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Posts by Kristen Matteucci

vLex/Fastcase
March 27, 2025

Accessing Fastcase During the vLex Fastcase Content Merge

As a part of the merger between legal tech companies vLex and Fastcase, the vendors' legal research content is transitioning to a new digital platform. As of March 2025, the transfer to the new platform is not yet fully complete. As a result, when our members access Fastcase via Jenkins , they will...
News & Events
March 7, 2025

What are Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations?

What is an Executive Order? Though Executive Orders aren’t defined in the U.S. Constitution, a 1957 report by the House Government Operations Committee includes a “widely accepted description” 1 : “Executive orders… are directives or actions by the President. When...
HeinOnline
January 16, 2025

Administrative Conference of the United States Content Added to HeinOnline

In a 2024 Year in Review blog post, HeinOnline highlighted six of its new databases. Among them is the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) database , which Jenkins members can access remotely. The ACUS, an independent federal agency with members from both the private and public...
Family Law
December 5, 2024

Research Guide: Pennsylvania Family Law

If you’re looking for guidance or resources on family law issues such as custody, support, divorce, and Protection from Abuse, check out our Pennsylvania Family Law research guide . This online guide provides an overview of some of Jenkins' more popular secondary authorities on family law topics...
News & Events
October 31, 2024
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How to Save Your Reading History in Your Jenkins Account

Trying to remember the title of that treatise, practice guide, or sample form book you checked out of the library a while ago? Jenkins members can turn on their "Reading History" to keep track of print books that they've borrowed in the past. To protect our users' privacy, Jenkins...
LLMC Digital
September 12, 2024

Finding Cases in PA Side Reports on LLMC Digital

Many counties in Pennsylvania publish their own reporters -- also called "Side Reports" -- which contain select trial court opinions for that county. LLMC Digital , a remotely accessible database available to all Jenkins members, has a collection of Pennsylvania Side Reports that includes PDF scans...
Self-Help
August 15, 2024

Digital Assistants for Landlord-Tenant and Debt Collection Cases in Philadelphia

If you are a Philadelphian representing yourself in a debt collection case or a Landlord-Tenant case regarding non-payment of rent in Municipal Court, check out these new digital assistants for guidance: Consumer Debt Collection Information Bot (CODI) Tenant/Landlord Digital Assistant (T/LDA) These...
LexisNexis Digital Library
July 25, 2024

LexisNexis Digital Library: Fixing A Common Error Message

Did you try to read an e-book in the LexisNexis Digital Library (LNDL) , but get an error message that says that "something went wrong"? There's an easy fix! Click here or click "View Steps" below for step-by-step instructions. Hint: Start by signing out of LNDL ( not your Jenkins account). C lose...
American Bar Association (ABA)
June 14, 2024

Litigating Adverse Possession: Pirates v. Zombies, by Paul Golden

In a recent episode of The Modern Law Library podcast , the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles spoke with litigator Paul Golden about his new book, Litigating Adverse Possession Cases: Pirates v. Zombies . Now available to borrow from Jenkins , this engaging treatise is " the first known book which focuses...
Self-Help
May 16, 2024
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Jenkins Offers Pro Se Divorce Assistance at Philadelphia Family Court Help Center

Last week, we highlighted the many ways that law libraries are serving Self-Represented Litigants across the country . Several law libraries, including Jenkins, support or host self-help centers to offer assistance to pro se litigants and increase individuals’ access to justice. Starting in...