We hope you can join us for the continuation of our U.S. law webinars in 2026. In June, we are offering an Orientation to Legal Research webinar focusing on federal legislative history. 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: Federal Legislative History
Date: Thursday, June 4, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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 legislative history resources, including information about the methods of identifying and locating them. In tackling this area of research, the focus will largely be on finding these documents online. We will be highlighting freely available governmental websites like Congress.gov, GovInfo, and Law.gov, and quickly touch on subscription databases that can be accessed at one’s local public law or academic library.
Instructor: 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 for the webinar Orientation to Legal Research: Federal Legislative History.
An Introduction to Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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 for the webinar An Introduction to Congress.gov.
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/05/upcoming-us-law-webinars-june-2026/?loclr=eaiclb
