Friday, September 28, 2018: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

This class introduces tools and resources available on the California Courts official website www.courts.ca.gov.

Class covers:

How to find forms, jury instructions, and Appellate Court case information
Free resources for going to court without an attorney
"Hidden Gems" and other hard to find resources

*A more extensive class, which may include hands-on practice and sample exercises, is taught at the Main branch of LA Law Library in downtown Los Angeles.

Location:
North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
5211 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 766-7185

No legal advice:
LA Law Library provides access to legal resources and assistance with legal research. LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Registration fee: FREE

Friday, October 19, 2018: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

LA Law Library legal research specialists teach free, monthly 45-minute overviews of legal information search tools and techniques as part of regular "office hour" visits.*

This class introduces free and low cost websites for researching California and federal law.

Class covers:

• How to search for bills, codes, regulations, and case law
• Sources for Los Angeles County law and government
• General legal research sites, including Google Scholar and FindLaw for Legal Professionals
• Legal research tips

*A more extensive class, which may include hands-on practice and sample exercises, is taught at the Main branch of LA Law Library in downtown Los Angeles.

Location:
North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
5211 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 766-7185

No legal advice:
LA Law Library provides access to legal resources and assistance with legal research. LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Registration Fee: FREE

Friday, November 30, 2018: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

This class is an introduction to using Westlaw's newly designed legal research database that has been described as "ground breaking" and "Google for lawyers".

Class covers:

• WestSearch: Westlaw's new search engine
• Formulating search queries
• Reviewing and filtering search results
• Finding cases and code sections
• Checking and updating citations using KeyCite

*A more extensive class, which may include hands-on practice and sample exercises, is taught at the Main branch of LA Law Library in downtown Los Angeles.

Location:
North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
5211 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 766-7185

No legal advice:
LA Law Library provides access to legal resources and assistance with legal research. LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Registration Fee: FREE

Friday, May 18, 2018: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, June 15, 2018: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Divorce Options is an informational workshop offered on the second Friday of every month to provide information about the divorce process and the options available to anyone considering divorce. Divorce Options is presented by a team of collaboratively trained attorneys, financial advisors and mental health professionals who are members of Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (LACFLA).

Class covers:

• Litigation, mediation and collaboration - the risks and the benefits of each process
• Legal, financial, psychological and social issues of divorce
• How to talk about divorce with your children
• Guidance from divorce experts

For questions about the program, please click here.

Presented by Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (www.lacfla.org) in partnership with LA Law Library.

No legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.

Registration fees: $10