While we are just beginning 2025, the Law Library of Congress has determined the schedule of webinars for 2025 and is excited to share the upcoming U.S. law webinars for February. We hope you will join us next month for the next offering of our Orientation to Legal Research webinar series, which will focus on U.S. case law and the first Introduction to Congress.gov webinar of 2025. Both of these webinars are free to attend and are an hour long with time for questions at the end of each webinar.
We hope you will join us by registering for these upcoming webinars in February!
An Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: U.S. Case Law
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Content: This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for researching case law, and information about locating records and briefs.
Instructors: Sarah Friedman. Sarah Friedman is a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Sarah holds a B.A. in English literature and criticism from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law.
Register here.
An Introduction to Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
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.
Register here.
