WestBlog.net has a link up to the video interview featuring West Key Author Arthur Miller. This video was shown at AALL as part of the West town hall on legal research skills. They blogged about that event in a previous post. Definitely worth a look!
They broke the 14 minute interview with Miller in half, into two video clips:
Arthur Miller (Part 1): Legal research and writing training at law schools
Arthur Miller (Part 2): The “starting point” for legal research and use of technology for it.
Showing posts with label research skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research skills. Show all posts
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Recent report on Information Obesity Touches on Legal Research
A recent report issued by Harvard and LexisNexis concludes:
"A large majority of lawyers perceive critical gaps between what they are taught in law schools and the skills they need in the workplace, and appropriate technologies are not being used to help close this gap. This was the core conclusion of a new study by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, in partnership with LexisNexis."
"A large majority of lawyers perceive critical gaps between what they are taught in law schools and the skills they need in the workplace, and appropriate technologies are not being used to help close this gap. This was the core conclusion of a new study by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, in partnership with LexisNexis."
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Computers and the Law
I think we were discussing this subject recently - how Westlaw, Lexis and other online resources are changing the way lawyers research and understand the law. I haven't read it yet, but will soon!
McKenzie, Elizabeth and Vaughn, Susan, "PCs and CALR: Changing the Way Lawyers Think" (February 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=969078
McKenzie, Elizabeth and Vaughn, Susan, "PCs and CALR: Changing the Way Lawyers Think" (February 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=969078
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Boolean Search Training Materials for Lexis/Westlaw
Over at ZiefBrief, our USF Law Library blog, I've uploaded all of our training materials for the mandatory first-year session we do on creating a good terms & connectors search.
Everything can be downloaded from the post Better Boolean Searching on Lexis and Westlaw - Sample Training Documents.
Amy or I can answer any questions you might have about how this training works in practice.
Everything can be downloaded from the post Better Boolean Searching on Lexis and Westlaw - Sample Training Documents.
Amy or I can answer any questions you might have about how this training works in practice.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Cross-Border Perspectives
It sounds like our colleagues in Canada are seeing the same issues with new attorneys that we are seeing, and are looking at some of the same ways to address them, if this article from the Canadian Lawyer is anything to go by:
Beyond the Online: there’s more to legal research than sitting at a computer
Law Librarian Survey
I'll bring the 2007 NOCALL, LLAGNY and LLSDC librarian survey on research skills to the meeting. I don't have it as an electronic document.
Susan
Susan
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