As winter approaches, why not stay in and join the Law Library for our December offerings of the Orientation to Legal Research Webinar series. This month, the webinar will focus on tracing federal regulations and will be followed by another entry in our Introduction to Congress.gov series. The Introduction to Congress.gov webinar is designed to provide a basic introduction to using Congress.gov and offer updates on its new features. For more information and to register, please visit the links below.
We hope you can join us for these informative and exciting webinars!
Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Content: This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the Congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will be highlighted.
Instructor: Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University. Robert is the chief of the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from Wayne State University, and a Master of Library Science from Florida State University.
Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Content: This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, to the proposed rule in the Federal Register, to the regulation’s docket.
Instructor: Jason Zarin. Jason is a legal reference specialist at the Law Library. Jason has a B.A. in economics from Tufts University, an M.A. in economics from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Southern California, an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, and a Master of Science in information systems from the University of Texas at Austin.
To learn about other upcoming classes on domestic and foreign law topics, visit the Legal Research Institute. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.
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