As we near the end of 2023, the Law Library of Congress is excited to announce that we will be continuing to offer more educational webinars in the new year. The Law Library of Congress’s next offering in its Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series will provide an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research. Additionally, the Law Library will offer another entry of the Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar Series, featuring a guest presentation from the staff of the Hawai’i State Law Library as part of the State Law Libraries Outreach Project. The purpose of the State Law Libraries Outreach Project is to strengthen the ties between the Law Library of Congress and state law libraries by sharing information about our collections, products, and services with one another and with the public. We hope you will join us!

Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: U.S. Federal Statutes

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EST – 2:00 p.m. EST

Content: This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research, including information about how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.

Instructor: Jason Zarin. Jason is a legal reference specialist at the Law Library. Jason has a B.A. in economics from Tufts University, an M.A. in economics from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Southern California, an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, and a master of science in information systems from the University of Texas at Austin.

Register here.

Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar

Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m. EST – 3:00 p.m. EST

Content: The Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar is designed for patrons who are familiar with legal research, and would instead prefer an introduction to the collections and services specific to the Law Library of Congress. This entry in the series will feature a guest presentation from the Hawai’i State Law Library.

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 with a specialization in law librarianship from Catholic University.