OCBF awards grant to Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library
The Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library has received a grant from the Oakland County Bar Foundation to renew its remote access subscription to the Hein Online legal research database. With the remote access subscription, attorneys are able to use the database to conduct legal research at their office or home through the Law Library’s website.
The acquisition of the remote access subscription marked the first time the Adams-Pratt Law Library had been able to provide such a service to the legal community. “This is something that attorneys have requested for a very long time,” explains Laura Mancini, Director-Library Services. “Libraries in general are able to offer remote database access to their patrons in many subject areas. These databases serve as accurate and authoritative sources for information research. Offering these databases helps to dispel the myth that libraries are only about books.”
Since the inception of the remote access service, attorney usage of the Hein Online database has increased by 57 percent. Library card registration and overall attorney usage of the Law Library have also risen. Mancini states that “By all measures, the remote access service has been a success. I am tremendously grateful to Hein and the Oakland County Bar Foundation for making it possible to continue it for our lawyer patrons. I encourage all attorneys to take advantage of this tool when conducting their legal research.”
Attorneys who wish to the use the Hein Online database outside of the Law Library can access it from the Law Library’s website: http://www.oakgov.com/lawlibrary. An Adams-Pratt Oakland County Law Library card will be required to log into the database. Library cards can be obtained in person at the Law Library, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Library card applications can also be found on the Law Library’s website.
Hein Online is a premier online research product with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format. Hein Online
bridges the gap in legal history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 1,800 law and law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of law journals, Hein Online also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in entirety, complete coverage of U.S. Reports back to 1754, famous world trials dating back to the early 1700’s, legal classics from the 16th to the 20th centuries, the United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register from inception in 1936, the CFR from inception in 1938, and much more.
Federalist Society to host panel discussion
The Federalist Society’s Michigan Lawyers Chapter will host a panel discussion on the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.
Panelists will include Timothy Baughman, Wayne County special assistant prosecuting attorney, formerly chief of appeals; John Bursch, Bursch Law PLLC; and B. Eric Restuccia, State of Michigan deputy solicitor general.
The event will be held at Wayne State University Law School.
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