This Week in the Law Library ... September 2, 2025

This week in the Law Library we’re introducing students to legal research and sources of legal authority, teaching how to research statutes, teaching about finding cases and using citators, teaching about AI and the Law, teaching Advanced Legal research, and working with HRQ on library cite checker training. We’re also celebrating Labor Day and highlighting Labor and Employment Law resources.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

AI & the Law

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Room 235
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

Technology Tuesdays

• Canvas Assignments
• 12:15pm - 1:15pm
• Zoom
• Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian​

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Room 235
• Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Lawyering I, Cohort 5

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Room 230
• Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority
• Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

Lawyering I, Cohort 1

• 1:30pm - 2:55pm
• Room 230
• Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority
• Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian​

Advanced Legal Research Civil Litigation

• 3:05pm - 4:05pm
• Room 107
• Laura Dixon-Caldwell​, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian​

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 6

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Room 240
• Researching Statutes
• Ron Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian

AI & the Law

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Room 235
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

Lawyering I, Cohort 3

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Room 245
• Researching Statutes
• Ashley Russell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

Friday, September 5, 2025

Lawyering I, Cohort 1

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Room 230
• Researching Case Law & Using Citators
• Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian​

Lawyering I, Cohort 5

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Room 230
• Researching Case Law & Using Citators
• Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian

Saturday, September 6, 2025

HRQ Cite Checker Training

• 11:00am - Noon
• Room 140
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

In honor of Labor Day, check out some of our Labor and Employment Law resources below!

• Labor Law (Concepts & Insights)
  • Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this one-volume, concise treatise provides a comprehensive overview of federal labor law, focusing on employee rights, union representation campaigns, the collective bargaining process, and internal governance for labor organizations. It reflects developments from the National Labor Relations Board and federal courts through the end of the Biden Administration, including changes in the regulation of representation elections, workplace speech, and employer disciplinary policies.
• Labor and Employment Arbitration in a Nutshell
  • Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this text focuses on the fundamentals of the labor and employment arbitration process and explores the major arbitration law issues, their importance, and the conflicting opinions on them. It provides a description of the origin, development, and practice of labor and employment arbitration.  
• Understanding Labor Law
  • Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, this Understanding text examines the multifaceted and complex law of private-sector Labor Law. Because Understanding Labor Law focuses on relations between management and labor in the private sector, it deals primarily with the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and its interpretation and application by the federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board. The book is organized in a format that is consistent with the organization of most Labor Law courses. At the end of each chapter is a section titled “Chapter Highlights,” summarizing some of the major doctrines discussed in the chapter.

Bloomberg Law Labor & Employment Law Practice Center

Bloomberg Law's Labor & Employment Law Practice Center gives comprehensive access to primary and secondary authorities on labor and employment law, and to transactional and other practice tools. Checkout the Daily labor report, Disabilities law section, Discrimination law section, Individual employment rights section, Labor arbitration & collective bargaining section, Labor relations section, Occupational safety section, Wages, hours, and leave section. Also includes: Affirmative action compliance manual for federal contractors, Affirmative action compliance newsletter, Americans with Disabilities Act manual, Americans with Disabilities Act manual. Newsletter, Collective bargaining negotiations and contracts, Collective bargaining bulletin, Construction labor report, Daily labor report, Employment discrimination report, Employment law practice tools, EEOC compliance manual, EEO compliance newsletter, Government employee relations report, International labor and employment laws (3rd ed.), Labor relations week, Workplace immigration report, Workplace law report, Verdicts and settlements.

ERISA: Research ​Guide to the ​Employee Retirement Income Security Act​

This guide, authored by Ron Jones, provides a general overview of laws pertaining to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, otherwise known as ERISA. It covers using general sources for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

Labor and Employment Law

Available on Lexis, this 11-volume set provides coverage of Labor and Employment law, both federal and state, from A to Z. It includes quality analysis on all aspects of labor and employment law, from well-known topics such as union elections and sexual harassment, to lesser understood subjects like employment arbitration, wage and hour law, and employee privacy.

Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?

In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution. Kenneth C. Davis illustrates the history of Labor Day from Union Square to today.

Posted September 2, 2025 by Susan Boland

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