We must now be mindful to make audience part
of legal research instruction as well.
Not exact matches
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and
instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and
instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and
instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and
instruction.
Instead
of guiding principles, I came up with a list
of things I found important to remind myself
of during
legal research instruction.
I've just emerged from a few weeks
of first - year law student
legal research instruction.
The law school's Tarlton Law Library convened the conference, Teaching the Teachers: Effective
Instruction in
Legal Research, largely in response to the National Conference of Bar Examiners» announcement last year that it would explore an add - on to the bar exam that would test legal - research sk
Legal Research, largely in response to the National Conference of Bar Examiners» announcement last year that it would explore an add - on to the bar exam that would test legal - research
Research, largely in response to the National Conference
of Bar Examiners» announcement last year that it would explore an add - on to the bar exam that would test
legal - research sk
legal -
researchresearch skills.
To many students,
legal research is sort
of the broccoli and spinach
of first - year law school courses, and
research instruction tutorials come at a time when they're beginning to feel the weight
of their workload.
Chicago - Kent College
of Law, for example, has been experimenting with digital casebooks since the 1990s.160 Other professors argue that reading in digital format is inevitable.161 In general, those who call for more integration
of technology into
legal education suggest, besides digital textbooks, the use
of online course management; use
of listservs, blogs, and email to facilitate collaboration and communication outside
of class; and the use
of video - based
instruction and electronic
legal research aids.
Legal research instruction can no longer be tied to specific technology, be that «old» technology like books or whatever version of commercial legal research services are currently avail
Legal research instruction can no longer be tied to specific technology, be that «old» technology like books or whatever version
of commercial
legal research services are currently avail
legal research services are currently available.
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.»
Whether or not we completely abandon bibliographic
research instruction, there will always be a gap between the «old» and «new» or current way
of doing
legal research.
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.
Diane Edelman and other innovative LRW scholars have argued that these current and anticipated changes in
legal practice support the development
of a more global focus in LRW
instruction.39 If lawyers must be skilled at incorporating transnational
legal matters into their work, they must also be able to engage in
research on foreign and international
legal issues, to incorporate the results
of that
research into their
legal reasoning, and to communicate effectively in writing about transnational
legal questions.
Those
of us who carry out
legal research or provide
legal research instruction as a regular part
of our livelihoods or occupations often think
of legal research in what I think
of as a more traditional context: the private law firms,... [more]
In defence
of LRW
instruction in law schools, at least from the point
of view
of law librarians, I should point out that we work at universities, and as such we have to make sure our students know how to do academic
research and writing, as well as how to do practical
legal research and writing — something colleagues in the rest
of the university libraries do not have to contend with, unless they also work in professional schools.
[a] non-profit consortium
of law schools that
researches and develops computer - mediated
legal instruction and supports institutions and individuals using technology and distance learning in
legal education.
2013) This textbook covers such
legal documents as jury
instructions, statutes, email, and opinion letters, but only alludes to public
legal writing in the chapter on «Scholarly Articles and Other
Research Papers,» suggesting that research work may take the form of «an informative report explaining an area of law to a firm's client [or] an update on a change in law for an agency newsletter
Research Papers,» suggesting that
research work may take the form of «an informative report explaining an area of law to a firm's client [or] an update on a change in law for an agency newsletter
research work may take the form
of «an informative report explaining an area
of law to a firm's client [or] an update on a change in law for an agency newsletter.»
Legal research and writing and the
instruction of these — which,
of course, involves the library and librarians — were certainly given their fair due.
Shawn Nevers Shawn G. Nevers teaches
legal research and is head
of reference services and
research instruction at the Howard W. Hunter Law Library at Brigham Young University.
«[T] echnology is particularly well suited for
legal education, and especially for
legal research and writing
instruction, because the nature
of law practice is becoming increasingly technical.»
Criticisms
of part - time programs continued through the 1950s and 1960s, and some scholars questioned the viability
of certain
instruction in part - time programs due to concerns about the ability
of part - time programs to teach students
legal research and writing in addition to questions about whether these programs provided adequate seminars for students.42 These critics essentially argued that evening programs were not capable
of preparing students under ««modern conditions.
J. 575, 578 (2011)(suggesting that «law librarians with recent practice experience» can «draw on their experience in a contemporary
legal research practice setting to enhance their instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the Future Role of the Profession in Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
legal research practice setting to enhance their instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the Future Role of the Profession in Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (200
research practice setting to enhance their
instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the Future Role
of the Profession in
Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (200
Research Education, 27
Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-
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As noted in the American Association
of Law Libraries Access to Justice White Paper,
legal research instruction has always been core to academic librarianship.
In this light, forward - thinking law schools and law firms should be contemplating the future roles
of legal research,
legal research instruction and law libraries in their organizations, curricula and training.
Those
of us who carry out
legal research or provide
legal research instruction as a regular part
of our livelihoods or occupations often think
of legal research in what I think
of as a more traditional context: the private law firms, the corporate
legal department, the government (i.e., justice departments), the courts (i.e., by court counsel and students / clerks), the law school (by or for students and professors).
The
Research Instruction and Patron Services (RIPS) division
of the American Association
of Law Libraries has just released its 19th Annual National
Legal Research Teach - In Kit.
The duties and responsibilities
of this position include, but are not limited to, the following functions, which are not listed in any particular order
of significance: • Teach one or two sections
of Legal Research and Writing per semester, which includes providing classroom
instruction, timely written feedback on assignments, and individual academic counseling on progress towards course learning objectives.
Conducts
research on
legal issues and creates strategies for pursuing cases under the
instructions of the attorneys
• Wrote and edited contracts as per
instructions • Managed drafting
of legal letters • Developed and implemented policies for contract indexing process • Managed signatures on contracts • Managed contractual
research process
Skills Excellent communication... Thinking Clerical Experience
Legal / general
research MS Office Efficient multi - tasker Editing and proofreading... material under the
instruction of professor.