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THE LEGAL BRIEF
VOLUME 41, ISSUE 5
News from the Washington State Law Library
New to the Law Library Collection: Books for Legal Professionals Recently on the library blog, we introduced a lineup of new titles particularly for legal professionals. From the post written by reference librarian Wanda Barrett: Many of our patrons share an interest in legal writing and the language of court opinions, especially law clerks and others working with the judiciary who may enjoy such books as Just Words: Law, Language, and Power, Third Edition (Chicago Series in Law and Society) by John Conley , Making the Case: The Art of the Judicial Opinion by Paul Kahn, and The (Not Too Serious) Grammar, Punctuation, and Style Guide to Legal Writing by Diana Simon. Much has been written about another of our new books, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky ’ s Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism . Our new books also include several titles about the courts. For a deep dive into judicial philosophy, consider reading our new books about The Chevron Doctrine or The Shadow Docket. For attorneys and paralegals, we have added two books on law practice and law office automation, The Lawyer ’ s Guide to Office Automation: Tools and Strategies to Improve Your Firm and Your Life and Design Your Law Practice . Senior trial paralegal Candess Zona - Mendola ’ s book The Indispensable Paralegal: Your Guide to Getting it Done is a great resource for the paralegal looking for practice pointers, career advice, and professional resources. New and seasoned attorneys may also want to read about mental health impacts on both clients and legal professionals. Trauma - informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing focuses on understanding past experiences versus faulting the individual, and using that awareness to adopt a trauma - focused practice. Two clinical psychologists with law degrees discuss both the stress surrounding and the empathy lacking within the legal field in The Wounded Attorney: How Psychological Disorders Impact Attorneys . The authors review the actions taken in attorney discipline cases involving mental health. They also provide examples for expanding empathy in law schools and legal organizations. For additional mental health resources, read our blog post on Mental Health: Resources for Those in Crisis. (https://medium.com/walawlibrary/mental - health - resources - for - those - in - crisis - 1f41d99bd57a) . To read the rest of this post, which includes links to all of the mentioned titles, please click here: https://medium.com/walawlibrary/new - to - the - collection - books - for - legal - professionals - 1886c39c13d9
Law Library Trainings Available
Are you looking to sharpen your legal research skills? Would you like to learn more about a legal topic and how to find the print and online tools to go with it? We ’ ve got you covered. The law library offers in person and remote training for legal professionals in a variety of topics. If you ’ re interested in learning more, please contact State Law Librarian Rob Mead at rob.mead@courts.wa.gov,
In - Person Research Service Available
The State Law Library is open for in - person research services, Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, at our Tumwater location. Our space does look much different from the Temple of Justice and our walk - in services are modified to fit our new (smaller) space, so you are strongly encouraged to review our updated website to help plan your visit: https://www.courts.wa.gov/library/. Please contact the Reference Desk at library.requests@courts.wa.gov or 360 - 357 - 2136 if you have any questions.
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November 10th: Veterans Day Nov. 23 - 24: Thanksgiving and Native
American Heritage Day Dec. 25: Christmas Day Jan. 1: New Year ’ s Day
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