I am sending this to the lawlib list even tho the seminar is titled "for
non-law library staff" because it's been a great success with newer law
librarians and law library staff who do some reference, but do not have
an MLS or a lot of experience yet. We had a full house at Santa Clara
University recently, and were asked to bring the seminar to Southern
Cal.
Carole Levitt
Internet Legal Research for Non-Law Library Staff:
Finding Free Legal Research Resources on the Web
(Full Day; $100.00)
At: OCLC Western Service Center Ontario, California
June 26, 2002
This full-day seminar is geared specifically for library staff who
have little or no experience
with legal research or with how to find free Internet legal
research sites. An overview of the
legal system and legal research will be integrated into the
seminar. The seminar will include a
PowerPoint presentation and hands-on training, with time for
practice searching. The
registration fee includes a 95-page, fully indexed book on Internet
legal research.
Topics to be covered include:
How to evaluate the credibility of a free legal web site
Using legal meta-sites and portals
Finding primary sources of law (bills, statutes, regulations,
court cases)
Finding secondary legal sources to understand and interpret
the law
Using specialized topical legal web sites (family law, small
claims court, etc.)
Legal research vs. legal advice
Locating attorneys and legal forms
Web-accessible pay databases and when to use them
A $100.00 registration fee will be added to your institution’s OCLC
monthly invoice. The fee for
non-members of OCLC Western is $125.00, and payment arrangements
should be made in
advance by calling our office at: (800) 854-5753 and asking to
speak with Diane Mohr.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Carole Levitt, President and Founder of Internet For
Lawyers has over twenty years
of extensive and diversified experience in the legal field. She is
a law librarian and a legal
research Internet trainer. She has also practiced law in
California.
-- Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S. President Internet For Lawyers P.O. Box 1065 Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 559-2247 phone clevitt@netforlawyers.com http://www.netforlawyers.com
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