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How May We Help? Perspectives On Law Librarian Support Of Students In Law School Clinics, Virginia Neisler
How May We Help? Perspectives On Law Librarian Support Of Students In Law School Clinics, Virginia Neisler
AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
In the face of economic pressures and educational policy challenges, law schools nationwide have begun to shift away from doctrinal teaching toward practice-oriented instruction. Legal research instruction is also in flux, with research instructors and law librarians attempting to prepare students for real-world research. Law school clinics offer unique opportunities for law librarians to support students as they engage in real-world legal research. To explore the legal research skills required by clinical work as well as the research support and instruction students currently receive, interviews were conducted with 14 clinicians. The goal of this study is twofold. First, to identify …