Date: February 25th 2010

King County Law Library E-News
March 2010 - Volume 8, Issue 4

National Library Week - April 12-16

The American Library Association's theme for this year's National Library Week is "Communities thrive @ your library." KCLL is celebrating the week with a free Skip Tracing classes (see times below) and cookies! We will also be offering prizes to patrons who visit us at random times during the week. Stay tuned for more information about National Library Week events!

Online Document Request

The King County Superior Court Clerk's Office recently introduced a new online application to request copies of court documents. The system requires that you set up an account before you can begin requesting superior court filings and you can pay for your request via credit card or electronic check.

In addition to being able to request court records online, the system also allows you to request certified copies, exemplified copies and expedited service. Users can request documents via case number from 1979 forward and it includes those cases that cannot be accessed using the Clerk's Office ECR system.

For more information, you can contact the Clerk's Office at 206-296-9300.

Annotated Bibliography of Washington State Legal History

If you have any interest in Washington State legal history, then take a look at W. Clinton Sterling, Sources of Washington State Legal History: An Annotated Bibliography, 102 Law Lib. J. 69 (2010). This extensive bibliography is divided by subject area, and includes references to items that that are difficult to find otherwise. For example, there is a category on constitutional conventions that contains entries for a 1924 volume entitled Washington's First Constitutional Convention, 1878, and Proceedings of the Convention; a 1945 Ph.D. dissertation; and a 1951 Master's thesis. Author W. Clinton Sterling is Senior Reference Librarian & Assistant Professor of Law, at the Chastek Library, Gonzaga University School of Law.

Training Classes

E-Filing: Part 4 (E-Service and E-Ex-Parte)
Friday, February 26 12:15-1pm

Searching on Westlaw
Monday, March 15 12-1:30pm

Legal Research for the Non-Attorney: Part 1
Monday, March 22 12-1:30pm

Legal Research for the Non-Attorney: Part 2
Monday, March 29 12-1:30pm

Skip Tracing: Finding Personal and Business Information
Wednesday, April 14 12-1:30pm

E-Filing: The Basics (Parts 1 & 2)
Wednesday, April 21 12-1:30pm

E-Filing: Advanced Features (Parts 3 & 4)
Wednesday, April 28 12-1:30pm

The classes are free of charge. Due to limited seating, pre-registration is required. All class sessions will be held in the Legal Research and Training Center in the Seattle library on the sixth floor of the King County Courthouse at 516 3rd Avenue, Suite W621, unless otherwise noted. Call the Library at 206-296-0940 to sign up.

Training Classes at the MRJC

E-Filing: The Basics (Parts 1 & 2)
Thursday, March 4 11:30am-1pm
• Navigate the E-Filing site
• Setting up an account
• Beginning a new case
• Adding files to an existing case
• Troubleshooting and scanning

E-Filing: Advanced Features (Parts 3 & 4)
Thursday, March 11 11:30am-1pm
• Submitting working papers
• Checking your Status tab
• Setting up E-Service
• Submitting electronically filed ex-parte documents

Skip Tracing: Finding Personal and Business Information
Thursday, April 15 12-1:30pm

Class Location:
Community Room, Detention Building
Maleng Regional Justice Center
401 4th Avenue, North
Kent, Washington

Blog Post of the Month - The Wayback Machine & Using Printouts of Archived Webpages at Trial

KCLL Klues, our Washington state research blog, keeps you apprised of interesting legal news and great research links.

Many of you have probably used, or at least heard about, the Wayback Machine; part of the Internet Archive. The Wayback Machine is an excellent resource for finding archived versions of inactive web pages. Kris recently blogged about several articles regarding the Wayback Machine and admissibility of archived web pages at trial. Click here to read the full post.

New Books in the Library

Civil Procedure:
Judgments: You’ve Won! Now What? (CLE)
Preserving Electronically Stored Information: A Practical Approach

Contract Law:
Freedom from Contracts – “The “Great Escapes”: How to Reform, Rescind, or Terminate Agreements (CLE)
Guide to the Mandatory Disclosure Rule: Issues, Guidelines, and Best Practices

Court Procedure:
The Amicus Brief: How to Write It and Use It Effectively, 3rd Ed.

Estate Planning:
Advising Estate Planning and Probate Clients: Practice Pitfalls and Economic Challenges (CLE)

Labor Law:
Drafting and Enforcing Covenants Not to Compete
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

Medical Law:
Lawyers in the Compliance Crosshairs: Avoiding New Penalties and Ethical Pitfalls When Using Health and Medical Information (CLE)
Hospital Negligence: Legal and Administrative Issues

Patent Law:
Patent Trial Advocacy Casebook, 2nd Ed.

Practice of Law:
Privileges, Protected Information and Confidences (CLE)
Strategic Solutions for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners: Lessons from the Trenches (CLE)
The Lawyer’s Guide to CT Summation iBlaze, 2nd Ed.

Probate Law:
Washington Probate Procedure and Tax Manual with Forms, 3rd Ed. (Mucklestone)

Real Estate Law:
The Real Estate Litigation Handbook

Tort Law:
PI Basics & More: A Seminar for Paralegals & Young Lawyers (CLE)

Plus, don’t forget to check out our Legal Eagle collection of DVDs.