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• WPLLA’s 3-day Legal Research Workshop is perfect for summer associates and others wanting to polish up their research skills. Participate in one, two, or all three of the sessions -- the training is free and so is lunch!

  Federal Legal Resources
  Tuesday, June 4, 2013
  (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
  Instructor: Marc Silverman
  University of Pittsburgh Law Library
  ~ Free Pizza Lunch, courtesy of Thomson Reuters – Westlaw!

  Pennsylvania Legal Resources
  Wednesday, June 5, 2013
  (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
  Duquesne Center for Legal Information/
  Allegheny County Law Library
  ~ Free Pizza Lunch, courtesy of Thomson Reuters – Westlaw!

  Business Resources
  Thursday, June 13, 2013
  (11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
  Instructor: Rita Young-Jones
  Reed Smith, Pittsburgh
  ~ Sponsored by Bloomberg Law

  LOCATION for All Sessions: Allegheny County Law Library,
  921 City-County Bldg., 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh

  
  
  
• Here is the Spring 2013 WPLLA Newsletter.
  Hightlights include:
  Spring Cleaning Your Computer
  Lincoln the Lawyer (a resource guide)
  New Strategies at the Government Printing Office
  and Please Just Say What You Mean (an article about reference internviews).
  
  
• The WPLLA holiday dinner and show were lots of fun.
  Look at the photos.

• Visit our new Facebook page to see phtos from our events and follow our news.
  
  
• Congratulations to WPLLA members Joel Fishman and Dittakavi Rao who received "The Connie E. Bolden Publication Award" for their 2010 co-authored work, Navigating Legal Research & Technology: Quick Reference Guide to the 1,500 Most Common Questions About Traditional Online Legal Research. The award was presented to them July 22, 2012, at the American Association of Law Libraries Conference in Boston, during the Academic Law Libraries--Special Interest Section Reception and Awards Program.
  
  
• Join WPLLA
  
  
• Whether you enjoyed or missed The Stosh and Susanna Show: Cool Tools and Slick Tricks, you can now experience a modified webinar version of it online via the Special Libraries Association. See also John DiGilio's Bubbling Under program for leads to other interesting tools.
  
  
• Thank you for participating in the BLOOD DRIVE in honor of WPLLA member Bob Sullivan
  Read Bob's story in this flyer.
  
  
• Here is the 2012 Annual Report.
  
  
• Do you have an independent study project for a library science student? If so, post a description on the wplla list and our student members will get in touch with you.
  

PROFESSIONAL READING:

AALL Spectrum
Monthly articles about work in law libraries.

Websites of Law Library Groups
AALL Special Interest Sections.

Pennsylvania Legal Research Guides
from Jenkins Law Library

Law Librarian Blogs
portal on Justia.com