Webinar: Federal Courts: Structure, Jurisdiction, & Research

Last Updated: April 18, 2025
Published: April 18, 2025

	Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025		Time: 2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Federal Courts: Structure, Jurisdiction, & Research."

Speaker: SaraJean Petite, Reference and Government Documents Librarian, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Description: This webinar is designed to give non-lawyers an overview of the United States Federal Court system. The presenter explains the courts' structure and jurisdiction and introduces sources for getting information about cases that take place in these courts.

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