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Tuesday May 24
2016
 Advanced Legal Research for Housing Advocates

This training is only open to LSNYC staff.

In this training, participants will learn advanced legal research skills in the context of housing law by identifying sources and methods for researching applicable law and locating background information including finding information about people and companies. The faculty will discuss sources for housing law in Westlaw, Smart Litigator, the Housing Court Reporter, ProBono.Net, and in a variety of internet databases. At the end of the session, participants will be able to manage their time more effectively by using online resources to locate appropriate treatises, statutes, regulations, cases, and local governmental laws, develop a research plan, and learn when to stop researching. 

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  • When
    Tuesday, May 24, 2016
    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Legal Services NYC - Central
    40 Worth St., 6th floor
    New York, NY 10013
  • CLE Credits
    Skills: 3.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Housing
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    Sarah Lamdan (Speaker)

    Sarah Lamdan, Associate Law Library Professor, received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, a Master's Degree in Legal Information Management from Emporia State University's Graduate School of Library and Information Management, and a B.A. in English from the University of Kansas. She previously served as research librarian for several international law firms. Her research interests include administrative law, environmental law, and environmental justice topics, especially those pertaining to information access issues. Her writing on the FOIA and information access has been published in the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Government Information Quarterly and other legal and information science publications. Sarah also speaks and writes about social media issues like ethics and privacy, and their impact on attorneys and library professionals.
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    Yasmin Sokker-Harker (Speaker)

    Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Student Liaison Librarian and Associate Law Library Professor, received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, a Master's Degree in library and information studies from the University at Buffalo, and a B.A. in English and anthropology from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining CUNY, she was a reference librarian at Hofstra School of Law. She has also held various positions in the legal publishing industry. Her research interests include legal research pedagogy, critical information literacy, legal research and social justice, and information access issues. Her 2012 article, “Information is Cheap, Meaning is Expensive: Building Analytical Skill into Legal Research Instruction” won the 2012 AALL/Lexis Nexis Call for Papers Award and appeared in Law Library Journal. Her chapter on critical information literacy appeared in Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis. Professor Sokkar Harker is a member of the librarian national honor society, Beta Phi Mu.