Employment Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library

1. Employment Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library Catherine Lemann November 2007 clemann@courts.state.ak.us

2. Library Hours Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m.

3. Contact us • Call the Reference Desk: 907-264-0585 • Email us: library@courts.state.ak.us • Fax a request: 907-264-0733 • NEW Toll-Free Number for Alaska callers: (888) 282-2082

4. What are your research needs? • What are the biggest challenges in employment law today? • Do you use a current awareness service? • How do you research issues? • What tools and resources do you use? • What tools and resources would you like to see in the library?

5. Resources in the Law Library • Things you still can’t get online – Books! • Treatises and Law Reviews can be checked out by Bar members • We can mail them to you if you’re not in Anchorage

6. Finding Aids • Specialized Legal Research – Hazleton • Federal Labor and Employment Law – Todd • Identifies sources of statutes, legislative history, research tips, key research tools, and common research questions on various topics

7. Finding Aids • Legal Information Buyer’s Guide and Reference Manual- Svengalis • Descriptions and pricing for legal titles arranged by subject matter

8. Treatises • BNA Labor Relations Reporter • Wage & hour cases • Labor arbitration reports • Individual employment rights cases

9. Treatises • CCH • Labor arbitration awards • NLRB decisions • Labor Cases • Labor Law Reporter • Employment practices decisions Not all is current

10. Treatises • Individual Employee rights in a Nutshell • Employee benefit plans in a Nutshell • Workers’ compensation and employee protection in a Nutshell

11. Treatises • Employment Discrimination • Lindemann & Grossman, 4th ed. 2007 • Pattern Discovery, Danner • Larson, Matthew Bender set

12. Treatises • Employee Dismissal Law & Practice, 5th ed. Perritt, 2005 (also 3rd & 4th eds) • Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook, Perritt, 2003

13. Topics? • Age Discrimination • ? Age Discrimination, 2nd ed. • Whistleblowing • Title VII • ? Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII actions, 3rd ed.

14. Alaska Administrative Material • Alaska State Commission for Human Rights decisions • Alaska Labor Relations Agency orders and decisions • AKOSH standards (old)

15. Law Journals • Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law • Labor & Employment Law (ABA) • The Labor Lawyer • Monthly Labor Review

16. HeinOnline • Over 1,000 full text journals • Coverage often begins with volume 1 • CFR, Federal Register, Statutes at Large • Only available in the library

17. FREE Westlaw at the Library • All State/Federal cases & statutes • Alaska Labor & Employment Cases • No administrative decisions • USCA, USCCAN • ALR 2nd – 5th • Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts and Trials • Journals and Law Reviews • Key Cite

18. 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

19. Alaska Case Law Database • Search by • Case name • Attorney • Pacific Reporter citation or WL citation • Decision date • Judge name • Opinion type • Docket number • Word

20. Alaska Case Law Database • Word search AND, OR, BUT NOT • Truncation ! • trust! will find trust and trustee • disab! will find disabled and disability • Search by phrase – use quotes • “irrevocable trust” • Use the singular form – it will automatically look for plurals

21. Alaska Case Law Database • Once you’re in a case, can use Control-F to find specific search terms • Space = OR so remember to type AND if you are looking for both terms in a case • Example: • Sex! AND discriminat! • Sex age AND discriminat!

24. Casemaker • New Bar Association benefit • Alaska Caselaw348 P.2d (1960) – current • With page numbers • Attorney General Opinions From 1995 • Alaska Law Review Volume 14 - current

25. Casemaker • Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes • Statutes – no currency indication • Court rules – no currency indication • No employment specific resources • Citator? Limited usefulness

26. 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

27. 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

33. Need help? • Call the library reference desk if you have questions: (907) 264-0585 or (888) 282-2082 • Reference librarians can walk you through searching or finding a website to help • We have thousands of forms available • Catalog is on-line: http://www.state.ak.us/courts/library.htm • You can check out treatises for 3 days • We will mail them to you if you live outside Anchorage