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Teaching Legal Research and Writing
This
page sets out the following resources on teaching
legal research and writing (LRW):
1)
LRW online video tutorials [top]
For visual
learners, there are a number of online video
tutorials talking about legal research and writing
or explaining how to use a particular database:
General LRW Video Tutorials
Vendor-specific Video
Tutorials (A to Z)
In addition, the
following legal research and writing DVD is
available for purchase:
2)
LRW journals, newsletters and selected articles [top]
There are a number of journals
that often include articles on legal research and
writing:
There are also a number of
newsletters focusing on legal research and
writing:
In addition, there is no lack
of journal literature on teaching legal research
and writing. Set out below is a selected list of
recent articles (for a list of some of the older,
classic journals articles on LRW, see the articles
in note 1 in Chapter 1 of
my book):
- Sarah Sutherland, "Exploration of Attributes
Associated With User Behaviour in Online Legal
Research" (2020) 45:2 Can. L. Libr. Rev. 10.
- Jonathan De Vries, "Legal Research, Legal
Reasoning and Precedent in Canada in the Digital
Age" (Feb. 2018) 48 Adv. Q. 1.
- Svetlana Kochkina, "Teaching Legal Research and
Government / Legal Information: Yes, We Do It, But
How?" (2018) 43:3 Can. L. Libr. Rev. 9.
- Guillaume Laganière, "Beyond the Textbook:
Assessing the Value of Scholarship in
Undergraduate Legal Education" (2017) 48 Ottawa L. Rev. 391.
- Benjamin Alarie et al., "Computational Legal
Research and the Advocates of the Future" (Winter
2017) 36:3 Adv. Soc. J. 12.
- Mark Gannage, "Who Cares About Legal Research?
An Update" (Nov. 2015) Toronto L.J. (Online).
- Patrick Meyer, "Law Firm
Legal Research Requirements and the Legal
Academy: Beyond Carnegie" (2014) 35
Whittier L Rev 419 (HeinOnline
version).
- Patricia Morgan, "Stop Me
If You've Heard this Before: Transitions in
Teaching Legal Research" (Sept/Oct 2014) 19 AALL Spectrum 21.
- Bryan Garner, "Stop Before
You Hit Send: Why It's Crucial to Report Your
Research Intelligibly" (September 2014) 2014 ABA Journal 24.
- Paul Figley, "Teaching Rule
Synthesis with Real Cases" (2011) 61 J Legal
Educ 245 (here).
- Nancy Johnson, "Should You
Use a Textbook to Teach Legal Research?" (2011)
103 Law Libr J 415 (HeinOnline
version).
- David Armond & Shawn
Nevers, "The Practitioners' Council: Connecting
Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal
Research Practice" (2011) 103 Law Libr J 575 (HeinOnline
version).
- Dennis Kim-Prieto, "The
Road Not Yet Taken: How Law Student Information
Literacy Standards Address Identified Issues in
Legal Research Education and Training" (2011)
103 Law Libr J 605 (HeinOnline
version).
- Sarah Valentine, "Legal
Research as a Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat for
St.udents and Law Schools" (2010) 39 U Balt L
Rev 173 (HeinOnline
version)
- John Eaton, "Teaching Legal
Research in Canadian Law Schools: Are We Meeting
the Needs of the Profession?" (2010) 10 Leg Info
Man 98.
- Michael Slinger &
Rebecca Slinger, "The Law Librarian's Role in
the Scholarly Enterprise: Historical Development
of the Librarian/Research Partnership in
American Law Schools" (2010) 39 J Law & Educ
387 (HeinOnline
version).
- Agustin Parise, "The 13
Steps of Successful Academic Legal Research"
(2010) 38 Int'l J Legal Info 1 (HeinOnline
version).
- Volume 28: Legal
Reference Services Quarterly: Special
Edition:
- Barbara Bintliff, "Legal
Research: MacCrate's 'Fundamental Lawyering
Skill' Missing in Action" (2009) 28 Legal Ref
Serv Q 1 (available
here by subscription).
- Michael Chiorazzi &
Shaun Esposito, "Commentaries on Hicks'
'Teaching Legal Bibliography' (with an
addendum by Robert Berring)" (2009) 28 Legal
Ref Serv Q 9 (available
here by subscription).
- Paul Callister, "Thinking
Like a Research Expert: Schemata for Teaching
Complex Problem-Solving Skills" (2009) 28
Legal Ref Serv Q 31 (available
here by subscription).
- Robert Berring &
Kathleen Vanden Heuvel, "Teaching Advanced
Legal Research: Philosophy and Context" (2009)
28 Legal Ref Serv Q 53 (available
here by subscription).
- Kris Gilliland, "A
Motivational Perspective on First-Year Legal
Research Instruction" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv
Q 63 (available
here by subscription).
- Nancy Johnson, "Best
Practices: What First-Year Law Students Should
Learn in a Legal Research Class" (2009) 28
Legal Ref Serv Q 77 (available
here by subscription).
- Christopher Knott, "On
Teaching Advanced Legal Research" (2009) 28
Legal Ref Serv Q 101 (available
here by subscription).
- Mary Rumsey, "The Skills
They Need: International and Foreign Legal
Research" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv Q 133
(available
here by subscription).
- Victoria Trotta &
Beth DiFelice, "State-Specific Legal Research
Instruction: Curricular Stepchild or Core
Competency?" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv Q 151
(available
here by subscription).
- Allen Moye, "Best
Practices in Teaching Legal Research Tubs,
Buckets, and a Variety of Lumber: Developing a
Strategic Approach to Legal Research" (2009)
28 Legal Ref Serv Q 181 (available
here by subscription).
- Simon Canick, "Assessment
and Technique Legal Research Assessment"
(2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv Q 201 (available
here by subscription.
- Susan Phillips, "'Like
Sands Through the Hourglass ... ' How to
Develop a Good Legal Research Problem" (2009)
28 Legal Ref Serv Q 219 (available
here by subscription).
- Susan Herrick & Sara
Kelley Burriesci, "Teaching Legal Research
Online" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv Q 239
(available
here by subscription).
- Richard Leiter,
"Certification and Bar Exam Teaching Who Gets
to Be the Expert? Legal Research Skills
Certification in Legal Education" (2009) 28
Legal Ref Serv Q 271 (available
here by subscription).
- Steven Barkan et al,
"Testing for Research Competency on the Bar
Exam: The Next Steps" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv
Q 281 (available
here by subscription).
- Jill Brooks, "Great
Expectations: New Associates' Research Skills
from Law School to Law Firm" (2009) 28 Legal
Ref Serv Q 291 (available
here by subscription).
- Duncan Alford, "The
Development of the Skills Curriculum in Law
Schools: Lessons for Directors of Academic Law
Libraries" (2009) 28 Legal Ref Serv Q 301
(available
here by subscription).
- Sabrina Sondhi, "Should We
Care If the Case Digest Disappears? A
Retrospective Analysis and the Future of Legal
Research Instruction" (2008) 27 Legal Reference
Serv Q 263 (online
here by subscription).
- Nolan Wright, "Standing at
the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the
Future Role of the Profession in Legal Research
Education" (2008) 27 Legal Reference Serv Q 305
(online
here by subscription).
- Nancy McCormack &
Michael Silverstein, "Is Taxonomy Dead? Some
Observations on Teaching and Learning How to do
Legal Research in Canada at the Start of the
21st Century" (2007) Can Legal Educ Ann Rev 145.
- Natasha McLeod, "Designing
a Legal Research Course for Graduate Students:
Notes from a Recent Grad" (2007) 32 Can L Libr
Rev 217 (HeinOnline
version).
- Diane Murley, "Innovative
Instructional Methods" (2007) 26 Legal Reference
Serv Q 171 (online
here by subscription).
3)
LRW associations and blogs [top]
Set out below is
a list of selected LRW associations and blogs:
Associations
4)
LRW teaching
resources [top]
This section sets
out a relatively arbitrary, selected set of
resources on teaching legal research and writing
(and on teaching more generally):
Legal Research Instruction
Teaching Millennials
- Marjorie Crawford,
"Bridging the Gap Between Legal Education and
Practice
Changes to the Way Legal Research is Taught to a
New Generation of Students" (April 2008) 12 AALL Spectrum 10.
- Ian Gallacher,
"'Forty-Two:' A Hitchhikers Guide to Teaching
Legal Research to the Google Generation" (2006)
39 Akron Law Review 151 (HeinOnline
Version).
Adult Learning
- Linda Anderson,
"Incorporating Adult Learning Theory into Law
School Classrooms: Small Steps Leading to Large
Results" (2006) 5 Appalachian Law Journal 127 (HeinOnline
version).
- Paul Ferber, "Adult
Learning Theory and Simulations – Designing
Simulations to Educate Lawyers" (2002) 9
Clinical L Rev 417 (HeinOnline
version).
- Fran Quigley, "Seizing the
Disorienting Moment: Adult Learning Theory and
the Teaching of Social Justice in Law School
Clinics" (1995) 2 Clinical L Rev 37 (HeinOnline
version).
Teaching Software /
Technology
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Legal
Research and Writing:
4th Edition
by
Ted Tjaden
Softcover 512
pgs.
Published: January 2016
ISBNs:
Paperback: 978-1-55221-414-5
e-book: 978-1-55221-415-2
Purchase
here
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