I've compiled stats from the usc law students who worked in a legal
setting in the Summer of 1997. 27 students responded to the
questionnaire -- about a 10% response rate. This gives some idea what
information formats some law students work with in legal settings.
It would be intersting to know, from those of you in non-academic law
libraries, whether these results are approximately what you
would expect from law students working in your law library setting.
Selected major questions.
1. type of legal setting worked in:
14 law firm
6 judicial intern
1 in house counsel
1 directors guild
2 public interest
1 Atty General
1 District Atty
1 RA for law prof.
2. Were you required to perform much research?
20 often
1 seldom
6 moderate
3. Did most of your research require using books or computers?
7 mostly books
5 mostly computers
15 books and computers
4. Did you use a CD Rom product?
5 yes
16 no
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