Nada Khirdaji has an interesting piece on her transition
from legal research skills in law school to research skills in practice in CCH's law student monthly,
Not exact matches
During my time at American Rivers I expereinced a wide - variety of in - house
legal work (everything
from contracts, to trademarks, to reviewing marketing / promotions material, to
legal research) and developed
skills as a «corporate generalist» that have served me well during my post-law school jobs in
legal departments.
Traditionalist
legal research theory provides a focused means of organizing information —
from general background information to the specific rules that govern a particular
legal issue.66 And organizing and categorizing
legal authority are core
skills that new researchers desperately need to master.
A strong understanding and firm commitment to the mission of BYU, proven maturity, and good judgment Superior oral and written communication
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The
skills in demand range
from the basic tools that lawyers use day to day, such as MS Word and Excel, to
legal research to leveraging artificial intelligence and understanding security and privacy issues.
Yet
legal research is one area in which both «sides» might be able to develop a strong commonly agreed aim: I know from my own experience that law faculties claim to want students to develop good research skills, propose in fact that they are teaching students to learn to learn, and almost without exception make Legal Research and Writing a mandatory sub
legal research is one area in which both «sides» might be able to develop a strong commonly agreed aim: I know from my own experience that law faculties claim to want students to develop good research skills, propose in fact that they are teaching students to learn to learn, and almost without exception make Legal Research and Writing a mandatory
research is one area in which both «sides» might be able to develop a strong commonly agreed aim: I know
from my own experience that law faculties claim to want students to develop good
research skills, propose in fact that they are teaching students to learn to learn, and almost without exception make Legal Research and Writing a mandatory
research skills, propose in fact that they are teaching students to learn to learn, and almost without exception make
Legal Research and Writing a mandatory sub
Legal Research and Writing a mandatory
Research and Writing a mandatory subject.
The requisite
skills for doing so, moreover, are sufficiently distinct
from domestic
legal research and reasoning that they can not be acquired either by osmosis or by simple extrapolation of domestic techniques to a transnational plane.40 Consequently, rising twenty - first century lawyers will need explicit exposure to, and instruction in, the basic LRW
skills that are fundamental to a transnational
legal practice.
Doing so effectively calls for
research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic
legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence on domestic databases to learn how to access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law
research requires much more emphasis on statutes and scholarship than on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American
legal analysis.58 While there have been significant advances in access to foreign and international
legal sources, there are still substantial barriers, 59 and the
research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark)
from those that apply to domestic law.
Hodnicki disagrees, explaining that most
skilled legal research instructors would be capable of devising a test that could determine if «exam takers are thinking like law librarians by analyzing a
research issue
from the perspective of access points and routes to
legal resources.»
At the same time as I was reviewing this article, which stresses the importance of
legal research skills for law practice, I received notiifcation
from WestlaweCarswell about their new certification programme:
At Southwestern, we have also developed a variety of initiatives.21 One is a vehicle for me as dean to teach first - year students at the beginning and end of their six - credit
legal writing course entitled LAWS (Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different posit
legal writing course entitled LAWS (
Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different posit
Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and
Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data
from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data
from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different positions.
After all, an effective lawsuit benefits
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research and oral and written
legal communication
skills) and Ethics and Professionalism, which requires students to demonstrate «an awareness and understanding of the ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada.»
As part of a new Academic Success and Wellness program at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, Ronda Bessner, the Assistant Dean of the Juris Doctor (JD) Program, led a session this past Monday called
From Keele Street to Bay Street: Learning About the Writing &
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Legal Profession.
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In the UK there was a joint statement
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skills, including
legal research skills in their programmes
from 2002.
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