Kenton county library & Law Partner

Kenton County Library & Law Partner

Great for:
Lawyers and users of the Kenton County Law Library

Individuals working on their own court cases and legal matters

Genealogists checking older cases for family members’ names

Westlaw is a professional-level legal resource website. It offers extensive access
to legal resources for Kentucky and Ohio, with additional coverage of federal law.
Westlaw provides access to primary sources of the law and legal practice aides.
Westlaw provides access to:
Hundreds of legal forms you can view and print ? Kentucky and Ohio court cases, back to statehood
Full-text of current state laws, regulations, and handbooks
Kenton County Public Library and the Kenton County Law Library have entered
into a partnership to provide access to the Westlaw database at Library locations.
Westlaw is available for use in the library only.

How to Access

1. Once you’re in the library, go to www.kentonlibrary.org
2. Hover your mouse over the Research and Homework menu
3. Select Westlaw from the menu
4. Click “I Agree” in the Terms and Conditions page
5. Click “Continue to Westlaw” at the bottom of the next page
6. Click “Sign Off” on the top right of the page to end your session
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	Mary Ann Mongan Library 502 Scott Street, Covington, KY 41011 phone (859) 962-4060 fax (859) 962-4096 www.kentonlibrary.org Dave Schroeder, (859) 962-4080 Library Director Brian Haney, (859) 491-0600 Kenton County Law Library Administrator New Partnership Between the Library and the Law The Kenton County Public Library has partnered with the Kenton County Law Library to make an expensive law database available for free to the public. The database Westlaw PRO will become available on Thursday, May 1, which is also Law Day, USA. They can be accessed at any Kenton County Public Library location – Covington, Erlanger and Durr in Independence – during library hours. National and local laws and legal forms are now available free of charge through Westlaw PRO. While the databases are useful for attorneys, there are many facets of them that are helpful to the general public. Tenant/landlord rights, living wills, power of attorney, contracts, and more can now be accessed at the library using a free library card. Kenton County Law Library Trustees, Garry Edmondson, Greta Hoffman, and Alma Puissegur, encouraged by Judge Patricia Summe, decided to look outside the four walls of the Law Library to provide free capabilities for self-directed legal research. Library director Dave Schroeder was also looking for a way to provide these services for Library users. He explains: “There is a law stating that each county is required to have legal resources available for the public. We knew that the county now offered these databases at the Covington courthouse but since the Library is open more hours than the courthouse, and has more locations, it makes sense to offer it at our facilities. This way the public has more outlets and time in which they can research.” The Kenton County Public Library is the only library, other than Boyd, to offer this service. Mr. Schroeder is pleased that the Library can offer this free service. “It’s a win-win for everyone. The county attorney’s office now has more outlets for the public to review law databases, the Library receives these databases as part of the partnership and the public has more options and time to access these useful resources.” For directions to any of the three Kenton County Public Library locations visit www.kentonlibrary.org.