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Legal research on the (free) Internet
Kate Fitz ('Cat Galileo')
October 11, 2008
Time: 11:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time)
Location: SLBA Office
Continuing education credits available:
1 hour California MCLE (provided by Fitz2 Consulting, provider no. 14547)
Course Description
An ever-increasing number of authoritative, valuable websites are available on the public Internet to assist in legal and factual research. This course will bypass Google and show you resources for primary law, reports, and secondary sources available to you at no cost. The focus will be on United States law and resources with examples primarily drawn from the federal and California jurisdictions.
Kate Fitz (JD, MLIS) is a reference librarian with the Sacramento County Public Law Library. She is also the founder of the Lawspot Virtual Worlds Law Library in Second Life. Ms. Fitz practiced law in California for several years before changing focus to law librarianship. She teaches Internet legal research as well as courses on Westlaw, other subscription databases, and forms and pleadings; she also co-teaches a course for self-represented litigants on basic court procedure.