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Resources for Corporate Counsel. Catherine Lemann, JD, MLIS State Law Librarian Alaska State Court Law Library clemann@courts.state.ak.us January 2008. Anchorage Law Library . 303 K Street, 1 st floor (old Courthouse) 907-264-0585 888-282-2082 (Alaska only) Hours:
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Resources for Corporate Counsel Catherine Lemann, JD, MLIS State Law Librarian Alaska State Court Law Library clemann@courts.state.ak.us January 2008
Anchorage Law Library • 303 K Street, 1st floor (old Courthouse) • 907-264-0585 • 888-282-2082 (Alaska only) • Hours: • Monday-Thursday 8:00 – 6:00 • Friday 8:00 – 4:30 • Sunday noon – 5:00
Print Resources • 50 state statute collection • U.S. Code • Case law – state and federal • Subject specific treatises • Handbooks, guides, etc. • Selected U.S. Government documents
Treatises • CCH Business Law Monograph series • Corporate political activity • Directors and officers: liabilities and protections • Avoiding employment discrimination charges • Business uses of life insurance • 38 titles
Treatises • Tax – paper and online subscriptions to CCH tax and BNA Tax Management portfolios • Forms – commercial, real estate, business organizations, etc. paper and online
NOLO Presswww.nolo.com • Complete Guide to buying/selling a business • Employer’s Legal Handbook • Legal guide for starting and running a small business • Your rights in the workplace
National Consumer Law Center • Consumer Law Manuals • Intended for attorneys but understandable • Contain forms • Search from website into the manuals • Fair debt collection, student loans, automobile fraud, truth in lending, etc.
Legal Information Institute • Current U.S. Code from Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives • Current Code of Federal Regulations • Federal Rules • U.S. Supreme Court • U.S. Courts of Appeals • www.law.cornell.edu
LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directorywww.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Alaska State Court Law Library • In library databases: • Westlaw • HeinOnline • CCH Tax Research network • BNA Tax Management Portfolios
HeinOnline • Scanned copies of 1,200+ journals • U.S.Code, CFR, Federal Register, U.S. Statutes • Searchable • In library use only (Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and Kenai)
FREE Westlaw at the Library • All State/Federal cases & statutes • USCA, USCCAN • ALR 2nd – 6th, Journals and Law Reviews • Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts, Trials • Keycite
Alaska Case Law Database • http://government.westlaw.com/akcases • Alaska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals • All published opinions back to 1960 • Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back to 1991, with older decisions being added • No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers
Casemaker • Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) – current • With reporter page numbers • Attorney General OpinionsFrom 1995 • Alaska Law Review Volume 14 – current • No Alaska Administrative decisions
Casemaker • Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes • Statutes • Court rules • Citator? Identifies cases, you analyze them
Casemaker – Federal • U.S. Supreme Court 1893 - Current • U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d - current • U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol. 401 - current adv. sheet • U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005) • U.S. CodeTitles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006Titles 42-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 • Public Laws Includes laws passed by the 2005-2006 109th Congress and 2007 110th Congress to date • Code of Federal RegulationsTitles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007Titles 17-27 complete through 4/1/2007Title 28-31 complete through 7/1/2007Titles 32-41 complete through 7/1/2006Titles 42-50 complete through 10/1/2006 • U.S. Constitution • Federal Court Rules
Casemaker • Basic search is natural language • Advanced Search • Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date • Word Form – exact , wildcard * • Proximity – word, sentence, document, within 500 or 1000 characters
Alaska court dockets • Courtview • Courts included: Anchorage, Barrow, Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Nome, Palmer and Unalakleet
Free Pacer Access • Federal Court docketing system • Nationwide • Two year trial • Available in all court law libraries
Alaska State Court Law Library • Toll-free: 1-888-282-2082 • 907-264-0585 • Email: library@courts.state.ak.us