Jenkins Blog

The Jenkins Blog, published by Jenkins Law Library, focuses on practical legal research tools and resources available to legal professionals and self-represented litigants, particularly in Pennsylvania. It covers topics such as legal drafting and writing techniques, access to Pennsylvania county case law and reporters, and the use of specialized databases like Practical Law, LLMC Digital, HeinOnline, and Law.com Scholar. The blog provides guidance on navigating these resources for trial court opinions, legal treatises, forms, and jurisdiction-specific materials. It also highlights library services and new acquisitions that support legal research and practice management.

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Pennsylvania Primary Election Day is Tuesday, May 19th.  Polls will be open from 7 AM – 8 PM. Remember, if you’re in line by 8 PM, you can vote.This year, Pennsylvanians will be voting on candidates for the U.S.

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In the Pennsylvania statutes, counties are referred to in terms of their ‘class’. In this context, a class is determined by county population. The state uses data from the U.S. Census to determine the population size of a particular

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The American Law Reports (ALR) are often considered a staple in legal research. As explained by ALR publisher Thomson Reuters, “Every article is a complete research brief that summarizes all caselaw relevant to a specific legal point. Articles analyze

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LLMC offers a wide range of archival material from the U.S. federal government, U.S. state governments, territorial governments, various Anglo-American collections, and several foreign jurisdictions.LLMC Digital has been busy making enhancements to the database. Keep reading to discover the

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