ASSOCIATE DEAN LAURA AX-FULTZ PRESENTED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
October 2024 — Associate Dean Laura Ax-Fultz presented an interactive session on legal research at the 2024 Pennsylvania Library Association Conference held this month. The presentation focused on empowering librarians to identify key information to locate primary legal sources related to the news.
News articles may use provocative headlines or slant the news to portray a certain view regarding newly enacted laws or court opinions. Further, individuals may not understand whether those new laws or court rulings apply to them. This session helped attendees identify keywords and phrases to understand what type of primary source was being discussed and where to find those sources. Empowering legal literacy by educating librarians from every type of library is a vital component in educating our citizens and supporting our democracy.
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Laura J. Ax-Fultz is the associate dean for library and information services at the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. In addition to her library administrator responsibilities, Professor Ax-Fultz teaches legal research in the first-year curriculum, LL.M. Legal Research, and upper-level courses as well as providing guest lectures in other courses.