How does he do it?!?

When you were young(er), what did you want to be?  A teacher?  A policeman?  A fireman?  An astronaut?  Turns out, I wanted to be all of those and, as it turns out, working as a Librarian I am able to do just that.  Almost daily I get to teach people how to do their own legal research; I keep the peace in and around the library; I'm having to put out fires all over the place; and some of those legal research questions are pretty far out in space.

The thing that gets a lot of people is the fact that I'm able to help darn near everyone who comes in the door and I'm able to do it all because I daily practice fielding funky research questions.  

For instance, remember a while back the NSA got fingered for tapping into the email system?  Yeah, that Snowden guy finked on the Feds about collecting data.  Well, we had a guy come in with a similar (albeit, less Federally entangled) issue.  Seems he had had an employee who had been hired from by a rival and he found out this employee has been divulging certain trade secrets and was looking to stop the flow of information.  Quick as a wink, I lead him over to 

• Milgrim on Trade Secrets (Lexis),
• American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms Annotated (West)
• AmJur Legal Forms (West)

Another one?  A while back, a lady came into the library claiming her plastic surgeon botched a "simple" implant procedure and now she has a chest that looks like Tori Spelling.  None too happy about that, she is wanting information about medical malpractice.  While I don't know anything about medical malpractice, I do know what I have a couple of resources directly on point so lickety split I lead lady over to 

• California Medical Malpractice (West)
• California Forms of Pleading and Practice (Lexis) 

she's off and running with her lawsuit.

One minute I'm helping someone find information about medical malpractice.  Next, I'll switch gears and find resources on forming a corporation.  Five minutes later, I'm over in the employment section helping someone fight a wrongful termination.  Whatever the purpose or issue, know that your local county law librarian is here and there to help you get to your personal legal nirvana.