Should the bar exam test prospective lawyers
on their legal research skills?
This is an in - depth instructor - led web course focusing
on legal research skills using Internet resources.
Not exact matches
Puneet Arora, an engaging physician who has studied at Indian and American universities and practiced medicine among America's underserved — and who currently is Amgen's director of clinical
research — appeared
on behalf of Immigration Voice, an organization of «
legal high -
skilled future Americans,» its Web site says.
With over twenty years of
legal experience as a Litigation Paralegal, Tish provides solid analytical and
research skills that focus
on business ethics for her clients.
Ideal candidates will have strong writing and analytical
skills, the ability to work within tight deadlines
on multiple projects simultaneously, exceptional
legal research skills, and a desire to learn about the nation's transportation industry.
The students were briefed about the institute and informed that it continues to walk the legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai and therefore keen
on training transformative leaders and change agents with a multidisciplinary practical knowledge
on resource economy, policy,
legal pluralism, community mobilization
skills and appropriate participatory approaches handy in assisting communities to sustainably utilize resources besides developing policy and generating
research data that would guide integrated environmental governance and management.
I had the opportunity to solidify my
legal and non-
legal research and writing
skills while working
on challenging, and in some cases unprecedented, arguments at the local, state, national, and international level.
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.
The second stage will focus
on practical
legal skills, such as writing,
research, interviewing and advocacy.
Tips focus
on ways to improve your
legal writing and
research skills, strategies for practice management, and the latest tools to up your tech game.
The letter expressed concern that the blog post in question sent «a message that
legal research and writing («LRW») courses are not rigorous, underestimates the ability of LRW faculty to comment
on students» cognitive
skills, harms students by discounting the valuable and thoughtful insight we have to offer about students seeking to transfer to Yale, and devalues LRW professors as a whole.»
Upon arrival, McCague Borlack's students participate in a multi-day comprehensive orientation, including computer
skills training, introduction to the firm's basic policies and procedures, and a series of seminars
on various substantive and practice matters including
legal research, docketing, file and practice management; and motions.
Discussions
on artificial intelligence and law seek to find the diminishing demarcation between the human - only part of lawyering (multi-disciplinary integration, especially regarding strategy; «reading» the client; emotional intelligence) and those lawyering
skills more efficiently accomplished by artificial intelligence (
legal pattern recognition
research for document and contract review).
And unless the real emphasis (by schools, students, and potential employers)
on legal research has also changed, the influence of mandatory
legal research courses is minimal, despite the real importance of the practical
skills they offer.
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.
Someone will need to teach
legal writing and
research (LRW); but what that LRW curriculum would look like, how it would be taught and by whom in an experientially - based law program focussing
on practice
skills hasn't yet been determined.
Legal skill at research is everyone's idea of a good, a rallying point for real collaboration on legal education between firms and facul
Legal skill at
research is everyone's idea of a good, a rallying point for real collaboration
on legal education between firms and facul
legal education between firms and faculties.
Doing so effectively calls for
research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic
legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence
on domestic databases to learn how to access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law
research requires much more emphasis
on statutes and scholarship than
on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American
legal analysis.58 While there have been significant advances in access to foreign and international
legal sources, there are still substantial barriers, 59 and the
research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark) from those that apply to domestic law.
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.
The time before second year is also a chance to build
on skills learned in the classroom, such as
legal research and writing.
For example, in the final decades of the twentieth century,
legal writing and «
skills» professors have occupied the cutting - edge in terms of integrating literary scholarship
on narrative and language into
legal research and scholarship.
Though I recognize the importance of strong
legal research skills, I strongly disagree with Hodnicki and other law librarians (including Clair Germain of Cornell Law, my alma mater) over the value of including a
legal research component
on the bar.
On a personal note, although it was pleasing to see reference to the importance of
legal research and digital literacy in recommendations no. 4.47 (p. 135) and no. 7.15 (p. 275) of the LETR report, the lack of hard recommendations for inclusion or exclusion of a range of newer essential
skills makes it seem for now that the LETR may be an opportunity lost.
The facts of particular issues that you are working
on may require further
research in a particular area, but that is where your
legal skills come in...
Being able to undertake
legal research, interview clients effectively, write clearly and concisely and communicate complex ideas verbally are all relevant
skills you are likely to draw
on.
Building
on our present
Legal Research & Writing program, which will remain, we shall introduce our students to a range of
skills including: talking to their clients, making a business arrangement with them, offering case - specific counselling and advice, coaching clients
on procedures and strategy, reviewing options and alternatives for problem - solving with them, supporting client self - help and self - care, talking to and negotiating with the other side (s), participating as advocates for clients in mediation and other settlement processes, and a variety of hearings processes.
Throughout this Article, the term «
legal writing» will be used as shorthand to refer to the required course (encompassing a two - semester course in the first year, and, increasingly, an additional semester in the second year, and sometimes, the third year) that covers written and oral communication, advocacy,
legal research, analysis, and depending
on the program, additional
skills.
Next week I will have the opportunity to join with a number of colleagues
on a panel to discuss with law school students the importance of
legal research and writing, largely in anticipation of them becoming lawyers
on graduation and needing to have certain
skills in order to excel in their profession (and I think it is great that this law school is making this kind of session available to students).
Ted Tjaden's post today
on «
Legal Research and Writing
Skills in Law School» could not have been more timely for me and my colleagues at the Bora Laskin Law Library.
I'm not really a good person to ask for suggestions
on how best to better teach
research and analysis
skills,
legal or otherwise.
Nada Khirdaji has an interesting piece
on her transition from
legal research skills in law school to
research skills in practice in CCH's law student monthly,
It serves its purpose of creating an ecosystem where tech and
legal professionals work together by providing support to the legaltech entrepreneurs to make their projects come true, promoting open innovation in law firms and institutions, organizing training sessions and workshops to foster tech and law
skills, and
researching and evangilazing
on the benefits of
legal innovation among companies, citizens and institutions.
Guides to
Legal Research Introduction to information
skills; Online tutorial in improving Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw Legal Research Directory Guide to Legal Research Case Law Research: a Guide Advanced Guide to Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to Legal Citation Guide to Searching and Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist Research Refreshe
skills; Online tutorial in improving
Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw Legal Research Directory Guide to Legal Research Case Law Research: a Guide Advanced Guide to Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to Legal Citation Guide to Searching and Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist Research Refreshe
Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw
Legal Research Directory Guide to
Legal Research Case Law
Research: a Guide Advanced Guide to
Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to
Legal Citation Guide to Searching and
Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist
Research Refresher 2005
She teaches
Legal Communication and
Research Skills and an upper - level writing course focusing
on effective client communications.
From proofreading and drafting documents to carrying out
legal research and attending meetings, our summer associates work
on projects that sharpen their key
legal skills.
As a member of the Miami Law faculty, she teaches
Legal Communication and Research Skills and upper - level courses on Guantánamo legal issues and advanced writing techni
Legal Communication and
Research Skills and upper - level courses
on Guantánamo
legal issues and advanced writing techni
legal issues and advanced writing techniques.
Employers love to see Law Review
on applicants» resumes and it is a great way to really hone your
legal research and writing
skills.
Emphasis in hiring is placed
on academic excellence,
legal research and writing
skills, general motivation, and work experience.
In Friday's episode of Law Librarian Conversations podcast, we talked with two social media - savvy third year law school students to get a dose of reality
on what they think about social networking, online communication,
legal research and practice
skills.
Major
skills:
Legal research and consulting; Common Law and Civil Law practice; Business Law practice (Including maritime and aviation law); Incorporation of companies in OHADA member states and in West Africa;
Legal assistance of corporate bodies in OHADA member States and in West Africa; Company secretary tasks;
Legal translation (French - English / English - French); Training of professionals in Business law practice and court procedures; Negotiation and drafting of business agreements; Debt recovery procedures; Filing of trademarks and patents at OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organisation) and related litigation; Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration); Leasing transactions; Drafting of Oil and Gas contracts; Advice
on commercial investments options;
Legal evaluation and management of projects.
The emphasis
on legal research and writing reflects the law school's commitment to training its graduates to be leaders in the profession by giving them the
skills they will need to analyze and solve complex problems.
Those that teach us
research skills and information a. Inter AliaTom's blog, where he focuses
on Internet
legal research and
legal technology topics.
Perhaps it is because they consider it beneath them, or they are embarrassed to admit to the their lack of expertise in this fundamental and essential
skill, but many is the time I have seen
legal research foisted off
on a poor
legal assistant.
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.
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Based
on our collection of resume samples in the field, essential job requirements are excellent
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research skills, counseling abilities, time management, customer service, and computer competences.
A well - written resume sample in the field should focus
on skills such as
legal knowledge, a willingness to learn new things, networking,
research abilities, and the ability to accept constructive feedback.
• Solid experience conducting
legal research • In - depth knowledge of drafting
legal documents • Hands -
on experience with trail preparations • Proficient in the use of MS Office applications • Capable of typing 60 WPM and taking accurate dictation • Excellent organizational
skills • Fluent in English and Spanish
The main emphasis of this certification is imparting education
on research skills in the
legal field.
Highlights Developed EPA presentation to help companies prevent violations Conducted
legal research on Virginia environmental issues Assistance with depositions and discovery Classes on issues such as impact of pesticides, air pollution, urban sprawl, food safety, water safety Sitting for [month, year] Virginia Bar Examination Excellent research and analytical skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and disco
legal research on Virginia environmental issues Assistance with depositions and discovery Classes on issues such as impact of pesticides, air pollution, urban sprawl, food safety, water safety Sitting for [month, year] Virginia Bar Examination Excellent research and analytical skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and di
research on Virginia environmental issues Assistance with depositions and discovery Classes
on issues such as impact of pesticides, air pollution, urban sprawl, food safety, water safety Sitting for [month, year] Virginia Bar Examination Excellent
research and analytical skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and di
research and analytical
skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience
Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and disco
Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and di
Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA
Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and discovery.