Attorney and author Sharon Muse will share details of her experience chronicled in "Kidnapped by a Client: The Incredible True Story of an Attorney's Fight for Justice." "Muse recounts her stranger-than-fiction story in Kidnapped by a Client. Muse analyzes the failures of the legal system, the mistakes she made, the steps she took to protect […]

The Friends of the Jefferson County Public Law Library meet monthly on the third THURSDAY at 5:00pm.  Location may vary.  Contact the library for details.

Attorney and author Brian Haara will discuss his book "Bourbon Justice: How Whiskey Law Shaped America." "Approaching the history of bourbon from a legal standpoint, Haara tells the history of America through the development of commercial laws that guided our nation from an often reckless laissez-faire mentality, through the growing pains of industrialization, and past […]

Attorney and author Peter Brackney will discuss his book "The Murder of Geneva Hardman and Lexington's Mob Riot of 1920." "In 1920, ten-year-old Geneva Hardman was murdered on her way to school, just outside Lexington. Both civil authorities and a growing lynch mob sought Will Lockett, a black army veteran, as the suspect. The vigilantes […]

Join our friend Robert F. Smith at the Portland Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library on September 7th. He will be discussing tenant/renter's rights.

Give for Good Louisville is the biggest day of the year for online giving.  Help our little Friends of JCPLL group grow by donating at anytime on that day.  Every dollar goes to further the mission of the Jefferson County Public Law Library and help in our community outreach by providing services such as our […]

Author and attorney Shawn Herron discusses her book "Louisville's Alma Kellner Mystery." "On a bitterly cold day in December 1909, eight-year-old Alma Kellner simply disappeared from the altar of St. John’s Church in Louisville. Her body was found months later near the site of the church, and news of the murder rocked the city. The […]