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Library Offers MCLE, Legal Research Assistance
By Shirley H. David, Sacramento County Public Law Librarian

Shirley DavidLooking for last minute MCLE credits? Check out the audiocassette tape programs from the Sacramento County Public Law Library. Find our what is available through the law library’s on-line catalog. Point your browser at the library’s website www.saclaw.lib.ca.us. Click on “online catalog.” Use the advanced search option to limit your search by subject or title keyword (e.g.: “ethics”), format (e.g.: “audio-cassettes”), date (e.g.: “>2000”).You can also check on the library’s website for MCLE classes being held at the library. WestGroup has a slick new LegalEd Center where you can take classes on-line and pay by credit card. Point your browser at http://www.westlegaledcenter.com.

A great way to fulfill your MCLE credit requirements, share your expertise, and learn some new presentation techniques is to teach a class at the law library. Contact Coral Henning at 874-5625. She will work with you to discuss options and make it happen.

Looking for a meeting room to meet clients while you are downtown or for a deposition? The law library rents both the board room and second floor meeting room by the hour or by the day for as little as $10 per hour. Find pictures of the rooms, size requirements, and more information at the library website.

Need a total legal research system that includes cases, codes, analytical content, public records, and much, much more? Our member benefit program with LexisNexis(tm) allows you to take advantage of the breadth and depth of the LexisNexis(tm) total research system at specially negotiated discounts for Sacramento County Bar members. Our local LexisNexis(tm) representative is Tom Otter. Contact him directly at (800) 344-3730, ext. 4164 for a free demo and pricing options that fit your on-line research needs.

The January - February holiday schedule is as follows. New Year’s Day, January 1; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 20; Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12; President’s Day, February 17. The main and branch libraries will be closed on those days.

Upcoming events - National Library Week is April 6-12. Sacramento County Law Library staff members are busy planning events that will increase your know about legal research products available to you as well as to highlight library related activities. New this year is a book talk and book signing by local attorney Geoffrey Wong. His second novel will be out in the bookstores by April.

 
January/February 2003