The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.
Explore the courts' various approaches to interpretation using specific cases from New Mexico as examples.
Learn about the difficulties in interpreting lists in law and strategies for avoiding problems.
Learn about citation style, footnotes and more while discovering how editors can go beyond the role of quality control specialists to save writers time spent anguishing over details.
Follow an overview of the fundamentals of the constitutional doctrine of federal preemption and an introduction to state preemption of local laws.
What is legalese? Why should legalese should be avoided when drafting bills? How do you apply plain language principles in bill drafting? Learn the answers to these questions and engage in exercises to illustrate these principles.