Today is National Voter Registration Day. What a perfect occasion to view the Harris County Attorney’s Office recorded program, Voter Registration CLE and Voter Registration Training, which was presented on August 31, 2018 at the HCAO Conference Center. Texas attorneys can earn 1.0 hour of CLE credit and .25 hour of ethics credit for viewing the video.
Legal Tech Institute Vendor Visit - Lexis Advance - FREE CLE
Register today for a Legal Tech Institute Vendor Visit on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Program will cover legal research techniques using Lexis Advance, a powerful legal research platform available for free at the Harris County Law Library. This Vendor Visit will carry 1.0 hour of CLE credit for Texas attorneys. The session is conveniently scheduled during the lunch hour, from noon to 1 p.m.
All of the databases covered during training sessions are accessible for free on the Law Library’s legal research computers, which are open to the public. Visit Our Services page for more information about the digital resources available for your legal research needs.
For additional details about other upcoming LTI programs and events, please visit us online at www.harriscountylawlibrary.org/tech
Constitution Day - September 17, 1787
Constitution Day is observed each year on September 17 to commemorate the signing of our Constitution in 1787. On display in the Law Library lobby throughout the month of September is an exhibit featuring foundational documents that shaped the Constitution, including the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, along with examples of broadsides that were crucial to the states’ decisions to ratify our founding document.
Stacks Donated for HBA Literacy Book Drive
More than 100 books collected at the Harris County Law Library will travel to the Houston Bar Association today in support of the HBA Lawyers for Literacy Committee 25th Annual Book Drive. Donations came from Law Library patrons and staff, and from attorneys and staff at the Harris County Attorney’s Office. Each book will help the Committee reach its goal of 25,000 books and will be distributed in support of literacy programs throughout the Houston area.
An unexpected guest accompanied one donation - a miniature bust of President John F. Kennedy. Here, you can see the tiny monument posing with Law Library Director Mariann Sears and the donated tomes. If he’s yours, he’ll be at the reference desk.
Flagship Legal Tech Institute CLE: MS Word for Legal Work
Due to popular demand, the Harris County Law Library Legal Tech Institute is proud to present its flagship hands-on training course tomorrow, August 30, at 2:00pm, in the dynamic setting of the County Attorney’s Office Conference Center. MS Word for Legal Work will be presented live by law librarians Elizabeth Bolles and Heather Holmes. Course participants will learn the ins and outs of America’s most popular word processing software. Key topics will include efile formatting, creating a tables of authorities, page and paragraph formatting, and protecting client data through simple metadata management. Each attendee will be provided a laptop for use during the class, and will receive personalized assistance. This session has been expanded so that law offices can send multiple attorneys and paralegals at once. Register through the Legal Tech Institute website.