Both locations of the King County Law Library will be open during the King County furlough days. The first furlough day will be Friday, January 2nd. Most, but not all, county departments will be closed on the furlough days. King County Superior Court will be open.
Both KCLL library locations are open today (12/29/08) and will close at 5pm through Wednesday, December 31.
Sign up now for one of the Library’s free legal research classes! Classes fill quickly - call (206) 296-0940. Please note - we will not be offering any classes in December.
Searching Lexis
Friday, November 7 12-1:30pm
Public Sleuthing on Social Networks
Monday, November 17 12-1pm
Check out the September E-News for info on subscriber proration, the Tech Tip and new books in the library. E-News is the library’s bi-monthly electronic newsletter that goes out to more than 4500 subscribers.
The Subscriber Program is the fee-based system we use to enable you to check out books and become eligible for reduced rates for other library services such as our Legal Eagle collection, Fax service and KCLL Delivers, our document delivery service. As of September 2, the fee for joining the Subscriber Program is prorated from $65 to $25 per attorney through the end of 2008.
A heads up to all our patrons that the law library at the Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) will be closed all day on Monday, September 15 for building-wide staff training. Regular MRJC users should note that the third and fourth floors will be closed to the public. Floors G, 1 & 2 will be open. This includes the clerk’s offices for King County District and Superior Courts. The Seattle library will be open regular hours with normal services.
The Seattle and MRJC libraries will both be closed all day on Friday, September 19 for staff in-service. During this time, the staff will be attending training and performing other duties that require our operations to be closed to the public. A book drop will be available outside the Seattle library doors. Books normally due on Friday, September 19 will be due on Monday, September 22. Chat, email, and telephone reference will not be available. Other county departments will not be affected.
The Library Catalog will be down for planned maintenance from 10pm on Friday (August 29) through early Sunday morning.
Check out this nifty list of Washington law-related blogs (sometimes referred to as “blawgs”) from the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library. Did you know there are Washington blogs on topics ranging from construction law to China law to speeding tickets - even one for food liability?
We’ve added a permanent link under Research Links in the sidebar. Thanks to Mary W. for adding KCLL Klues to the list!
We have added three more training classes for September & October:
Friday, September 15th: Legal Research for the Non-Attorney: Part 1 12-1:30pm
Friday, September 22nd: Legal Research for the Non-Attorney: Part 2 12-1:30pm
Friday, October 3rd: Skip Tracing 4-5:30pm
All our training classes are free. Space is limited so sign-up today by giving us a call at (206) 296-0940.
Welcome to the official blog of the King County Law Library. We are excited to offer a dynamic addition to our website. You will see a variety of information here including current legal search strategies, new research sites, events at the library, legal news and updates to our class schedules. Our visitors can comment on these stories and events which affect the legal community.
Please join us in the conversation about ways to find legal information online. We want this to be truly a site with “Tips and tricks for legal research in Washington State.”
Marcus
Library Director