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Statutes
March 30, 2021

Pennsylvania Statutes

Looking to access the Pennsylvania Statutes? Try the Unofficial Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes from Westlaw , available for free online. This Thomson Reuters website provides access to the unannotated Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes and Constitution. It includes both the consolidated and...
News & Events
March 25, 2021

PA Courts Roll Out News & Updates Subscription Feature

Earlier this year, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) launched a new subscription feature that allows attorneys, members of the public, and the media to sign up for email updates on court news and information. According to a February 17th press release , the new feature is...
Remote Resources
March 23, 2021
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This Spring, Research Climate Data through NOAA

This past weekend marked the first day of Spring, when the warmer weather arrives, the rain falls, and the flowers begin to bloom. To get a sense of the type of weather your area typically sees this time of year, take a look at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraion . NOAA...
LexisNexis Digital Library
March 18, 2021

PA and NJ Civil Practice Titles on LexisNexis Digital Library

The LexisNexis Digital Library (LNDL) is a great resource if you are looking for Pennsylvania or New Jersey civil practice materials. LNDL civil practice titles cover a variety of topics including pretrial practice, trial practice, discovery, and evidence. Pennsylvania The LexisNexis Practice Guide...
Legislative History
March 16, 2021

Agendas, Minutes and More on Philadelphia City Council's Legislative Information Center

Philadelphia's City Council's Legislative Information Center is the primary source for accessing bills, finding the bill history and obtaining transcripts of hearings (see our blogs Finding Bills and Resolutions and Finding Transcripts for more information). This site also provides access to the...
Remote Resources
March 12, 2021

Children and the Law in a Nutshell, 7th Edition

This newly updated and recently released edition of Children and the Law in a Nutshell is now available on West Academic Digital Library . This edition covers "the meaning of "parent," civil and criminal abuse and neglect, the foster care system, adoption, medical decision-making, support and other...
Remote Resources
March 9, 2021

Check Out Our Research Guides to Help Start Your Legal Research Journey

Legal research can be challenging, especially when you don't know where to start. The librarians at Jenkins have created 66 research guides to help those who need guidance with their legal research. These guides highlight free online resources (when available), databases available 24/7 to...
Caselaw & the Courts
March 4, 2021

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Prepares to Resume In-Person Civil Jury Trials

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas plans to resume in-person civil jury trials this month. Civil jury trials were suspended on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with guidance from public health officials the Court has issued new protocols and guidelines to allow the resumption...
Law Journal Press
March 2, 2021

Searching & Navigating within a Title in the New Law Journal Press Platform

We recently wrote about the new Law Journal Press * (LJP) platform and how to browse, view, and search for books within it. As a follow up to that post, this blog entry will demonstrate how to search and navigate within a particular LJP title. Searching within an Online Book In the new LJP...
Legislative History
February 25, 2021

Finding Pennsylvania Legislative Histories

Legislative histories, or "the proceedings leading to the enactment of a statute, including hearings, committee reports, and floor debates" ( Legislative History , Black's Law Dictionary, 11th ed. 2019), can help researchers understand the legislative intent of a particular statute. In Pennsylvania...