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DESCRIPTION:Federal Legislative History
DTEND:20261208T220030Z
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LOCATION:https://www.socialaw.com/about/library-calendar/2026/december-202
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SUMMARY:Federal Legislative History
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This is a free program<br><br><strong>Form
 at: </strong>Online Only (and will be recorded)</p>\n<p><strong>CPCS Cred
 it:</strong> CPCS approved 1.5 credits for the CAFL\, Mental Health Trial
 s and Appeals\, and YAD Appeals panels.</p>\n<h3>Panel</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Br
 ian J. Harkins\, Senior Reference Attorney\, Social Law Library</li>\n<li
 >Alex G. Philipson\, Chief Legal Counsel\, Massachusetts Superior Court</
 li>\n<li>Jacob Samuelson\, Associate Dean of Library and Information Serv
 ices\, Wilmington University School of Law</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Legislative hi
 story is a critically important advocacy tool in Federal Court when statu
 tory language is ambiguous and requires clarification. Practitioners and 
 judges use legislative history to avoid incongruous results\, illuminate 
 drafting errors\, determine specialized meanings\, and choose reasonable 
 interpretations from competing possibilities.</p>\n<h3>Legislative histor
 y materials include\, most importantly:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The text of the b
 ill and proposed amendments that were accepted or rejected</li>\n<li>Tran
 scripts of hearings conducted by Congressional committees responsible for
  the bill</li>\n<li>Committee reports written about the bill</li>\n<li>Co
 mmittee prints</li>\n<li>Compiled legislative history</li>\n<li>Transcrip
 ts of House and Senate floor debates related to the bill</li>\n</ul>\n<p>
 Our panelists will teach the research skills necessary to reconstruct a s
 tatute&rsquo\;s legislative history for use in pleadings\, briefs\, and o
 ral arguments.</p>
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