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This Week in the Law Library ... Sept. 3, 2024

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

This Week’s Research Sessions

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Lawyering I, Cohort 2

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 245
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority

Lawyering I, Cohort 3

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 145
  • Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Cases & Using Citators

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 135
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority

Lawyering I, Cohort 5

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 145
  • Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Cases & Using Citators

Lawyering I, Cohort 6

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 245
  • Ashley Russell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Ohio Legal Research

  • 2:00pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 245
  • Ronald Jones, Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian & Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Lawyering I, Cohort 1

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 135
  • Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
  • Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority

Lawyering I, Cohort 2

  • 10:40am - 12:05pm
  • Room 245
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Researching Secondary Sources

Public Health Law & Policy

  • 11:00am - 12:00 pm
  • Room 505
  • Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Public Health Law Research

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 135
  • Susan Boland, Associate Director
  • Researching Secondary Sources

Lawyering I, Cohort 6

  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm
  • Room 245
  • Ashley Russell, Instructional & Reference Services Librarian
  • Researching Secondary Sources

Friday, September 6, 2024

Advanced Legal Research Criminal Law Procedure

  • 11:10am - 12:05pm
  • Room 245
  • Associate Dean Michael Whiteman and Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Ashley Russell

Saturday, September 7, 2024

HRQ Library Training

  • 9:30am - 10:30am
  • Room 240
  • HRQ Cite Checking

Celebrate the Achievements of the American Workforce: Check Out Our Labor & Employment Resources!

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

Featured Study Aids

Labor Law (Concepts & Insights)

Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this one-volume, concise treatise on labor law explains the analytical structure that governs how employees form workplace organizations and bargain over the terms and conditions of employment. It covers new forms of labor organizing, such as the corporate campaign, card check/neutrality agreements, and worker centers. It is designed to complement leading labor law casebooks with analysis of the principal decisions, context, and social justice policy.

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.

Featured Database

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.

Featured Guide

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.

Featured Treatise

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.

Featured Video

Intro to U.S. Federal Labor and Employment Agencies Webinar

Learn about the roles and responsibilities of four federal agencies and their sub-agencies that enforce workplace rights: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel on Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.

Law School Success Display

Law School Success Display

Law School Success Display curated by Rhonda Wiseman

This month’s display in the Law Library Services Suite, Room 110, is all about resources to help you succeed in law school. The display was curated by Senior Library Assistant, Rhonda Wiseman. Feel free to browse and use the books on display.

Posted Sept. 3, 2024 by Susan Boland

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