As spring approaches, we invite you to participate in our U.S. law webinars for April. Next month, we are offering an Orientation to Legal Research that focuses on tracing federal regulations. Additionally, we will host another session in our Introduction to Congress.gov series. This webinar is designed to provide a basic overview of how to use Congress.gov and to highlight its new features. For more information and to register, please visit the links below.

We look forward to having you join us for these informative and engaging webinars!

Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations

Date: Thursday, April 16, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT

Content: This webinar is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. This entry in the series provides 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: Barbara Bavis. 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.

Register here.

An Introduction to Congress.gov 

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 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 be highlighted.

Instructors: 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.

Register here.

To learn about other upcoming classes on domestic and foreign law topics, visit the Legal Research Institute. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

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