by Sarah Prosory
23. February 2011 12:00
SRU Workshop: Legal Research Using BNA
Thursday, February 24, 2011, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
RSVP here
2nd Floor Computer Lab (2nd floor of the tower)
Speaker: Stefanie Blasdell – Law School Account Manager
Stefanie Blasdell is a Law School Account Manager responsible for all product consulting, account management activities and professional development training for over 100 Law Schools throughout the United States. She also develops and conducts numerous training programs for law school faculty, staff and students. As a Representative of BNA with over 14 years of experience working in the field of legal publishing and legal information technology, Stefanie’s goal is to help you achieve better legal research results through the use of targeted BNA resources.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
I. Overview of BNA Law School Program
-Who is BNA? Why use BNA?
-BNA Law School Professional Information Center
-Subscriptions available to your school
-Using BNA in your classroom
-Registering for e-mail highlights
II. New BNA Platform for Current Awareness Reports
-Most popular products in law schools
-Identifying hot topics
-Tracking circuit splits
-Using indexes to expedite research
-Monitoring a specific topic or case
III. Using BNA as a Research Tool – Advanced Research
-Effective use of BNA case & reference libraries:
1. Ethics
2. Labor & Employment
3. Tax
4. Intellectual Property
Hope to see you there!
by Sarah Prosory
21. February 2011 09:49
Happy Washington's birthday! Or as many call it, Presidents' Day! The Law Library is pleased to offer several workshops this week... all about databases!
All workshops are in the Teaching/Computer Lab in the Law Library and last an hour. Click on each link to RSVP:
Monday 2/21:
Tuesday 2/22:
Wednesday 2/23:
Thursday 2/24:
Visit the Law Library's workshop calendar for upcoming sessions!
Questions? Contact sru@phoenixlaw.edu
by Sarah Prosory
14. February 2011 08:59
Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's Day!
And so it begins, the weeks of workshops ahead! Here's info on SRU (Special Research Unit) Workshops for this week.
All workshops are in the Computer Lab in the Law Library & last approximately 1 hour. Please click on the workshop name below to RSVP:
To view the Library Calendar, click here. For more information about SRU Workshops, click here.
Questions? Contact Koviena Nelson at (602) 682-6843.
by Sarah Prosory
24. January 2011 09:39
Attention all incoming 1L's! We have a workshop especially for you! (And any other students who wish to brush up on study skills!) The Law Library wants you to be successful, so we've created a new workshop...Tips & Tricks for Success!
This 30 minute workshop will introduce you to searching effectively with the Law Library's catalog, and show you how to register and use AudioCaseFiles (listen to your cases!!) and CALI (online quizzes to help with your studies!).
A librarian will be available to help you with any other questions you may have (help with Westlaw or Lexis perhaps?) following the workshop.
Join us (click on the dates to RSVP):
An RSVP is helpful but not required. We hope to see you there!! 
As always, if you have any questions feel free to contact us by email or (602) 682-6898! For upcoming workshops this semester visit www.phoenixlaw.edu/libraryworkshops and www.phoenixlaw.edu/librarycalendar.
Good luck with your classes!
by Sarah Prosory
8. November 2010 15:16
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One final SRU Workshop for this semester... join us on Wednesday, November 10th at 4pm in the computer lab to learn all about Free Online Legal Sources!
RSVP here. Questions? Call 602-682-6898 or email.
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