US Law Webinars

Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series

The Orientation to Legal Research Series of webinars reflect the content in the in-person series of classes, and are designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by legal reference librarians, are typically offered once a month on a rotating basis, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. For further questions, please use our Ask a Librarian service.

Classes offered will rotate through the following topics:

• U.S. Case Law – 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.
• U.S. Federal Statutes – 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.
• Tracing Federal Regulations – This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, to the proposed rule in the Federal Register, to the regulation’s docket.

Upcoming Classes

Tracing Federal Regulations
June 10th, 11am EDT

 To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.

Orientation to Law Library Collections

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 webinar is an online version of the one-hour onsite orientations taught by legal reference librarians from the Law Library of Congress, and will cover digital resources available through the Law Library’s website as well as those available onsite.

Upcoming Classes

Coming soon

Congress.gov

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. Congress.gov webinar sessions are on Thursdays from 2 to 3 p.m.

Upcoming Classes

June 24th, 2pm EDT

 To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page. 

Lunch and Learn Webinar Series

Our Lunch and Learn Webinar Series takes a deep dive into the Law Library's collections, exploring items ranging from rare materials to the United States Serial Set.

Lunch & Learn: Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress
Stephen Mayeaux, Jonathan Donovan, Michael Mellifera
June 22, 2021 11am-12pm

A major function of the Law Library of Congress is the preparation of reports on legal topics, with an emphasis on foreign, comparative, and international law, in response to requests from Congress, the executive and judicial branches of the federal government, and others. The Law Library has authored thousands of reports from the 1940s to the present, and recently began a multi-year effort to digitize and publish some of our previously unreleased historical reports in order to make them fully accessible to researchers and other members of the public. Since early 2020, nearly 1,600 digitized and born-digital historical reports have been released online. This webinar will discuss the process for inventorying, processing, and publishing these reports, as well as the recent launch of the Law Library’s second crowdsourcing campaign with By The People, entitled Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress.

To register for this webinar, please click here. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or [email protected].

Last Updated: 05/27/2021