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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

In addition, there are also legal research and writing DVDs 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 discussing effective teaching of 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):

  • Paul Figley, "Teaching Rule Synthesis with Real Cases" (2011) 61 J Legal Educ 245  (HeinOnline version)
  • Nancy P Johnson, "Should You Use a Textbook to Teach Legal Research?" (2011) 103 Law Libr J 415 (HeinOnline version)
  • David L Armond & Shawn G 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 Students 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 J Slinger & Rebecca M 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 D 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 C 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 P 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 A 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 K 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 T 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 M 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 L K 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 L 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

  • 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 S Anderson, "Incorporating Adult Learning Theory into Law School Classrooms: Small Steps Leading to Large Results" (2006) 5 Appalachian Law Journal 127 (HeinOnline version)
  • Paul S 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

  

Legal Research and Writing:
Third Edition

by Ted Tjaden

Softcover 422 pgs.
Published: June 2010
ISBN-13: 9781552211762

Purchase here
 
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