Spring has sprung in Washington, D.C., and with the warm weather, the Law Library of Congress is excited to offer more educational webinars this May. The Law Library of Congress’s next offering in its Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series will provide an overview of U.S. federal statutes on May 9, 2024. The next bi-monthly Introduction to Orientation to Law Library Collections will be offered on May 16, 2024. We hope you will join us for these two webinar offerings and the many to follow!
Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: Tracing Federal Statutes
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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: Olivia Kane-Cruz. Olivia Kane-Cruz is a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Olivia holds a B.A. in political science from Humboldt State University (Cal Poly Humboldt), a J.D. and a master of environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington.
Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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 and will cover digital resources available through the Law Library’s website as well as those available onsite.
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.
