Posts by Taylor Berkoski

March 13, 2025

Happy 223rd Birthday to Jenkins!

Jenkins has turned 223 years old today! Jenkins was founded in 1802 in a small room in Independence Hall and is considered America’s first law library. Jenkins has certainly come a long way in the past 223 years! Check out our historical timeline on the library's milestones that range from its...

Forms

February 20, 2025

Law Insider Offers Free Cloud Services Agreement Template

Law Insider has launched oneSaaS -- a downloadable, open-source, industry-backed standardized template for cloud services agreements readily available on their website for organizations of any size. This template was created by analyzing public SaaS agreements along with input from hundreds of...

Federal Taxation

January 23, 2025

Free Tax Filing: IRS Direct File Program

The IRS announced tax season will begin this Monday, January 27th. On Monday the IRS will open their Direct File program for taxpayers in 25 states -- including Pennsylvania. Direct File allows eligible taxpayers to file directly with the IRS for free. Additional eligible states include: Arizona,...

Jenkins On Your Desktop

December 19, 2024

Jenkins Membership Guide to Remotely Accessible Resources

Jenkins Law Library will be closed for the upcoming holiday from Tuesday, December 24th through Wednesday, January 1st. However, there are numerous remote resources available that members of Jenkins can use for research in our absence! See below for some of our remotely accessible materials that...

Databases

November 21, 2024

Bloomberg Law: Daily Tax Report

Looking to stay current on federal and state tax news? Bloomberg Law's Daily Tax Report compiles daily tax news all into one interface -- supplying coverage of legislative, regulatory, and legal tax developments. The user can either browse or search the daily tax report content. From the Daily Tax...

Federal Legal Research

October 24, 2024

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Federal Statistics Available on USCourts.Gov

The Federal Judiciary's website ( uscourts.gov ) offers open access to a number of useful statistics, including: Judicial Business of the United States Courts - Addresses workload of all federal courts, federal probation and pretrial services system, representations under the Criminal Justice Act,...

Databases

September 27, 2024

Bloomberg Litigation Analytics

Interested in analytical data about federal court judges, federal district courts, companies, law firms, or attorneys? Litigation Analytics offered on Bloomberg Law is an extremely useful tool for accessing and viewing relevant data in order to supplement your legal research. Data-driven analytical...

Free Caselaw

August 29, 2024

Free Online Caselaw Searching: Descrybe.ai

Looking for a free online research tool to search caselaw? Try descrybe.ai ! With AI-generated summaries of over 3.3 million opinions, descrybe.ai is a great place to search caselaw that is freely accessible with no logins or fees in order to access content. Not only can you search state and...

ABA

August 8, 2024

Ethics for Attorneys on GenAI Use: ABA Formal Opinion #512

The ABA has issued its first ethics guidance for attorneys on their use of generative AI technology. Formal Opinion 512 directs lawyers who use generative artificial intelligence tools to "fully consider their applicable ethical obligations, including their duties to provide competent legal...

American Bar Association

July 11, 2024

The Philadelphia Lawyer & The Philadelphia Bar Reporter: Now Available Online

Two Philadelphia Bar Association titles have been added to HeinOnline -- The Philadelphia Lawyer and The Philadelphia Bar Reporter . HeinOnline is accessible remotely to Jenkins' members or can be accessed onsite at Jenkins. The titles can be found in Hein's Bar Journals database. The Philadelphia...

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