Jenkins Blog

April 1, 2022

Jenkins Law Library - We're 220 Years YOUNG!

This year Jenkins is celebrating our 220th anniversary! We were founded in 1802 in a small room in Independence Hall by a group of lawyers who combined their financial resources to purchase legal books for the growing law community in the city. We hold the prestigious position as "America's First...

Oxford English Dictionary

March 31, 2022

700 New Words, Senses, and Phrases Added to the Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) , updated on a quarterly basis, just added 700 new words, senses, and phrases in its March 2022 update . This update was so large, OED Editors devoted four blog articles to it! For an overview of the update, take a look at Content warning: may contain notes on...

General OneFile

March 25, 2022

Read The New York Times on General OneFile

Did you know that your Jenkins membership provides access to The New York Times? On General OneFile , a one-stop source for finding news and periodical articles, Jenkins members can access the daily New York Times. General OneFile’s coverage of the newspaper begins in 1985 and continues to present...

West Academic

March 21, 2022

Sports Law in a Nutshell

The 6th edition of Sports Law in a Nutshell is available on West Academic Digital Library. "It simplifies the complex world of sports law and provides a road map to all of its intricacies from contracts, torts, antitrust, liabilities, constitutional implications, labor law, taxes." Chapters include...

ABA

March 18, 2022

"Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Court" Available at Jenkins

If you’re a commercial litigator who practices in Federal Court, check out the recently released Fifth Edition of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Court , edited by Robert L. Haig and published jointly by Thomson Reuters and the ABA Section of Litigation. This 16 volume set is...

March 10, 2022

Women on the Bench in Pennsylvania

March is National Women's History Month . In honor of this event, the Pennsylvania Courts have published an excellent infographic, Women on the Bench in Pennsylvania , that highlights the role of women in the Pennsylvania judiciary. It shows that 37% of the active judges in the state are women,...

NewsBank

March 8, 2022

Keep Up-To-Date with World Events on NewsBank

NewsBank , available to all Jenkins members, includes more than 11,000 news sources from across the globe. Locally this includes The Philadelphia Inquirer , Philadelphia Daily News , South Jersey Times , and The Trenton Times . Papers from English-speaking parts of the world include Irish Times ,...

Law Journal Press

March 3, 2022

Employee Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond

Are you looking for a helpful guide to ERISA compliance? Check out Employee Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond by Jeffrey D. Mamorsky on Law Journal Press *. This book serves as a basic guide to employee benefits law for attorneys, accountants, and other professional advisors. It introduces the reader...

West Academic

February 24, 2022

Marijuana Law in a Nutshell

If you're looking for a comprehensive, compact book on marijuana law, the 2nd edition of Marijuana Law in a Nutshell is now available remotely on West Academic Digital Library . "It is organized by the basic divisions of marijuana law: by the dichotomy between federal and state law; and second, by...

Federal Legal Research

February 17, 2022

Find Presidential Documents on Federalregister.gov

In recognition of Presidents’ Day - this Monday, February 21 - let’s take a look at the presidential documents available on Federalregister.gov . Federalregister.gov is a jointly administered website by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (...

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