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Posts by Nancy Garner

International
June 28, 2018

Going the Extra Mile for Our Members

Jenkins Law Library had the opportunity to go the extra mile for one of our members recently. We were asked to acquire the 2016 edition of Practical Handbook on the Operation of The Hague Convention from the HCCH in The Hague, Netherlands. After investigating the procedure to acquire the title, we...
Federal Taxation
September 19, 2017

Updated Federal Taxation Research Guide

Our newly updated Federal Taxation Reseach Guide has been added to our collection of Research Guides . This guide is a great resource for research on Federal tax issues and covers the Internal Revenue Code, the Internal Revenue Manual, IRS Regulations, IRS Publications, tax cases, Treasury...
Law Journal Press
August 31, 2017

Social Media Law Resources

Need to get up to speed on social media and your legal practice? There are helpful resources available in print and online. Some recent 2017 print publications include: Using Social Media Effectively and Ethically in Your Practice (PBI), Legal Ethics and Social Media : a Practitioner's Handbook (...
Dictionaries
March 31, 2017

Oxford English Dictionary

This is no April Fool's joke! The Oxford English Dictionary is now available to all Jenkins' members. Find the meaning and history of phrases like, " April fool " which originated in the 17th century, or a modern phrase such as " cloud computing ."
Intellectual Property
March 9, 2017

Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing, Second Edition

Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing, Second Edition edited by Bradley C. Wright and published by Bloomberg BNA is now available to Jenkins members. This title is an invaluable resource for attorneys trying to draft a patent that will sustain a validity challenge. See the publisher's...
Courts
December 15, 2016

State Court Structure

Need a quick visual on the structure of the Pennsylvania courts? Check out this Chart for Pennsylvania courts provided by the Court Statistics Project (CSP), a joint project of the National Center for State Courts and the Conference of State Court Administrators. This one-page diagram lists the...
Courts
October 29, 2016

Federal Court Management Statistics

Federal Court Management Statistics is a website maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary that gives statistical profiles for all U.S. Courts of Appeals and District Courts, plus national totals and rankings from 1997 to the present. Need to know...
Jenkins On Your Desktop
September 15, 2016

Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania

Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania is a newly published treatise on the Dragonetti Act from Law Journal Press (LJP). Jenkins owns a a print copy which circulates to members. This title is also available on Law Journal Press Online Books * through the Jenkins Website...
Philadelphia
August 25, 2016

International Building Codes

Trying to find a particular International Building Code? Jenkins Law Library owns all the current editions (2015) of the International Building Code, Fire Code and Plumbing Code, etc., as well as previous editions back to at least 2000 for most titles. Search the catalog to find specific titles...
State Statutes
July 28, 2016

Superseded State Statutes

Find Hein's Superseded State Statutes on microfiche at Jenkins.