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"Information Is Cheap, But Meaning Is Expensive": Building Analytical Skill Into Legal Research Instruction, Yasmin Sokkar Harker
"Information Is Cheap, But Meaning Is Expensive": Building Analytical Skill Into Legal Research Instruction, Yasmin Sokkar Harker
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Law students and new attorneys must have well-developed analytical skills in order to find information that is pertinent to their legal problems and to become competent legal researchers in today’s information-rich environment. Law librarians and legal research instructors can help develop students’ analytical skills by asking them to participate in activities that encourage metacognition about processes that are critical to information seeking.
A View From The Flip Side: Using The “Inverted Classroom” To Enhance The Legal Information Literacy Of The International Ll.M. Student, Catherine A. Lemmer
A View From The Flip Side: Using The “Inverted Classroom” To Enhance The Legal Information Literacy Of The International Ll.M. Student, Catherine A. Lemmer
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International students enrolled in LL.M. programs in U.S. law schools come with a wide variety of legal experience. As part of their introduction to U.S. law, students take a legal research course to prepare them to competently undertake the research necessary to complete a master’s thesis and to perform legal research in clinics, internships, externships, and U.S. law firms and legal departments. This article argues that the “flipped” classroom pedagogical model is a better method for developing legal information literacy in international LL.M. students than the traditional classroom model. In support of this, it presents the author’s experiences in implementing …