Sentences with phrase «legal information literacy»

As I was in Melbourne undertaking some research on legal information literacy, I was more attuned than normal to the issues being discussed, and when I heard the familiar complaints about the inadequacy of research skills of newly appointed law graduates, I felt as though the clock had been turned back 20 years, and I was the one complaining.

«Until legal research providers begin to open up their black boxes and adopt more Algorithmic Accountability, researchers will need to expand our own legal information literacy with a better understanding of how each database compiles, categorizes, indexes, searches, and prioritizes the results.»

Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse: A Law Student's Perspective on Developing Legal Information Literacy

There were high expectations that some radical reforms would be suggested and perhaps adopted, maybe challenging the status quo, and perhaps including an emphasis on the importance of legal information literacy skills in the preparation of capable 21st century lawyers.

Members of a working group of BIALL, representing British and Irish law librarians, were interviewed by the reviewers, and along with two colleagues, I was given the opportunity to explain the role that the recently formulated Legal Information Literacy Standards could play in legal curriculum planning for the future.

We have subcommittees working on projects such as legal information literacy standards to help colleagues determine how best to train lawyers in a complex world.

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Therefore, as we go forward, in addition to teaching the key information literacy necessary for legal research, we need to make sure students are aware of their audience.

5) Training: An important aspect of what most law librarians do is to train their patrons on effective legal research and information literacy.

Tricia Kasting takes a crack at answering that question in her article Students Lack Legal Research and Information Literacy, Law.com (6/28/06).

Since 1999, Julie Mathews has served as the Executive Director of CLEO, an organization that provides legal rights information and education to communities across Ontario that face barriers to participating in the justice system due to low income, language, literacy, disability, isolation, and other disadvantages.

Via a post on the Legal Writing Prof blog, I'm reading an interesting paper, «Say Goodbye to the Books: Information Literacy as the New Legal Research Paradigm,» by Professors Ellie Margolis and Kristen Murray of Temple University.