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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...
March 21, 2024

Voices of Women in Law: Four Collections of Essays to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month

The National Women's History Alliance has designated the 2024 Women's History Month theme as "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion”, recognizing women who work to “ eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions” and who...
LexisNexis Digital Library
March 14, 2024

Accessing eBooks in the LexisNexis Digital Library

LexisNexis Digital Library , powered by OverDrive, provides access to nearly 300 ebooks which represent more than 2,900 volumes of Matthew Bender treatises, forms, and federal and state law. M embers* can borrow up to five volumes with loan times of seven days each. T o start reading an ebook,...
CLE
March 7, 2024

CLE Opportunity: GPLLA 2024 Institute: Keeping it Local

Although federal law often gets the headlines, state and local law have an enormous impact on our rights and everyday life. Join the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA) on March 20 to hear a fantastic array of experts in state and local law discuss those laws' importance, their...
Federal Register
February 26, 2024

USPTO's Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

On February 13th, 2024, the Patent and Trademark Office published a notice on Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions in vol. 89 no. 30 of the Federal Register (89 FR 10043). This notice follows the "Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial...
State Statutes
February 23, 2024

Finding Fifty-State Surveys in Jenkins’ Collection

If you’ve been tasked with compiling and comparing laws across states, Jenkins provides access to various fifty-state surveys that may help save you time. Such surveys can be invaluable tools for gaining a comprehensive overview of laws and regulations across the nation, allowing users to spot...
Legal History
February 16, 2024

National Constitution Center

Nestled in the heart of Historic Philadelphia, just steps away from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center stands as a beacon of constitutional education and exploration. More than a mere museum, it serves as a dynamic platform for understanding and celebrating the...
Jenkins Law Library
February 13, 2024
Jenkins lobby

Jenkins Law Library: Really On Your Desktop

For several years we've offered a CLE webinar on our remote-access databases . Now we've taken it a step further by placing our whole facility at your fingertips. We've just added a Google Street View virtual tour of our space . You can check out the digitized portraits at 3:00 am. (Are the eyes...
Courts
February 9, 2024

Public Notices in The Legal Intelligencer

Looking for public notices or court listings in The Legal Intelligencer ? The Legal Intelligencer , published by ALM , has moved to a digital only format. The last print edition was published December 29, 2023, but public notices, sheriff's sale and court listings are still available through their...
February 2, 2024

Celebrating Black History Month 2024

February 1st marks the beginning of Black History Month. Black History Month's inception began in the summer of 1915 by Carter G. Woodson -- an alumnus of the University of Chicago. Inspired by a three-week celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation held in Illinois, Woodson formed the...