This week in the Law Library, we’re introducing students to legal research, teaching about cases and citators, teaching technology in law practice, and teaching bluebooking and WordPress. We’re also highlighting labor and employment law resources.
Law Library Hours & Services
Monday — Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Closed Monday, Sept. 6 (law students, faculty, and staff will still have their 24/7 access to the Law Library physical space)
Library Access
Your UC ID (Bearcat Card) will allow you access to the building and the Law Library 24/7. If you forget your UC ID during regular business hours (weekdays, 8:00am — 5:00pm) enter through the front doors. Please visit uc.edu/publichealth for COVID-19 and Return to Campus updates. For updates on other UC Libraries, please visit the UC Library Services Update page.
To enter the Library when it is closed, swipe your ID card through the key-card reader mounted outside the library entrance located across from classroom 302. Exit after-hours through that same door.
This Week’s Research Sessions
Monday, August 30, 2021
Legal Research & Writing for LLM Students
Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
8:00am – 9:25am
Room 303
Cases & Citators
Lawyering I, sec. 2
Ron Jones, Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 104
Introduction to Legal Research
Lawyering I, sec. 1
Ron Jones, Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian
1:30pm – 2:55pm
Room 100A
Introduction to Legal Research
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Technology in Law Practice
Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 208
11:10am – 12:05pm
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Intellectual Property & Computer Law Journal
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Room 303
Introduction to the Bluebook
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Technology in Law Practice
Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian
Room 208
11:10am – 12:05pm
Immigration & Human Rights Law Review Editors WordPress Training
Susan Boland, Associate Director
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Zoom
Lawyering I, sec. 4
Ron Jones, Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian
Room 100A
2:00pm – 3:25pm
Researching Secondary Sources
Lawyering I, sec. 6
Michael Whiteman, Associate Dean of Library Services
Room 100A
4:00pm – 5:25pm
Researching Secondary Sources
Friday, September 3, 2021
Lawyering I, sec. 5
Susan Boland, Associate Director
9:00am – 10:25pm
Room 204
Researching Secondary Sources
Lawyering I, sec. 3
Susan Boland, Associate Director
10:40am – 12:05pm
Room 204
Researching Secondary Sources
Happy Labor Day! It’s More than Just a Holiday!
Featured Study Aids
Labor Law in a Nutshell
Available via the West Academic subscription
This comprehensive guide reviews the early regulations set up to guide employee-employer relations and provides a snapshot of the structure and procedures of the modern-day National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Expert commentary offers insight into primary legal issues such as picketing, employer responses, and the duty to bargain.
Understanding Labor Law
Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library (Overdrive)
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 Practice Center gives comprehensive access to primary and secondary authorities on labor and employment law, and to transactional and other practice tools.
Featured Guide
Employment & Labor Law Research Guide
This guide, authored by Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian, provides a quick overview of general and law materials related to labor and employment law. It covers browsing for materials by call number range, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, news and forms.
Featured Treatise
Labor & Employment Law
Available on Lexis
This is an eleven-volume treatise that is a complete guide to Labor and Employment law. It covers both federal and state law, including 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 (U.S. Department of Labor on YouTube)
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.