Category Archives: Career

The Year 2027: The Future of Academic Law Libraries/Librarians

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

by Sarah Gotschall I recently watched a June 2017 conference presentation by Tony Seba, a Stanford professor who studies technological disruption. To illustrate the shockingly quick disruption of horses, he compared a photo of 5th Avenue from 1900 with one from … Continue reading →

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Hindsight: Realizing the Importance of Legal Research

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

Despite what many law students thing, legal research & writing will be the single most important course in their law career Continue reading →

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The Fight to Bring Legal Research to the Front

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

by Brandon Wright Adler Last week I gave a lecture to the Advanced Legal Research course about the economics of legal research. Most of the students in this class are 3L’s and nearly ready to take on the legal world. … Continue reading →

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On Sabbaticals and Term-Limits

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

by Beau Steenken Today marks a beginning and an end for me. On the one hand, today is the first day of my first ever research sabbatical. (U.K. considers librarians to be 12-month faculty, so I’m splitting my sabbatical and … Continue reading →

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Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Supporting Librarian Scholarship within Your Institution

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

by Ashley Ahlbrand Librarians are many things: caretakers, teachers, guides, support.  These roles reflect the work that we do and the relationships we have with our patrons. Yet there is another role many of us fill, whether as a requirement … Continue reading →

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Do You Want it All?

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

by Dean Duane Strojny I want it all!  Okay, I am generally not that greedy, but there have been quite a few things in the library world that I have come across that either I want to physically have or … Continue reading →

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The Law Library & The Bar Exam

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

by Dean Duane Strojny Because of another blog posting forwarded to me recently, I am moved to discuss the bar exam and the role libraries could, should, and must play in the preparation of it. This is a critical time for … Continue reading →

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