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DESCRIPTION:Federal Legislative History
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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<h3>Panel</h3>\n<ul>
 \n<li>Brian 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 Informat
 ion Services\, Wilmington University School of Law</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Legisl
 ative history is a critically important advocacy tool in Federal Court wh
 en statutory language is ambiguous and requires clarification. Practition
 ers and judges use legislative history to avoid incongruous results\, ill
 uminate drafting errors\, determine specialized meanings\, and choose rea
 sonable interpretations from competing possibilities.</p>\n<h3>Legislativ
 e history materials include\, most importantly:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The text 
 of the bill and proposed amendments that were accepted or rejected</li>\n
 <li>Transcripts of hearings conducted by Congressional committees respons
 ible for the bill</li>\n<li>Committee reports written about the bill</li>
 \n<li>Committee prints</li>\n<li>Compiled legislative history</li>\n<li>T
 ranscripts of House and Senate floor debates related to the bill</li>\n</
 ul>\n<p>Our panelists will teach the research skills necessary to reconst
 ruct a statute&rsquo\;s legislative history for use in pleadings\, briefs
 \, and oral arguments.</p>
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