But, is great
legal reference really about answering the question asked, or is it about the user being satisfied that they have been helped?
Not exact matches
And like Brenton observed in the quote at the beginning of this post (which by the way was in
reference to
legal education, not outside law firms although the same concept applies), the gap between what people at CLOC are doing, saying and advocating and what most outside law firms are
really doing is so broad, so vast and so deep, I'm starting to think it can never be bridged.
Malcolm Gladwell's great book about rapid cognition seems to align
really well with
legal reference work, especially when practiced by a team.
That being the case the Friday before Labour Day weekend is like New Year's Eve and my tradition for academic New Year's Eve is to take a look at the incoming class of law students to see what their mindset is and try to figure out how to relate to them (I dropped my Dragnet
reference with regards to
legal writing «just the facts» years ago, which was a shame because I
really liked that one).