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Self-Help
January 26, 2017

FJD's Elder Justice Resource Center - Free Legal Assistance

The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania has issued a News Release announcing that the FJD's Elder Justice Resource Center (EJRC) will be working with Temple University Beasley School of Law to provide free legal assistance to unrepresented seniors beginning February 1, 2017. EJRC is located...
Secondary Sources
January 12, 2017

Alternative Fee Arrangements

Abraham Lincoln has been quoted as saying that a lawyer’s time is “his stock in trade”. The billable hour probably first gained favor around 1945 at Sherman & Sterling in New York City (see chapter 1 in The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys ), and was given a strong...
Secondary Sources
January 6, 2017

Guide to State Procurement: A 50-State Primer on Purchasing Laws, Processes, and Procedures

With each state having its own procurement statutes, regulations, and policies, there are similarities as well as important differences in the legal frameworks that have developed over the years, making it difficult and time-consuming for suppliers who provide products to multiple states. Now fully...
News & Events
January 5, 2017

Jenkins' 2016 Year in Review

What did Jenkins do in 2016? We launched our new website, added 3 new Research Guides , provided 15 new online CLE classes , wrote over 60 blog posts , converted to Lexis Advance on the library's Lexis computers, expanded our print collection by more than 750 titles, and more! The biggest change to...
Statutes
January 4, 2017

False Claims Act

The False Claims Act is a critical statute that any company doing business with the government, especially in the healthcare, education, defense, and general contracting area, must be familiar with. Between January 2009 and September 2015, more than $26.4 billion was recovered in suits brought...
HeinOnline
December 22, 2016

Law Review in HeinOnline

Looking for law review articles? Try using HeinOnline . HeinOnline's Law Journal Library includes over 2,300 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage for most periodicals begins with the first issue and continues through the most current issue. Select publications may have delays based on...
Legal Trac
December 8, 2016

Philadelphia - Quick Links

Check out our Philadelphia - Quick Links guide. With our new website we have launched several new research guides , including this one on Philadelphia resources. Philadelphia - Quick Links offers one place to find several valuable sites for Philadelphia research, including the Code and Charter ,...
Law Journal Press
December 1, 2016

Litigation Trial Practice

Have a trial coming up on Monday and can’t make it to Jenkins before the weekend? Luckily you have access to litigation trial practice materials through Jenkins’ Member Databases . Law Journal Press * is one of the Jenkins member databases containing general litigation treatises. Titles here...
News & Events
November 30, 2016
Jennifer Brandt

Women of Distinction Awards (PBJ)

Members of Jenkins recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as Women of Distinction . "These are businesswomen who are pushing the boundaries and making their mark on Greater Philadelphia". Jennifer Brandt, Co-chair of the Family Law Group, Cozen O'Connor Lori Lasher, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Statutes
November 22, 2016

Purdon's Chronological Table of Pennsylvania Laws

When you see a reference to "Act 47 of 1987" can you easily find the current version as incorporated in the statutory code? Just look in Purdon's Chronological Table of Pennsylvania Laws. One of the many additional features of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes Annotated , the...