They say April showers bring May flowers, and while we cannot be sure of that this year, we are excited that April will bring two more U.S. law webinars offered by the Law Library of Congress. The first presentation will be an Orientation to Legal Research (OLR) webinar focusing on tracing federal regulations. Following the OLR webinar, the Law Library will present an Introduction to Congress.gov for the second entry in this webinar series this year.
We hope you will join us for these April webinars!
An Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: Tracing Federal Regulations
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This webinar will provide an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations to the proposed rule in the Federal Register to the regulation’s docket.
Instructor: Ann Hemmens – Senior Legal Reference Librarian. Ann holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and earned her J.D. and Master of Science in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Register here.
An Introduction to Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will also be highlighted.
Instructor: Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University. Robert is the chief of the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from Wayne State University, and a Master of Library Science from Florida State University.
