Law Librarians Scholarship
Recent Submissions
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Leadership Recs
(AALL Spectrum, 2020)A collection of responses from four law library leaders answering the question, “What book would you recommend or wish you had read before taking on a leadership role?” Each author provides a brief recommendation of a book ... -
A Smarter Way to Make Early and Mid-Career Decisions
(AALL Spectrum, 2020)Provides guidance on some of the factors early and mid-career law librarians should consider when exploring their professional options. This articles encourages law librarians to set priorities, talk to mentors and peers, ... -
On Embracing the Research Conference
(Law Library Journal, 2019)One solution for curbing the frustrations many students feel during the research and writing process is for instructors to hold one-on-one research conferences with each student prior to writing. In these meetings, instructors ... -
Managing Career Success: The Philosophy of a Millennial Leader’s Role
(William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018)This book is not only important for Millennial librarians to have a base of literature from which they can draw information, guidance, or inspiration, it is also important for librarians from other generations to understand ... -
2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor
(Law Library Journal, 2018)Cognitive computing has the power to make legal research more efficient, but it does not eliminate the need to teach law students sound legal research process and strategy. Law librarians must also instruct on using ... -
You Can’t Write Without Research: The Role of Research Instruction in the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
(Florida Coastal Law Review, 2017)This article examines the role legal research instruction should play in the American Bar Association's upper-level writing requirement. It argues that, despite the importance that research plays in most types of writing ... -
Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society
(South Carolina Law Review, 2018)While law has generally been slow to adapt to technological change, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct amended the Duty of Competence language to include a Duty of Technology Competence. This duty requires lawyers ... -
The Need for Experiential Legal Research Education
(2016)With thirty-five percent of a new attorney’s time and over thirty percent of all attorneys’ time spent conducting legal research, law schools cannot produce practice-ready graduates without significant legal research ... -
Building an Open Source Institutional Repository at a Small Law School Library: Is it Realistic or Unattainable?
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How Did They Do It?: Time Management, Planning, and Technology: Tools of the Busy AALL President
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A Whole New World: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Becomes "A Field Unto Itself"
(AALL Spectrum, 2009-09)