Harris County Law Library
The Harris County Law Library wishes you and yours a warm and wonderful holiday season.
The Harris County Law Library and other Harris County offices will be closed on Monday, December 25, and Tuesday, December 26, for the Christmas Holiday, and on Monday, January 1, for New Year's Day. More information about county office holiday closures is available on the Harris County website.
Please join us on Monday, December 18, 2pm-3pm, for Legal Practice Technology. Emily W. Lawson, Law Reference/Research Librarian at the O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston Law Center, will highlight technology of interest to lawyers, such as legal apps and software. Information about how to research legal technology options and stay up to date on technology trends will also be provided. For further details, and to register for this event, please visit the Legal Technology Insitute Events page.
Season's greetings one and all! In honor of the holiday spirit that captures hearts and minds this time of year, the Harris County Law Library has assembled its very first #BookmasTree. Granted, ours took less time and effort than the magnificent tree on display at the San Diego Law Library, but it's still a sight to behold. From the twinkling Texas lone star at the top to the glimmer of gold print on the evergreen spines of Am. Jur. 2d, the tree presents a festive background for a holiday selfie. Stop by the Harris County Law Library throughout the last month of 2017 to snap your #shelfie (note: that's the same as a selfie, but in front of a library shelf ;). If your #shelfie turns out well, tweet it to us @HCLawLibrary. Happy holidays!
Today is the first day of Small Business Resource Month at the Harris County Law Library. Throughout December, we will highlight resources, tailored for solo and small firm attorneys, who own, operate, manage, or advise small businesses. The following are just a few of the featured resources available in our collection:
Additional resources for small businesses can be found online at the links below.
The Legal Tech Institute at Harris County Law Library has a complete lineup of events planned for the next few months. Please visit our LTI Course Catalog to view the upcoming programs and to register for each course. The following are currently scheduled.
Through its course offerings, the Legal Tech Institute introduces you to trends in law practice technology. LTI helps you become more proficient legal researchers using the tools freely available in the Law Library, including Westlaw and Lexis Advance. Whenever possible, the LTI provides Texas CLE credit for the courses offered, and we bring this all to you free of charge. In addition, we also record the courses and make them available via our website within a few weeks of the live presentation. Those who view the videos can claim CLE credit for up to one year after the courses are presented.
If you have an idea for a legal tech topic that you would like to see presented, please let us know. We welcome suggestions and feedback, and we appreciate your involvement in making the Legal Tech Institute the best that it can be.
What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.
