Barco Law Library

Due to library construction, in-person service hours are not available Monday to Wednesday (7/31-8/2) next week. Reference-based services will still be available on our website at https://www.library.law.pitt.edu/ask-librarian and via email at [email protected]. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding. We look forward to serving you online!

Ask a Librarian | Barco Law Library | University of Pittsburgh Use this form to submit questions to Barco Law Library reference librarians. Questions will typically receive a response within 24 hours (Mon-Fri).

The National Black Law Students Association & the AFL-CIO Lawyers Alliance invite you to "Labor Lawyers Fight for Racial & Economic Justice" on Tues., Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Panelists will share how labor lawyers support workers as they fight for dignity, safety, and economic fairness in the workplace.

RSVP: http://ow.ly/wrGY50MHPc1

Join the ACBA and the OEIE for a CLE, "A Guide to Transgender Name Change Process," today at 4 p.m. at McGuire Woods, Tower 260, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The program will instruct attorneys on volunteering to help low-income transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people with legal name changes. Panelists will also outline name change procedures and how these have progressed and shifted in response to the pandemic and the return to the courtroom. A reception will immediately follow the program.
Registration is free for ACBA members, $10 for students who are not ACBA members, and qualifies for one hour of CLE. Find out more here:

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Black History Month is celebrated annually during the month of February to acknowledge and celebrate the important contributions of people of African descent to our nation's life and culture. The OEIE office encourages the celebration of Black History Month in and around Pittsburgh via exploration of their 28 Days of Exploring Black History, Art, and Culture Black History Month Calendar.
Interested in learning more? More information about events and the history of Black History Month can be found here: https://www.diversity.pitt.edu/events/monthly-celebrations/k-leroy-irvis-black-history-month-celebration

REMINDER: Today at 12:40 pm and 1:20 pm, 1Ls will have (mandatory!) Westlaw Training in room 107. Students can choose which session to attend.

Today at 12:40 pm and 1:20 pm, 1Ls will have (mandatory!) Lexis Training in room 109. Students can choose which session to attend.

Our Clinic friends are recruiting! Pitt Law's seven in-house legal clinics are looking for 3Ls for the Fall Semester. Under the supervision of full-time faculty attorneys, students will act as lawyers, exploring legal and ethical issues involving real people.
Clinics include the Elder Law Clinic, Environmental Law Clinic, Family Law Clinic, Health Law Clinic, Immigration Law Clinic, Securities Arbitration Clinic, and the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. Learn more about each clinic's offering here:

Clinics | School of Law | University of Pittsburgh Law school and reality meet head on in Pitt Law’s in-house legal clinics. Under the supervision of full-time faculty who are practicing attorneys, you will wrestle as a lawyer with legal and ethical issues involving real people. Students are eligible to enroll in a legal clinic beginning in the se...

Next week, mandatory Lexis and WestLaw trainings will be hosted for 1L students on August 30th and September 1st, respectively. Each day will have two sessions at 12:40 pm and 1:20 pm and are mandatory for 1Ls to attend!

The 2022-2023 school year is almost here! We've welcomed our 1Ls this week, and we will be expecting the rest of you back on Monday. We have slightly different service hours from last year, so take note!

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Fall Hours 2022
(Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 – Friday, Dec. 9, 2022)
Monday-Thursday 7:00 am – Midnight Service hours: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday: 7:00 am – Midnight Service hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 7:00 am – Midnight
Service hours: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Library Closed: Labor Day………….….…………………..Sat. 9/3/22 - Mon. 9/5/22 Thanksgiving…………………..…Thu. 11/24/22 - Sun. 11/27/22]

We are back! With new books!!

We hope your summer without the library hasn't been too bleak, but Pitt Law students are welcome back from 9am to 5pm every week day! Hope to see you soon!

Wanna see more books? Check out our new books page on our website: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/new_books

Tune in now for the AAU Meeting on the Future of Ukrainian Higher Education with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. President Zelenskyy will speak and engage in a Q&A for as long as his security posture allows. The Ukrainian Embassy has asked that his remarks and Q&A be streamed live to our campus communities so that faculty, students, and staff can watch.

The virtual event can be found here:

AAU Meeting on the Future of Ukrainian Higher Education

Due to an installation project, today is the last day the Law Library will be open until July! During the months of May and June, students will still be able to access the first and ground floor of the building.

Concerned about books? Fear not!
Any book returns or pick-ups can be directed to Hillman or another Pitt Library. Check out these tips on how to borrow books located in Barco over the summer through our Get It system via PittCat.

In addition, reference will also be available from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday via email at [email protected].

Visit our catalog here: https://pitt.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/

Happy last day of finals! Barco Law Library will be closing at 4:00 PM today. However, law students will still have swipe access to the 4th floor until Midnight.

Friday hours will resume as usual.

New Books! These titles (plus more) are now in our collection! Interested? Check them out here: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/new_books

As promised... (more) new books! Check out the titles here: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/new_books

Join the University of Pittsburgh School of Law tonight at 5:30 PM for an alumni author Book Signing and Meet and Greet featuring authors Brian Cuban (JD '86) and James Rosenberg (JD '88).
Register for the event here: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5grnWC6ZBIsSDxY

Book Signing and Meet and Greet with Brian Cuban (JD '86) and James Rosenberg (JD '88) Meet Pitt Law alumni and published authors Brian Cuban (JD '86) and James Rosenberg (JD '88) at an exclusive book signing on Thurs., Apr. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Barco Law Building's ALCOA Room. Light refreshments will be served. Brian's Cuban’s debut novel, The Ambulance Chaser, is about how person...

New Books! And we have more coming... Stay tuned!

Check out the listings here: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/new_books

Study room update! Rooms are now available for individual AND group study use upon availability. Following the link or QR code to book your study session as finals approach: https://law.pitt.libcal.com/rooms.php?i=2541

Happy Monday! In accordance to the University’s mask guidance, the law library is now a mask-friendly space! This means masks will be optional and we ask everyone to be respectful of individual decisions regarding mask usage.

Going forward, the University’s mask rules will, at a minimum, be consistent with CDC guidance, which relies on community COVID-19 levels to determine when indoor masking is required.

For more information about Pitt's Health Rules, visit the following link: https://www.coronavirus.pitt.edu/healthy-community/pitts-health-rules

Pitt's Health Rules Updated rules and requirements are effective Monday, March 28, 2022. Face Coverings As each of the communities in which our campuses are located are currently designated by the CDC to be areas of low or medium COVID-19 levels, masks are optional inside University facilities on all campuses. Read the...

A Hague Convention on Parallel Proceedings The oldest and most-cited student-edited journal of international law, the Harvard International Law Journal covers a wide variety of topics in public and private international law.

Spring Break is HERE!

We will be open Monday to Thursday from 8 am to 5 pm. The library will then reopen to normal hours on Sunday the 13th at Noon.

Join the Center for International Legal Education - CILE and Pitt Global for a discussion about the conflict in Ukraine and East Central Europe on Tues., Mar. 1 at 10:30 a.m. EST. Hear three perspectives from US and Ukrainian experts in law, history, and politics.

Register ➡️ http://ow.ly/EJFP50I4IVS

Professor Melissa Murray, the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University, will provide the Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry as the conference keynote and will be joined by leading national scholars on abortion rights and reproductive justice during a virtual conference on Friday, February 25th from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

This program has been approved by PA CLE for 1.5 hours of CLE credit.

Register via Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l7_Ie6MtS_iGALHtmautFQ?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Zoom&utm_campaign=deb.hilton%40pitt.edu

Join the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice, in collaboration with the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the Office of Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Pitt Human Rights Working Group, and PublicSource for American Apartheid, a series of panel discussions exploring Pitt Law Associate Professor Jennie Dickinson’s thesis, “Pittsburgh is America’s apartheid city”.
American Apartheid will kick off the series with an inaugural lecture by Albany Law School Professor Anthony Farley on Monday, February 21st at 5:00 p.m. in the Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom and via Zoom.

Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__BftCP_kTMKJyggrJ0Dbnw?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=here&utm_campaign=deb.hilton%40pitt.edu

We have finally been able to shift our WoltersKluwer Study Guides (now Aspen Learning Library) subscription away from username/password access to the Pitt Portal login.

Visit the main page (https://aspenlearninglibrary.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=here&utm_campaign=deb.hilton%40pitt.edu), click "login" in the upper right, and then select "single sign-on" to enter your Pitt credentials.

Or go to Barco's A-Z Databases (https://law-pitt.libguides.com/az.php?a=w) and search under W or Popular Databases!

, Aspen Learning Library Aspen Learning Library,

New Books! What you've all been waiting for! Come on in and enjoy the variety of titles, both old and new.

Find them here: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/new_books

The Jewish Scholarship Service (JSS) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is accepting applications for need-based post-secondary scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic term.
Awards are distributed based on demonstrated financial need. Applicants must be Jewish and reside in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Beaver, Butler, or Washington County for at least two years. Apply by Thursday, February 24th here: https://www.jfcspgh.org/services/scholarships/

Did you know the library has a collection of legal resources representing critical race theory? The Derrick A. Bell Constitutional Law Commons is located on the fifth floor of the law building, and includes selected titles from Derrick Bell, a 1957 honors graduate of Pitt’s School of Law, the first tenured Black professor at Harvard Law School, and later one of the first Black deans of a law school that was not historically Black. Bell was a pioneer in the field of Critical Race Theory and a champion of race and gender diversity in the legal community.

As we observe Black History Month, we take the time to actively celebrate the contributions of the black community and remember the importance of racial justice and equity.

Check out the finding aid to see what all our collection has to offer: https://law-pitt.libguides.com/derrick_bell
Learn more about Black History Month: https://www.upb.pitt.edu/black-history-month

Join the Center on Race and Social Problems tonight from 4:45-6 p.m. for the Florence Gibbs Momeyer Endowed Lecture featuring Haben Girma.
Register: https://bit.ly/3n80hT8
More about Girma: https://habengirma.com/

Join our colleagues at the Center on Race & Social Problems and University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work for today's Florence Gibbs Momeyer Endowed Lecture featuring Haben Girma. The event, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Pitt's , will occur from 4:45-6 p.m. via Zoom.

Register: https://bit.ly/3n80hT8

The library will be closed from Saturday, January 15th to Monday, January 17th. However, the 4th floor will be accessible with swipe access on Sunday (12pm-12am) and Monday (8am-12am). Enjoy your long weekend and stay warm!

As promised, the library will now be functioning under regular hours until April 20th!

Barco Law Library updated their business hours.

Join Laura Coates in Conversation with Sara Sidner on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, 7:30 pm EST as they explore the tension between the idealism of the law and the reality of working within the parameters of our flawed legal system, exposing the chasm between what is lawful, and what is right.

Register here for free: https://events.simonandschuster.com/event/laura-coates-in-conversation-with-sara-sidner/?ss_sid=119068966&utm_source=email&utm_medium=sands_email&utm_campaign=20220107_AdultAuthorEvents_1

About Just Pursuit- A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Just-Pursuit/Laura-Coates/9781982173760

Laura Coates: In Conversation with Sara Sidner 92nd Street Y presents a virtual event with Laura Coates, author of Just Pursuit. About the book.

The Barco Law building is closed today due to maintenance. The library will reopen tomorrow at 8 am - if you need reference help today, email [email protected] or fill out the following form https://www.library.law.pitt.edu/ask-librarian. Thank you for your patience!

Ask a Librarian | Barco Law Library | University of Pittsburgh Use this form to submit questions to Barco Law Library reference librarians. Questions will typically receive a response within 24 hours (Mon-Fri).

We are back! This week, the library will be operating under slightly different hours from Tuesday, Jan. 4th to Tuesday, January 11th:
Monday-Friday: 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday-Sunday: CLOSED

Regular spring hours will return on Wednesday the 12th!

With finals coming to a close, the library will be functioning under different hours starting tomorrow until the end of next week.

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(December 10th, 2021- December 17th, 2021)
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
Library will be closed from Saturday, December 18th, 2021 to Monday, January 3rd, 2022.
Winter interim hours will resume Tuesday, January 4th from 8:00am-5:00 PM.]

Thanksgiving break is over and finals are here! The library will be operating under slightly different hours until December 10th.

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Sunday: Noon – 8:00 pm (4th floor open until 2 AM)
Monday-Wednesday: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (4th floor open until 2 AM)
Thursday-Friday:* 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (4th floor open until 2 AM)
Saturday: Closed
*December 9th & 10th: Library closes at 5:00 PM
Hours on 4th floor are not extended]

All Barco Students: We have an adjustment in our hours this week. Reference will only be available until 5pm Monday and Tuesday, and until Noon on Wednesday. The library will be closed in accordance to Thanksgiving Recess from Thursday to Saturday. We will resume our normal hours Sunday. Enjoy your break and Happy Thanksgiving!

Join Professor Paolo D. Farah of West Virginia University's Eberly College of Arts and Sciences for his presentation on the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in Room 107. This event is sponsored by CILE, Pitt's Asian Studies Center, and Pitt's Center for African Studies.

The Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice at Duquesne University presents an exclusive panel discussion, "Philly D.A. by Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, and Nicole Salazar," featuring Professor David Harris and Leon Ford, local activist and author tonight from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. The panel will provide an inside look at the tumultuous first term of Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner, police issues, and juvenile life sentence without parole.