Please join us for our annual social event. We'll meet this year at the downtown Bristol (614 W. Main Street, #4211) from 5pm-8pm on June 22nd. Mingle with friends and learn more about what the Friends of the Jefferson County Public Law Library are all about. This group helps to support the library through community […]
Join us on Tuesday, June 27th at 12 noon for an informative recap of the 2023 KY General Assembly session. Attorney Bob Heleringer will be discussing the many bills enacted by the legislature, focusing on those that he feels will most affect the practice of law in the state. Laws to be analyzed in this […]
Join us as author Gerald McDaniel discusses Aindreas the Messenger: Louisville, KY 1855. Free to everyone. Lunch will be served. McDaniel sets an ambitious pace in the arena of historical fiction with this first volume of a projected four-book series following the colorful and curious life of Aindreas Rivers. The little guy who gets jostled […]
Join us as Jayne Moore Waldrop discusses her book Drowned Town. Free to everyone. Lunch will be served. Drowned Town explores the multigenerational impact of loss of home and illuminates the joys and sorrows of a group of people bound together by monumental changes to the western Kentucky and Tennessee landscape. In the mid-twentieth century, […]
Celebrating 10 Years of Sparking Generosity Across Kentuckiana Give for Good Louisville brings communities together for one day to support hundreds of local organizations serving our region. Since 2014, this online giving day has helped local organizations raise over $50.6 million to support dozens of essential causes across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Working together with […]
Join us as attorney Claire E. Parsons discusses her book How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected and Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion. Free to everyone. Lunch will be served. The author, Claire E. Parsons, is a practicing lawyer, mom, and mindfulness teacher who doesn't have […]
Join us as author Steve Wiser discusses Haunted Houses in Louisville. Free to everyone. Lunch will be served. 'Do You Believe in Ghosts?' Almost half of the population thinks some unexplained 'spooky' things do happen. To explore this phenomena in Louisville, local architect and historian Steve Wiser has authored this book on some of the […]
This "smart and darkly glimmering story, a hold-your-breath thriller written in finely wrought prose, and a book that will spark a hundred conversations about risk and love and the dignity" follows one woman's search for her former best friend--into the underworld and beyond (Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies). Elena […]
Join us as author Kevin Gibson discusses his newest book Oldest Louisville: A Guide to Historic Treasures. Free to everyone. Lunch will be served. Kevin Gibson has been a professional writer for more three and a half decades, having written about restaurants, beer, bourbon, sports, night life, music, history and more, winning numerous awards and […]
The JCPLL Board of Trustees meets monthly on the third Monday of the month (except when that falls on a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the following Monday) at 12 noon in the law library. These are open meetings. Statutory Authority KRS 172.200 How Appointed Chief Circuit Judge appoints one member […]
The Jefferson County Public Law Library has an opening on their Board of Trustees for a representative of the bar at-large. Per KRS 172.200 "the members of the county's bar shall, by majority vote, elect another of their number." Any member of the bar that is interested in serving in this capacity must submit their […]
The JCPLL Board of Trustees meets monthly on the third Monday of the month (except when that falls on a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the following Monday) at 12 noon in the law library. These are open meetings. Statutory Authority KRS 172.200 How Appointed Chief Circuit Judge appoints one member […]