With over 630,000 volumes and volume equivalents (microforms), it is one of the largest
legal research libraries in the Southeast.
He is also Senior Editor of LawReader.com, an online
legal research library, which is used by over one thousand Kentucky lawyers and numerous County Law Libraries and Public Libraries.
Not exact matches
«The [internet archive] legislation has always been constructed for people who go into the
Legal Deposit
libraries — for the readers, with a capital R. It's an archive for preservation and for research,» further added Angela obviously referring to the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed
libraries — for the readers, with a capital R. It's an archive for preservation and for
research,» further added Angela obviously referring to the 2003
Legal Deposit
Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed
Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed material.
By this point in the term, our advanced
legal research and writing class has covered all the favourite usual suspects:
research plans,
research records and journals, secondary
research using
legal and
library databases, federal legislative
research, provincial legislative
research, primary
research using the big three, UK
research, US
research, and so on.
2lst century marketing and public awareness of authoritative information online (or any product / service) without user going to
legal aid (lots of people don't know what it is), not contacting a
library (a lot of people are bypassing
libraries for information
research) is a big problem in world where newspapers are increasingly fee - based, tv ads continue to be expensive and people no longer want paper snail mail.
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FastCase Fastcase is a powerful
legal research tool providing access to a free law
library incorporating case law for all 50 states and access to statutes for most states and the federal government.
With six dual JD - MLS professionals on staff (called
Research Attorneys), the library also has a place offering targeted instruction in substantive classes that require a paper, an undergraduate level course in legal research, and also a specialized course in administrative law research that parallels the substantive
Research Attorneys), the
library also has a place offering targeted instruction in substantive classes that require a paper, an undergraduate level course in
legal research, and also a specialized course in administrative law research that parallels the substantive
research, and also a specialized course in administrative law
research that parallels the substantive
research that parallels the substantive course.
You can also cut corners on your
legal research by using websites such as Google Scholar Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law lib
legal research by using websites such as Google Scholar
Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law lib
Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law
Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law
library.
Post coverage varies from
library announcements to current events to
legal research tips and tricks.»
A blog about all things academic law
libraries and
legal research.
Topics include
library holdings and events,
legal news,
legal history, and
legal research.
«We started this blog as a way to inform the College of Law community about key
legal - education,
research, practice, and law -
library news, including but not limited to items of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.»
Being the best at
legal research will continue to be a competitive advantage for law firms and law
libraries.
The authors of the
legal research textbooks and guides, and columns on
legal reference work in law
library publications.
Countless late nights in the university
library and years spent
researching and drafting documents as a trainee have finally accumulated to the point many strive for — that first job as a qualified
legal professional.
I asked the law
library director at the time about how I can answer some of the questions I got and he gave me a copy of
Legal Research in a Nutshell, and I was off and running.
More than just law practice management, your entire firm can access
legal research, e-Signature, expert witness profiles and build a pleadings
library.
«The Pace Law
Library,
library events,
legal writing and
research, online
legal resources, government documents, digital information, environmental law, courts and decisions, current news,
legal trends and more.»
Here are some suggestions as to how
legal professionals can use their public
library for both
legal research and business development:
Our associations are not restricted to
library management and collection and budgeting issues; we also discuss and teach and inform each other on the law,
legal systems,
legal research and sometimes even
legal gossip.
While all courthouse
libraries (if and when staffed) offer reference and
research assistance to local lawyers, including assistance in accessing and using free web and subscribed digital
legal research resources, not all are engaged in formal teaching efforts for their local bar.
The same could be true of the next generation of lawyers and their current
legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure of
legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid
research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many of them regard our
legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist
legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst of all — a trip to a print
library.7 Indeed, many of them are downright «mistrustful both of physical
libraries and of those who extol their virtues.»
Alberta Law
Libraries is a network of libraries with services and materials focused on legal materials and
Libraries is a network of
libraries with services and materials focused on legal materials and
libraries with services and materials focused on
legal materials and
research.
By contrast, the Internet has been aptly described as the world's largest
library with the «books» all over the floor.64 Of course, this is an alarming vision for those who embrace traditionalist
legal research theory.65 But can «traditional»
legal research, that which we associate with orderly
libraries and neat shelves of print digests, ever be relevant to the web - native law student?
Even as any number of other
legal research platforms have come along, what has continued to distinguish the big two are their
libraries of secondary
legal materials.
To celebrate publishing the first digital volume of
Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, the Board of Editors invited a distinguished group of librarians, textbook authors and research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new electronic technology has brought to legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
Legal Writing: The Journal of the
Legal Writing Institute, the Board of Editors invited a distinguished group of librarians, textbook authors and research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new electronic technology has brought to legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
Legal Writing Institute, the Board of Editors invited a distinguished group of librarians, textbook authors and
research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new electronic technology has brought to
legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
legal research,
libraries, publishing and teaching
legal rese
legal research.
At Alberta Law
Libraries, we are
legal information experts who can help you find resources and show you how to do
legal research.
Keep track of these sources, or some from another
library, and you'll be surprised how much additional
legal research knowledge you gain that will help you in school or at work.
We take the hard work out of
legal research so you can spend less time in the
library and more time handling your cases and clients.
The link above goes directly to the University of Calgary's Virtual Law Library, which includes information about: Legislation; Courts;
Legal Databases;
Legal Periodicals; Aboriginal Law; Human Rights; International Law; Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment; Trade and Commerce; Government Bodies; Law Reform Commissions; Reference Sources;
Research Guides; Selected Websites;
Legal Profession; Law for the Layperson; Law
Libraries; and Law Publishers.
All of this has, of course, got me excited and thinking even more about how these concepts should be applied to our work, whether it be administrating a law firm, a law
library, a law faculty, or teaching
legal research.
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This special
library experience then facilitated another move into course training development functions that called for sound
legal research skills that were closely tied to my law
library training, education and development.
Jean is director of
research services and
libraries at DLA Piper and it is probably fair to say that a good share of her readers work in law
libraries or
legal information services.
In consideration of the fact that no clear justification has been provided to substantiate the amount claimed and the fact that I regard
legal computerized
research, unless otherwise proven, as office overhead expense as it compares to the subscription services law firms
library had to maintain in the past and which were also considered office overhead, the disbursements claimed for electronic
legal research are not allowed.
If «experiential» means a greater emphasis on practical
legal knowledge and skills with the objective of preparing students for professional practice, perhaps an academic
research collection and the
library to hold it would not be needed.
Author: David Bilinsky is the practice management adviser and staff lawyer for the Law Society of British Columbia and also authors Thoughtful
Legal Management; Laura Calloway is director of the Practice Management Assistance Program at the Alabama State Bar; Shaunna Mireau manages the law
library at Field Law in Edmonton, Canada, and also authors Shaunna Mireau on Canadian
Legal Research; Dan Pinnington is director of practicePRO, a claims prevention initiative at the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Co. of Toronto and also contributes to «Avoid a Claim» Blog.
Although print law reports are proprietary, they are generally available for free in local Law Society or university
libraries (though not necessarily with minimal effort, especially for those in remote communities and those unfamiliar with the process of
legal research), whereas Lexis, Carswell, etc. generally are not.
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This finding comes out of
research performed by Susan Nevelow Mart, director of the law
library and associate professor at the University of Colorado Law School, where she teaches advanced
legal research and analysis and environmental
legal research.
Allan had come from an academic medical
library, and although he had taken online courses in
legal research, he felt he still had some gaps.
Panel on new tools for
legal research included Jake Heller, CEO of Casetext; Daniel Lewis, CEO of Ravel; Andrew Arruda, CEO of ROSS Intelligence; Susan Nevelow Mart,
library director at the University of Colorado Law School; and Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase.
Yes, the
legal research and writing faculty (who are often librarians) at your school has been using the law school
library as a practice laboratory to give students the real world skills they need.
The U.S. Department of Justice has developed an extensive and extremely useful
library of Internet
legal research materials, including a
research blog, according to Michael Ravnitzky, a lawyer and former colleague of mine at American Lawyer Media.
Here the real issue is the pain that comes with the loss of access to valued sources of
legal information by the
legal research community and from the loss of purpose that comes from law
libraries being unable to provide access to
legal information that is the reason for their existence.
Another recent example relates to disappearing Ontario government press releases and backgrounder papers, rightly identified by the then President of the Toronto Association of Law
Libraries in December 2003 as alarming due to its negative impact on
legal research and the public's right to access government information.
This blawg includes information about and links to Oregon
legal research resources, in addition to comments about cases, statutes, and interesting events in the world of
legal research and law
libraries.
Learn about new online self - help Resources including forms and additions to the Online Court Assistance Program, get
legal research tips, updates on new titles and new briefs added to our collection, and general
library news.
Because the
library's focus is
legal research and there are a limited number of computer terminals, Internet use for non-
legal research is limited to one hour per day per person.