We hope you will join us in August for the next offering of our Orientation to Legal Research webinars, focusing on tracing federal regulations, followed by the next entry into the Lunch and Learn webinar series that is hosted intermittently by Law Library staff. The August webinars will finish with another entry into the Introduction to Congress.gov series.
Our Lunch and Learn Webinar Series takes a deep dive into the Law Library’s collections and other legal research subjects, exploring topics such as rare materials in our collection and the United States Serial Set, among many others. This month’s Lunch and Learn webinar will focus on federal appropriations research, specifically examining the legislative history and appropriations in the annual federal budget. It will review the general appropriations procedure in Congress. It will also focus on resources for conducting legislative history research into appropriations, including annual CRS appropriation status tables, omnibus legislation, and members’ earmarks.
We hope you will join us for these informative and interesting webinars!
Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This webinar is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations to the proposed rule in the Federal Register to the regulation’s docket.
Instructor: Barbara Bavis. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University.
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A Lunch and Learn Webinar: Federal Appropriations Research
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This webinar will focus on researching the legislative history and appropriations in the annual federal budget appropriations. It will review the general appropriations procedure in Congress. It will also focus on resources for conducting legislative history research into appropriations, including annual CRS appropriation status tables, omnibus legislation, and members’ earmarks.
Instructor: Jason Zarin. Jason is a legal reference specialist at the Law Library. Jason has a B.A. in economics from Tufts University, an M.A. in economics from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Southern California, an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, and a Master of Science in information systems from the University of Texas at Austin.
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An Introduction to Congress.gov
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will be highlighted.
Instructors: Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University. Robert is the chief of the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from Wayne State University, and a Master of Library Science from Florida State University.
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To learn about other upcoming classes on domestic and foreign law topics, visit the Legal Research Institute. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or [email protected].
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