We are excited to bring back Law Day in the Park this year after a two year pandemic hiatus. Join us in Jefferson Square Park (6th and Jefferson downtown) for a fair-like event. Local law and government related offices and organizations will be represented. Food trucks will be on hand with good eats. And speakers […]

From Basic Books: A blistering critique of America’s assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargain Most Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions […]

Come join the Friends of JCPLL at our annual social. If you are interested in the law library and what you can do to help with programs and promotion, please make plans to attend this event. This is a good opportunity to get to know those who support JCPLL and it's also just a fun […]

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 […]