Law firm libraries need to support these «mobile lawyers».
Not exact matches
You likely already know how valuable blogs are to your daily professional life if you litigate,
need the latest on Blakely, or you're involved with a
firm's
law library.
It seems to me that, in calling out what is wrong with
law firm libraries, there
needs to be some discussion of what can therefore be done to correct things.
I am therefore thankful that Amanda Brooks has kindly shared her experiences as a Conflicts Information Specialist in a Canadian
law firm over on the INALJ («I
need a
library job») website in the blog post A Day in the Life of a Conflicts Information Specialist.
«This edition highlights the
need to innovate to be green, to stretch budget dollars, and to make the best use of space: a
law school, Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, and a law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
law school, Penn State's Dickinson School of
Law, and a law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
Law, and a
law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green
law firm, O'Melveny & Myers San Francisco, both aim for LEED certification; a new decentralized
library at Bose McKinney & Evans emphasizes green; a
Law firm libraries of all sizes
need systems to manage the flow of information to and from the
library to the
firm's attorneys.
Law Library Management, Incorporated was established in 1982 by Ray Jassin to fill the need for alternative professional law library services to law firms and corporate legal departmen
Law Library Management, Incorporated was established in 1982 by Ray Jassin to fill the
need for alternative professional
law library services to law firms and corporate legal departmen
law library services to
law firms and corporate legal departmen
law firms and corporate legal departments.
My
law firm library has a lot of baskets: print collection, database access, items used for current awareness, Canadian content, foreign content, things that are available to borrow locally, things that we can share between our offices, things used by each practice group, things that people
need at their desk.
The
law firm needs good facilities in terms of physical plant,
library and equipment.
I view my
library as having a dual purpose: like a
law firm library, it must have a practice - based focus to support the information
needs of each legal practice group within the government's legal department, but we also have a duty to be stewards of historical materials that might be otherwise lost forever.
WE
NEED CURRENT
LAW LIBRARY DIRECTORS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF GOVERNMENT,
FIRM, LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL and ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES TO PARTICIPATE!
If you assume a
law school professor /
library /
law student total head count of say 700 people, you are close in size to a mid-sized
law firm, although there would perhaps be less
need for internal communication in a
law school setting than in a
law firm.
«While two - to - an - office has been in place at some
firms for some time, in - boarding, which is already done at many other professional
firms, can make a
law firm even more efficient as the
need for storage rooms and
libraries disappears.»