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Posts by Ida Weingram

Legal Research
March 25, 2024
DIgital Law Librarian

Law Librarians: Indispensable Digital Stewards of Legal Information

Recently I read this blog post about digital law librarianship. It has a great closing paragraph: "In a world where the legal landscape is rapidly digitizing, law librarians have not become obsolete; instead, they have evolved into indispensable digital stewards of legal information. They continue...
Jenkins Law Library
May 23, 2022
"An insanely good resource!"

"An insanely good resource!"

That's how one of our members recently described our research service , after we helped track down an 80-year-old document that isn't available online. Ever wonder what other type of research requests our librarians have assisted with? Requests can range from something as simple as pulling a...
Jenkins Law Library
June 30, 2020
June Janda

In Memoriam: June Janda

This past Friday morning, June 26, Jenkins Law Library lost one of our most loyal and dedicated staff members, June A. Janda. June was hired at Jenkins over 34 years ago as a bookkeeper. Through the years she took accounting and other classes towards a degree, was mentored by both Regina Smith,...
April 1, 2020

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order Extending Closure until April 30, 2020 - Letter from Board President to Members - April 1, 2020

Dear Members, Today the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has extended its general statewide court closure Order until April 30, 2020 subject to the exceptions outlined and as further ordered/implemented by the President Judges of their respective counties. As we previously announced, Jenkins'...
Jenkins Law Library
June 11, 2018

Job Opening @ Jenkins

Jenkins is seeking a Reference Librarian to join our team of information professionals.
Jenkins Law Library
March 6, 2018

Jenkins Closed Tomorrow

Jenkins will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 7th due to the impending storm. Forecasts have predicted severe winter weather conditions that will make travel very hazardous or impossible. The Philadelphia Courts will also be closed. Our online services are always available 24x7 on jenkinslaw...
Women Owned Law
February 23, 2018

Special Event: Women Owned Law & Her Corner - A Mini Accelerator Session

Women Owned Law and Her Corner are joining together for a special event at Jenkins on March 14th from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Her Corner will be conducting a mini session to give attendees a little taste of what it actually feels like to participate in the Her Corner Accelerator. Accelerator is the...
Jenkins Law Library
December 26, 2017

We are experiencing problems with our phone system

Our voicemail system is down and due to the holiday season, it is unlikely that it can be repaired until after the New Year's holiday. Please email us: research@jenkinslaw.org or membership@jenkinslaw.org.
Jenkins' Member
November 22, 2017

Congratulations to Alfonso Madrid!

Alfonso Madrid, who has been a member of Jenkins for 10 years, is being honored with the PNC Achievement Award at the Philadelphia Bar Association's Annual Meeting on December 5, 2017. This award honors significant accomplishments in improving the administration of justice. Mr. Madrid has...
TLI Best of 2017
November 9, 2017

Thank You for Voting for Us in TLI's Best of 2017

The attorneys have once again voted for Jenkins as one of the best "Online Research Providers". This is our eighth year on the list and we have also made it into the Best of 2017 Hall of Fame having placed in the top three, three out of the last four years. We may never beat out LexisNexis and...