News:
> Printing/Copying Accounts May Become
Temporarily Unavailable: Please be advised that
due to the current reworking of the Library's computer network, prepaid
patron printing and copying accounts may become unavailable for use for
a period of time. During that time, printing might not be possible from
any of the networked Library computers, but would still be available
for FullCourt and Amicus through the desktop printer dedicated for that
purpose. If such an outage occurs, notices to that effect will be
posted in the Library and here on the Library's website. We apologize
for any inconvenience this may cause our patrons.
> 2012 Law Library Registration Fee Due:
The 2012 Law Library Registration Fee for attorneys was due January 17,
2012. There is a registration renewal form/invoice available on this
website by clicking here.
If you have not already paid your 2012 fee, please print and complete
the form, and, along with your 2012 fee payment of $25.00 made out to
the Douglas County Law Library, submit it to the Law Library.
> Request for Forms for Form Bank:
The Law Library is requesting that attorneys consider contributing
legal forms they have created to a new Form Bank. The Form Bank will be
made available in the Library for the use of its patrons. If you have
legal forms that you have created that you would be willing to share
with your colleagues, please submit a copy to the Library; the format
does not matter. Library staff will then add them to the bank.
Did You Know?
The Law Library welcomes and
encourages suggestions and material for articles on the history of law
and jurisprudence in Douglas County for publication in the Library's
"This Month in Legal History" e-newsletter column.
"Did You Know?" is a service of the Law Library. Every month, a bit of
Law Library trivia will be posted in the Law Library and here on the
Law Library's website. The previous month's "Did You Know?" tidbit will
also be published in the Law Library's E-Mail
Newsletter. We hope this service will help improve
communication between the Law Library and its users.
This Month In Legal History
January 7, 1857 -
Sam Jones resigns as sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas Territory.
For the full story, go to the This
Month In Legal History page on this website.
"This Month In Legal History" features an event from the history of law
and jurisprudence of Douglas County, Kansas, that occurred during the
month. A different historical event will be posted here every month and
published in the Law Library's E-Mail
Newsletter. The archives of previously published entries can
be accessed by going to the This
Month In Legal History Archive page. Suggestions from readers
of items for inclusion in this feature are encouraged and welcomed.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Douglas County Law Library is to provide legal and
law related resources through a law library, focused on a Kansas
practice, conveniently located in the Judicial Center for use by the
bar, bench and public.
The Douglas County Law Library
was established under the auspices of the District Court of Douglas
County, Kansas, pursuant to Kansas Statutes 20-3126 through 20-3132,
and opened on May 1, 2003. The Library is open to the general public as
noted on the Law
Library Hours page on this website. Licensed attorneys in
Douglas County who have paid their annual Law Library Registration Fee
and been issued a key have access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Attorneys should contact the Library about getting a key.
Attorneys who have not paid their Registration Fee are prohibited from
filing any and all transactions with the Clerk of the District Court
until the fee is paid. They also are ineligible to run for one of the
five positions reserved for attorneys on the Douglas County Law Library
Board of Trustees and to vote in elections for those positions.
For more information, contact the Law Library
at: info@douglascolawlibrary.org.
