![[USC Home Page]](/law/images/hdr_usc.gif)  |
 |
|||||
 |
|
 | ||||||||
|
|
In 2007, in order to promote public access to legal information in South Carolina, the Coleman Karesh law librarians began traveling throughout the state implementing a new training initiative. The Circuit Riders Outreach Program is a series of workshops, designed to teach public and academic librarians about the legal research process and the resources available to their patrons.
The Legal Research for Non-Law Librarians workshops train non-law librarians in basic legal research skills to enable them to assist patrons who wish to access legal information. The program includes: an overview of the legal system, to include the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and how they function; an introduction to the primary and secondary legal resources available to public and academic libraries; recommendations for building a basic low-cost print legal collection; and guidance for providing legal reference without giving legal advice.
Circuit Riders Manual
Click on The Circuit Riders Manual to download the entire manual or individual chapters.
The Circuit Riders Program
The Circuit Riders Program presentation includes the following materials:
- Overview of the Legal System (PPT)
- Librarians and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (PPT)
- Secondary Sources (PPT)
- Legislative Branch (PPT)
- Executive Branch (PPT)
- Judicial Branch (PPT)
- What the heck is that? Deciphering legal citations (PPT)
2011 Circuit Riders Presentations
- Friday, April 8th, 2011, Newberry,SC, Hal Kohn Memorial Library (8th judicial Circuit)
- Friday, January 21, 2011, Columbia,SC, South University (5th judicial Circuit)
2010 Circuit Riders Presentations
- Friday, August 6, 2010: Anderson, SC, Anderson County Library (10th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, July 30, 2010: Bluffton, SC, Bluffton Branch, Beaufort County Library (14th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, June 11, 2010: North Charleston, SC, Trident Technical College (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, May 28, 2010: Rock Hill, SC, Winthrop University Dacus Library (16th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, May 7, 2010: Myrtle Beach, SC, Socastee Branch, Horry County Memorial Library, 141 707-Connector Road, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 (15th Judicial Circuit)
- Thursday, April 29, 2010: Greenville, SC, Greenville County Library System (13th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, April 16, 2010: Aiken, SC, USC Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library (2nd Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, March 26, 2010: Florence, SC, Florence County Library System (12th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, March 12, 2010: Spartanburg, SC, Spartanburg County Public Libraries (7th Judicial Circuit)
- Friday, February 26, 2010: Sumter, SC, Central Carolina Technical College (3rd Judicial Circuit)
2007-2008 Circuit Riders Presentations
- Friday, October 10, 2008: Greenville, SC, Greenville County Public Library System
- Thursday, August 9, 2007: Clemson, SC, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library, Clemson University
- Friday, April 20, 2007: Columbia, SC, Depository Librarians Meeting, State Library
- Thursday, May 3, 2007: Columbia, SC, State Library
- Thursday, May 17, 2007: Charleston, SC, Charleston County Public Library
- Friday, May 18, 2007: Charleston, SC, College of Charleston North Campus & Lowcountry Graduate Center
- Thursday, June 14, 2007: Columbia, SC, Richland County Public Library
- Friday, June 22, 2007: Beaufort, SC, Beaufort County Public Library
- Friday, July 27, 2007: Rock Hill, SC, Dacus Library, Winthrop University
- Friday, August 3, 2007: Conway, SC, Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University
- Tuesday, July 31, 2007: Aiken, SC, Gregg-Granitville Library, USC-Aiken
- Wednesday, March 14, 2007: Spartanburg, SC, Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters