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HeinOnline
May 2, 2017

Sports Law Titles in HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here . The field of sports law is composed of legal issues surrounding both amateur and professional sports in the United States. While some aspects of this legal field overlap with labor law, contract law, and...
HeinOnline
April 20, 2017

State Attorney General Reports and Opinions on HeinOnline

Available from HeinOnline are State Attorney General Reports for all fifty states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Coverage is from the first year opinions were handed down in each state (as early as 1832), through the current material. Contact the Research Department at 215-574-1505, email...
Caselaw & the Courts
April 18, 2017

Pennsylvania Appellate Dockets

There are many reasons for using Pennsylvania appellate dockets. Keeping current with filings in a case and investigating how many cases an attorney has taken to appeal are a few popular uses. As an example of another useful application, here are the steps to finding a trial court judge’s opinions...
HeinOnline
April 13, 2017
HeinOnline: Where Books Rule

Celebrate National Library Week With HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here . HeinOnline has comprehensive coverage of journals, treaties, constitutions from every country in the world, databases of bibliographic entries on multiple topics (many of which link to full-text content), and...
Ethics & Professional Conduct
April 7, 2017

Ethics in Social Media

Ethics permeates all areas of today's legal practice. Risks to attorneys have increased dramatically with fines, censure and disbarment. This book will address many ethical dilemmas such as: what types of personal information are companies permitted to access without the consent of their employees...
LexisNexis Digital Library
April 6, 2017
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Subject Specific Jury Instructions on the LexisNexis Digital Library

The LexisNexis Digital Library has access to several subject specific jury instructions. Titles include Jury Instructions in Automobile Actions , Jury Instructions in Commercial Litigation , Jury Instructions in Real Estate Litigation , Jury Instructions on Damages in Tort Actions , Jury...
Legal Dictionaries
March 31, 2017

Oxford English Dictionary

This is no April Fool's joke! The Oxford English Dictionary is now available to all Jenkins' members. Find the meaning and history of phrases like, " April fool " which originated in the 17th century, or a modern phrase such as " cloud computing ."
Remote Resources
March 30, 2017

New Platform and More Opinions for City Solicitor Opinions Database

Jenkins' Philadelphia City Solicitor Opinions Database contains the full text of more than 2,000 formal and informal opinions issued by the Philadelphia City Solicitor from 1952-2009. The new, easy to use interface includes over 50 new opinions and allows the user to search by title, full text,...
HeinOnline
March 27, 2017

Updated: National Survey of State Laws

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here . Last year , HeinOnline teamed up with Rich Leiter, Director of the Schmid Law Library and Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, to create a database version of National Survey of...
Legislative History
March 23, 2017

Pennsylvania Legislative Histories

Jenkins' website recently launched a new interface for our Pennsylvania Legislative Histories database. Legislative histories help in determining the legislative intent of an act. The Pennsylvania Legislative Histories database contains librarian compiled legislative histories in PDF format. The...