The Law Library of Congress is offering the following webinars through its Legal Research Institute during October:
10/14/2021, 10 a.m. Central: U.S. Case Law - 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. To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.
10/21/2021, 1 p.m., Central: Freedom of Speech in the Time of Pandemic: Central America and Eurasia - Law Library specialists Iana Fremer and Dante Figueroa will review current legislative developments regulating mass media and their ability to distribute information freely during the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the presenters will analyze recently introduced amendments to national legislation aimed at establishing different control measures over the media outlets, internet resources, and journalists in 20 selected countries around the world where adoption of such laws has been identified, namely: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, El Salvador, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Moldova, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.
10/28/2021, 1 p.m. Central: 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. To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.
In addition, you can browse and view past webinar recordings here.