Lucas County Law Library

Justice Bus: Consumer/Bankruptcy
2022-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Oregon Branch, 3340 Dustin Rd., Oregon, OH, 43616
The Toledo Bar Association and Lucas County Law Library are partnering with the Ohio Justice Bus to host a Free Brief Advice Legal Clinic (Consumer/Bankruptcy) at Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Oregon Branch.

Attendees will be able to speak privately to a volunteer attorney about Consumer and Bankruptcy issues. Services are provided on a first-come first-serve basis, pre-registration is not available.

LexisNexis Digital Library CLE
2022-09-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Lucas County Law Library, 905 Jackson St., Toledo, OH, 43604
This is an hour long CLE on how to use the LexisNexis Digital Library (ebooks). This will be a live training, held over Zoom. You may attend remotely, or in the library. If you plan to attend in the library, sign up is required. You can RSVP here, or speak with a librarian. If you plan to attend remotely, login information is as follows:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://lexisnexis.zoom.us/j/91570823598?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 915 7082 3598
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Justice Bus: Domestic Relations
2022-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Main Branch, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH, 43604, United States
The Toledo Bar Association and Lucas County Law Library are partnering with the Ohio Justice Bus to host a Free Brief Advice Legal Clinic (Domestic Relations) at Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Main Branch.

Attendees will be able to speak privately to a volunteer attorney about domestic relations issues such as custody & divorce tomorrow. Services are provided on a first-come first-serve basis, pre-registration is not available.

Introduction to Research on Westlaw - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-09-08 10:00 - 11:00
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register. If you attended and received CLE credit for the Introduction to Research on Westlaw CLE held at the Library on May 5th, you will not be able to receive CLE credit for this program because it covers the same content.

This program will cover research fundamentals on Thomson Reuters Westlaw, including how to:

pull up documents by citation and name
search for documents by legal issue
research a case
check if a case is still good law
save your research for later

After attending this CLE, users should feel more comfortable performing standard research tasks on Westlaw.

September 8, 10:00 AM Eastern / 9:00 AM Central

TBA Divorce Clinic
2022-08-26 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-05 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-07-08 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-06-24 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-05-20 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-05-06 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-04-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Lucas County Law Library, 905 Jackson St., Toledo, OH, 43604
This clinic is by appointment only. Please call the Toledo Bar Association at 419-724-0460 or 888-534-1432 to schedule a time to attend. Qualifying clients without real estate or minor children of the marriage can attend a do-it-yourself divorce workshop.

Statutes and Legislative History on Westlaw - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-08-04 13:30 - 14:30
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register.
Attendees of this program will:
Learn how to conduct legislative history research on Westlaw for a specific act as well as how to research a specific statute. We will see how to find links to other documents on Westlaw that cite to your statute including cases, secondary sources, regulations, and administrative decisions. Also, how to pull up historical versions of statutes.

August 4, 1:30 PM Eastern / 12:30 PM Central

Advanced Westlaw CLE
2022-07-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Lucas County Law Library, 905 Jackson St., Toledo, OH, 43604
This is an in-person Westlaw CLE held in the Law Library. You must RSVP to attend.
This course will help you refine your search construction using both plain language and terms & connectors, while also showing you tools and resources to help you efficiently complete your research assignment.
You will leave this program knowing the following:

Searching: how to write efficient searches with both plain language and terms & connectors searching, as well as how to use West Key numbers as a search tool.
Alerts: use cases for Alerts and how to create and manage them.

1 hour general OH CLE credit.

Intermediate Westlaw CLE
2022-07-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Lucas County Law Library, 905 Jackson St., Toledo, OH, 43604
This is an in-person Westlaw CLE held in the Law Library. You must RSVP to attend.
This session will build upon the key learning objectives offered in the Intro to Research Westlaw session. In particular, this session will be useful to you to help you enhance your efficiency in conducting searches, dispositioning your search results and personalizing your workflow within the Westlaw Edge platform.
1 hour general OH CLE credit.

Secondary Sources on Westlaw - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-07-14 11:00 - 12:00
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register.

Secondary sources are vital legal tools that provide essential guidance and analysis in every area of the law. Often using Secondary Sources is the best place to start your research. You can get up to speed on a general area of law or dive deep into a specific subject. You can use them to find primary law authority. You may also be able to use them as persuasive authority in arguments to the court.
Refresh your knowledge on best practices when using secondary sources in your research.

July 14, 11:00 AM Eastern / 10:00 AM Central

TBA Divorce Clinic
2022-06-10 13:30 - 15:00

Advanced Legal Research on Westlaw - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-06-09 11:30 - 12:30
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register.

This course will help you refine your search construction using both plain language and terms & connectors, while also showing you tools and resources to help you efficiently complete your research assignment.
You will leave this program knowing the following:

Searching: how to write efficient searches with both plain language and terms & connectors searching, as well as how to use West Key numbers as a search tool.
Alerts: use cases for Alerts and how to create and manage them.

June 9, 11:30 AM Eastern / 10:30 AM Central

Legal Ethics – Model Rule 1.1: Attorney Competency - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-05-20 13:15 - 14:15
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register.

Attorney competence in the ever-changing world of technology is a tricky subject. The technology does not remain static, and the attorney’s workload is continually increasing. The ABA has stated that attorneys must keep abreast of changes in technology. In addition, many legal commentators continue to publish articles and other resources regarding the implications of technology competence.
Learn where to find ABA rules, Ethics opinions, Briefs and Trial Court documents on Westlaw. We will follow the rule on keeping up with current technology and see how Practical Law and Drafting Assistant apply and more!

May 20, 1:15 PM Eastern / 12:15 PM Central

Justice Bus: Consumer/Bankruptcy
2022-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Main Branch, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH, 43604, United States
The Toledo Bar Association and Lucas County Law Library are partnering with the Ohio Justice Bus to host a Free Brief Advice Legal Clinic (Consumer/Bankruptcy) at Toledo Lucas County Public Library – Main Branch.

Attendees will be able to speak privately to a volunteer attorney about Consumer and Bankruptcy issues. Services are provided on a first-come first-serve basis, pre-registration is not available.

Intermediate Westlaw (Westlaw II) - VIRTUAL CLE
2022-04-26 12:00 - 13:00
This is a live virtual program put on by Thomson Reuters and presented via Microsoft Teams. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click the date/time link below to register.

This session will build upon the key learning objectives offered in the Intro to Research Westlaw session. In particular, this session will be useful to you to help you enhance your efficiency in conducting searches, dispositioning your search results and personalizing your workflow within the Westlaw Edge platform.

April 26, NOON Eastern / 11:00 AM Central
