Sacramento County Bar Member Benefits
By Shirley H. David, Sacramento County Public Law Librarian

Did you know that just because you are a Sacramento County Bar member that you are entitled to discounted rates for several services offered directly by the Sacramento County Public Law Library or for services that are offered in partnership with legal information vendors, the law library and the county bar association?

As an exclusive benefit to bar members, the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Sacramento County Public Law Library has negotiated discounts and special offers from LexisNexis on the LexisNexis Total Research System.

Legal research is essential to any law practice, and our new member benefit with LexisNexis provides steep discounts for new attorneys, free content for established attorneys, and an opportunity to buy research priced by the day, week, or month.

New Attorneys - It's important to get your new practice off to a strong start. If you graduated from law school in the last four years and practice as a solo or with one other new attorney, and subscribe to a minimum of any two LexisNexis online or print products, or a combination of both, you can receive a 40% discount. This discount requires a two-year commitment.

Established Attorneys - For many of us, law school is a distant memory, which is why we've negotiated a special deal for established attorneys who are not current LexisNexis online subscribers. If you have been out of law school for more than four years and are practicing solo at a firm of up to 20 lawyers, you can receive a free 60-day trial of a LexisNexis online content menu when you sign a one-year contract.

For your free menu, LexisNexis is offering a choice of more than 240 content selections, including public records, news, case law, or analytical materials. Following the trial, you can purchase the content at a 25% discount.

Pay As You Go Pricing - Sacramento County Bar Association members in one- to 20-attorney firms can also receive special discounts on legal research priced by the day, week, or month using their credit card. Visit Sacramento County Public Law Library Member Benefit Web Page at www.saclaw.lib.ca.us and choose from state and federal case law and practice area packages.

Why LexisNexis? There are many options for legal research available to attorneys today. The Sacramento County Public Law Library and the Sacramento County Bar Association chose LexisNexis not only for the valuable member benefits we negotiated, but also for their authoritative information, broad perspective, and expert support. The LexisNexis Total Research System combines sophisticated legal research tools like Shepard's and Lexis Search Advisor, top legal authorities from Matthew Bender and more than 3 billion public records and archived and late-breaking news. To take advantage of these exclusive member benefits, contact LexisNexis today at 1-866-836- 8116 and mention code 202370.

Sacramento County Bar Association members also receive discounted rates for continuing legal education training offered through the Sacramento County Public Law Library. Classes that cover topics such as hands-one computer legal research, law and motion tips, ethics issues, can be taken at the library. At this writing the following fall classes were scheduled: "Legal Research on the Internet," October 22 and December 17 by Coral Henning; "Becoming a Digital Lawyer Essential Internet Skills," November 19 by Coral Henning.

The Sacramento County Public Law Library and WestLegalEdcenter have joined forces to make MCLE programming available online anytime to California legal professionals. Sacramento County Bar members access California participatory MCLE accredited programming sponsored by the Sacramento County Public Law Library for a discounted rate.

The following Sacramento County Public Law Library programs are available online: "Law and Motion in California: Tips and Techniques" by Judge Loren McMaster,"Effective Voir Dire in California: How to Get the Jurors You Want (or at Least Can Live With) Without Steaming Up the Judge" by Judge Brian Van Camp, "Ten Tips for Making and Opposing Summary Judgment Motions in California" by Judge Loren McMaster, "Recent Developments in Search and Seizure Law," by Judge David DeAlba, "Jury Selection in Criminal Cases," by Judge DeAlba.

WestLegalEdcenter maintains the largest library of online CLE programs on the Internet with more than 4,000 hours of online programming approved for MCLE credit in California. To purchase a program go to www.westlegaledcenter.com or to learn how your firm can become a WestLeglEdcenter charter subscriber, call 1-800-272-7032. Did you know that thirty California state trial courts publish their local court rules publish their local court rules on-line now? They are all linked off of the Administrative Office of the Courts website at www.courtinfo.ca.gov. The Sacramento County Public Law Library has the official paper copies of the rules for all courts that do not post their rules on-line.