1. OR Keeping up with the Latest Developments in Employment Law
Wait, We Have to Write a Paper for this Class?!? OR

2. Sources of Law: Review Primary Sources
- Primary Sources are “the law.”
Statutes
Case Law
Agency Regulations
Constitutions
Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources are any materials that analyze, explain or otherwise comment on primary sources.

3. Secondary Sources: Why?
- Published/updated frequently.
- Breaking news – E.D.N.Y. Decides Etc.!
- Find new/interesting topics to write about with the latest
developments.
- Primary sources do not always explain the law.
- Judicial Opinion on Employment Law: “Affirmed.”
- Expert analysis/conclusions save you time.
- Help to focus your research
- Find a topic and learn about it quickly.
- Find search terms/link to other resources.

4. Westlaw
Westlaw has a dedicated “Practice Area” page for Employment Law. 1 2
This is one stop shopping for all employment law resources on Westlaw.
To access, click the “Practice Areas” tab on the main page and select “Employment Law.”

5. Westlaw
Newsletters
- Short articles updating people on changes/trends in the law.
- Usually frequently updated (check database info).
- Focus on a specific topic or subtopic.
Employment Alert
“Employment Alert is a newsletter containing practical advice on how to reduce liability risks when dealing with employees, explanations of benefits, and human resources trends.”
Police Department Disciplinary Bulletin
“Disciplinary missteps can cost plenty for your department. Even with well-written personnel policies, you are bound to face claims of disparate treatment, discrimination, sexual harassment, or civil rights violations. Within your force you may have to address insubordination, off-duty misconduct procedural violations, drug testing, and constitutional rights issues.”
Drugs in the Workplace
“[D]iscusses the detection and resolution of substance abuse problems in the workplace and academic institutions, including drug-testing protocols and procedures, trends in the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, drug-usage patterns, and employer-sponsored programs that address substance abuse.”
Termination of Employment Bulletin is
“[A] monthly newsletter providing a full array of protective strategies to block employee lawsuits before they start.”

6. Journal of Compensation & Benefits
ABA Journal
of Labor &
Employment Law
Westlaw
Law Reviews/Journals
Scholarly publications where students, judges, and other experts write about new or controversial areas of law.
Westlaw can limit your search to publications dealing with only labor and employment law. They work hard so you don’t have to!
Employee Rights
& Employment
Policy Journal
Hofstra Labor
& Employment
Law Journal
Journal of Compensation & Benefits

7. Lexis
Lexis also has a dedicated “Practice Area” page for Labor & Employment. 1
To access, click the “Practice Area or Industry” tab on the main page and select “Labor & Employment Law.” 2

8. Lexis
News/Legal News
Click the link under News or Legal News on the Employment
Law Page to search for articles flagged as relevant to labor
and employment law.
You can use the templates to limit your search. Lexis lets you search many “fields” – that is, you can search just article headlines rather than the full text of the article!
If you do not want to use the templates, you can run a keyword search using the main red search box. You can limit your search results after you see what results were located.

9. Treatises, Practice Guides & Jurisprudence
Lexis
Treatises, Practice Guides & Jurisprudence
A treatise is a book or series of
books written about a specific
area of law.
You can look for topic ideas in the
ToC or, if you have a topic in
mind, you can find more
information before making your
final topic selection.
Click the name of the treatise to open a search template.
Click the table of contents icon to view the ToC.

10. Bloomberg BNA
Guess what?!? Bloomberg also has a dedicated “Practice Center” page for Labor & Employment Law! 1
To access, click the “Practice Centers” tab on the main page and select “ Labor & Employment Law.” 2

11. Bloomberg BNA Law Reports
BNA Law Reports provides expert
analysis of pending and recently
decided cases. 2
There is also analysis of current
events – for example, this article
evaluates Judge Thomas Hardiman’s
record on employment cases. 1

12. Labor and Employment Blogs
Bloomberg BNA
Labor and Employment Blogs
In the age of the Internet, the
ability to blog has expanded
opportunities for commentary. 1
Blogs are forums where people can
quickly address developments in
the law.
Make sure the author/blog is
reputable before citing/believing! 2

13. Questions? Comments? Things You Want to Talk About?
Reference Librarians
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