Join us virtually on March 25th, 2026 from 4 to 5pm for a lecture titled, "Exploring Pennsylvania’s Governing Documents from 1682 Until Now" with Dr. Joel Fishman, Adjunct Instructor and Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Constitution website at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Duquesne University. 

About Dr. Joel Fishman: 

Dr. Joel Fishman is the Law Library Faculty Fellow at the Duquesne Kline Law School of Law (2025-2026). He has been a law librarian for 53 years: Assistant Law Librarian at Seton Hall University School of Law (1973–1977); Law Librarian, Allegheny County Law Library (1977–1999); Assistant, and then Associate Director for Lawyer Services, Duquesne University Center for Legal Information/Allegheny County Law Library (1999–2016). Dr. Fishman is a specialist in Pennsylvania legal history and bibliography. He has written more than 500 publications, including books, articles, chapters in books, book reviews, blogs, and web projects. He has compiled fourteen bibliographies for the William S. Hein Co. Legal Research Guide Series and publishes annual indexes for the Journal of Supreme Court History, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, and Pennsylvania Family Lawyer. Two recent web projects are the Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Law Academy of Philadelphiafor HeinOnline. He is co-Director of the Pennsylvania Constitution Website at Duquesne University Kline School of Law. He also serves as Consulting Historian to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Historical Commission and consultant to the Pennsylvania Commission for Fairness & Justice.