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Category Archives: Access to Justice
Teaching Free and Low-Cost Legal Research
Teaching librarians are routinely tasked with instructing on how to use subscription databases. This is true in both undergraduate and graduate settings, but something I try to keep in mind when I’m teaching legal research is what will my students … Continue reading
Guest Post: Thoughts on Teaching Critical Information Literacy and Thinking Outside the Box*
by Latia Ward, Research Librarian, University of Virginia School of Law Using generative and extractive artificial intelligence (AI) tools in research is an effective way to help students develop critical information literacy skills. Extractive AI is an algorithm (a step-by-step … Continue reading
Access to Justice, AI, and the Legacy of Wheaton v. Peters
Since the decision in Wheaton v. Peters, it has been settled law that U.S. legal information is “free” in the sense that it is not subject to copyright protection. In Wheaton, the U.S. Supreme Court held that judges do not … Continue reading
Legal Research for the People
As research and reference librarians, we all need to take our audience into consideration when delivering written information. Academic librarians may need to provide more context and explanation when writing a reference email to a first-year law student than they … Continue reading
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Analyze This
I work with data on the daily. Numbers and order have always appealed to me, so a position focused on scholarly metrics is a natural fit. Previously, this was a niche interest I would bore others with at conference cocktail … Continue reading
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