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Keeping Up With New Legal Titles: The Legal Research Manual With Video Modules, 2nd Ed., Christine Iaconeta Dulac
Keeping Up With New Legal Titles: The Legal Research Manual With Video Modules, 2nd Ed., Christine Iaconeta Dulac
Faculty Publications
The Legal Research Survival Manual with Video Modules, by Robert Berring and Michael Levy, is an eighty-seven-page book written in a conversational, informal tone, packed with all the information new legal researchers need to survive their early days in the law library. The book's intended audience are novice legal researchers, in particular first-year law students. The authors have filled the pages with sage advice but left out material novices are not likely to encounter during the first year of law school. The authors, with the help of two additional experts, have added twelve online videos readers can access for expanded …
Supporting And Promoting Scholarly Life In Turbulent Times, A. Benjamin Spencer
Supporting And Promoting Scholarly Life In Turbulent Times, A. Benjamin Spencer
Faculty Publications
One of the most important contributions a law school can make is to the development of the law through scholarly research. As one of the three pillars of being an academic-the other two being teaching and service-producing legal scholarship in one's respective area of expertise is an enterprise that nearly all law schools would like to support. However, during these challenging times for legal education arising from enrollment declines and the resultant adverse budgetary impacts, fully supporting legal scholarship can be particularly challenging. Having served as Associate Dean for Research I at Washington & Lee University School of Law ("W …
The Universe Of Thinkable Thoughts Versus The Facts Of Empirical Research, Joseph A. Custer
The Universe Of Thinkable Thoughts Versus The Facts Of Empirical Research, Joseph A. Custer
Faculty Publications
Mr. Custer considers the use of "literary warrant" as it affects the usefulness of the West Digest System, and reports on the results of a survey he conducted with both legal practitioners and law faculty. He concludes that the West Digest System has some viability, but it will need to extend its literary warrant to remain a player in today's legal culture.
Researching Initiatives And Referendums In Arkansas, Joseph A. Custer
Researching Initiatives And Referendums In Arkansas, Joseph A. Custer
Faculty Publications
This bibliographic essay and guide to researching Arkansas initiatives and referendums is intended to assist anyone interested in this vital subject.
Why Legal Research Training Is So Bad: A Response To Howland And Lewis, I. Trotter Hardy
Why Legal Research Training Is So Bad: A Response To Howland And Lewis, I. Trotter Hardy
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Project Clear's Paper Choice: A Hypertext System For Giving Advice About Legal Research, I. Trotter Hardy
Project Clear's Paper Choice: A Hypertext System For Giving Advice About Legal Research, I. Trotter Hardy
Faculty Publications
Project CLEAR-Computers in Legal Education: Assistance with Research-applies computer techniques to teaching and advising students about legal research. "Hypertext" is a software technique appropriate both for creating information structures that users can browse through, and for creating question-and-answer decision trees that provide specific advice to users. These two hypertext techniques have been put together in Project CLEAR's Paper Choice, a computer program that provides knowledge and gives advice to law students about legal research.