The library provides a number of courses approved by the Pennsylvania
Continuing Legal Education board. See the current schedule for more information.

Course Descriptions:

FEE-BASED LEGAL RESEARCH (Westlaw & Lexis)
Provides introductory course on the use of Westlaw and Lexis.
(Three (3) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and zero (0) hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

FEDERAL LEGAL RESEARCH
Review of published Federal primary resources (court reports, constitution, statutory law, administrative law) and secondary sources (digests, citators, annotations, encyclopedias, treatises) with some references to important Internet Web sites.
(Three (3) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and zero (0) hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

FEDERAL AND PA GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Provides an introduction to Federal and Pennsylvania government documents, chiefly dealing with primary sources available in paper and online:
constitutions, statutory law, court cases, administrative regulations, and department and administrative agency web sites.
(Three (3) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and zero (0) hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL RESEARCH (MANUAL)
Review of published Pennsylvania primary resources (court reports, constitution, statutory law, administrative law) and secondary sources (digests, citators, annotations, encyclopedias, continuing legal education materials) with some references to important Internet Web sites.
(Three (3) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and zero (0) hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

RESEARCHING LEGAL ETHICS
Review of both printed and Internet sources for performing research in legal ethics.
(Zero (0) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and one (1) hour of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

USING THE INTERNET FOR LEGAL RESEARCH
Provides history of Internet, components of the Internet, general web sites, various types of search engines, general and legal Web sites including primary and secondary Web sites for federal and Pennsylvania legal information, general information such as finding people, news and periodical literature.
(Three (3) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and zero (0) hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.)

Fees
$50 per three-hour session for individual with borrowing card; $80 non-library card borrowers; $25 for one-hour session with borrowing card; $30 for non-library card borrowers.

To Register — CURRENT CLE SCHEDULE
Please call Kathy Koehler, 412-396-6282.

For further information about the courses, please call Dr. Joel Fishman,
412-350-5353.