This Week in the Law Library ... Aug. 31, 2026

This week in the Law Library we’re introducing students to legal research and sources of legal authority, teaching how to research statutes, teaching about secondary sources, teaching about AI and the Law, and teaching Advanced Legal Research,. We’re also celebrating Labor Day and highlighting Labor and Employment Law resources.

The Law Library Circulation Desk will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026 for Labor Day. Law students and faculty will still have their 24/7 access to the building and to our electronic resources.

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Introduction to Legal Research & Sources of Legal Authority
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Technology Tuesdays

• Checking Accessibility
• 12:15pm - 1:15pm
• Zoom
• Shannon Kemen, Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian​

Introduction to Law & the Legal Profession

• 12:30pm - 1:50pm
• Ron Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services LibrarianRon Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian

AI & the Law

• 1:30am - 2:50pm
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

Lawyering I, Cohort 4

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Researching Secondary Sources
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Lawyering I, Cohort 5

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Researching Secondary Sources
• Legal Technology & Research Instructional Services Librarian Shannon Kemen

Advanced Legal Research: Transactional Law

• 11:10am - 12:05pm
• Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell

Lawyering I, Cohort 3

• 1:30pm - 2:50pm
• Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones

Lawyering I, Cohort 6

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Researching Statutes
• Instructional & Reference Services Law Librarian Ashley Russell

Lawyering I, Cohort 7

• 9:00am - 10:25am
• Researching Secondary Sources
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Lawyering I, Cohort 2

• 10:40am - 12:05pm
• Researching Statutes
• Susan Boland, Associate Director

Introduction to Law & the Legal Profession

• 12:30pm - 1:50pm
• Ron Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services LibrarianRon Jones Electronic Resources Instructional Services Librarian

AI & the Law

• 1:30am - 2:50pm
• Profs. Laura Dixon-Caldwell, Shannon Kemen, Ashley Russell, and Michael Whiteman

In honor of Labor Day, check out some of our Labor and Employment Law resources below!

• Labor Law Stories: An In-Depth Look at Leading Labor Law Cases
  • Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this book tells the story of the development of labor law over the course of nearly seventy years - beginning with Mackay Radio, one of the earliest cases under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). It includes cases from the major topics in a basic or advanced course on Labor Law, describing not only the doctrinal evolution of law under the NLRA, but also the impact of the law on the lives of the people involved. The authors interviewed dozens of participants in the fourteen cases addressed in the book.
• Labor and Employment Arbitration in a Nutshell
  • Available via the West Academic Study Aid subscription, this text focuses on the fundamentals of the labor and employment arbitration process and explores the major arbitration law issues, their importance, and the conflicting opinions on them. It provides a description of the origin, development, and practice of labor and employment arbitration.  
• Understanding Labor Law
  • Available via the LexisNexis Digital Library, 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.

• Bloomberg Law Labor & Employment Law Practice Center
  • Bloomberg Law's Labor & Employment Law Practice Center gives comprehensive access to primary and secondary authorities on labor and employment law, and to transactional and other practice tools. Checkout the Daily labor report, Disabilities law section, Discrimination law section, Individual employment rights section, Labor arbitration & collective bargaining section, Labor relations section, Occupational safety section, Wages, hours, and leave section. Also includes: Affirmative action compliance manual for federal contractors, Affirmative action compliance newsletter, Americans with Disabilities Act manual, Americans with Disabilities Act manual. Newsletter, Collective bargaining negotiations and contracts, Collective bargaining bulletin, Construction labor report, Daily labor report, Employment discrimination report, Employment law practice tools, EEOC compliance manual, EEO compliance newsletter, Government employee relations report, International labor and employment laws (3rd ed.), Labor relations week, Workplace immigration report, Workplace law report, Verdicts and settlements.

• ERISA: Research ​Guide to the ​Employee Retirement Income Security Act​
  • This guide, authored by Ron Jones, provides a general overview of laws pertaining to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, otherwise known as ERISA. It covers using general sources for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

• Employee & Union Member Guide to Labor Law
  • Available on Westlaw, this 3-volume set provides strategies for labor activists, as well as the text of major federal statutes. It also discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and relevant case law, as well as other federal employment discrimination laws.

• Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?
  • In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution. Kenneth C. Davis illustrates the history of Labor Day from Union Square to today.

Posted August 31, 2026 by Susan Boland

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