are appearing in articles about the acquisition, but what do these terms actually mean? If you want to learn more...
West Academic
April 27, 2022

Mental Health Law in a Nutshell

If you are interested in Mental Health Law, the latest edition of Mental Health Law in a Nutshell is now available on West Academic Digital Library . "This Nutshell introduces you to the broad range of criminal and civil issues in mental health law, including diagnosis of mental illness; expert...
CFR
April 21, 2022

Finding Historic Code of Federal Regulations Sections - Part 3

A few months ago, we made two blog posts about finding prior versions of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) : Part 1 explored HeinOnline , ProQuest Congressional , and govinfo , and Part 2 went over access on Lexis and Westlaw. Sometimes, however, tracing back CFR sections can be tricky as the...
Common Pleas Court
April 14, 2022

20th Edition of the Philadelphia CCP Civil Practice Manual Available at Jenkins

Jenkins recently received the 20th edition of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Practice Manual (2021) . The manual, edited by Hon. Daniel J. Anders, Peter J. Hoffman, and Timothy R. Lawn, is updated every other year and published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) in cooperation...
vLex
April 12, 2022

British Case Law on VLex

Find case law from the United Kingdom on vLex ! VLex has hundreds of thousands of British cases, including select hard-to-locate judgments. Even better, vLex is a 24/7 member benefit, so it is available remotely to members on their desktops. This database is updated daily and contains both reported...
Databases
April 7, 2022

vLex Now Available at Jenkins

Jenkins is excited to announce the addition of a new legal research database, vLex . With vLex, Jenkins members can now remotely access a comprehensive database of international legal materials. vLex coverage spans over 100 countries and includes collections of case law, legislation, dockets,...
Jenkins Law Library
April 1, 2022

Jenkins Law Library - We're 220 Years YOUNG!

This year Jenkins is celebrating our 220th anniversary! We were founded in 1802 in a small room in Independence Hall by a group of lawyers who combined their financial resources to purchase legal books for the growing law community in the city. We hold the prestigious position as "America's First...
Oxford English Dictionary
March 31, 2022
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700 New Words, Senses, and Phrases Added to the Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) , updated on a quarterly basis, just added 700 new words, senses, and phrases in its March 2022 update . This update was so large, OED Editors devoted four blog articles to it! For an overview of the update, take a look at Content warning: may contain notes on...