Barbie et al
At the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library, we have held half
day Bridge the Gap programs during the summer for the last three years. In
addition, we conduct a research review for students before the end of
spring quarter.
Frank Houdek will be publishing an article about our program in a
forthcoming issue of Perspectives, along with a survey of such programs
written by Nancy Armstrong. I don't want to steal Frank's thunder so I
won't attach a copy of the full article here.
Several of the handouts we prepared for last year's BTG session are
available at the Gallagher Law Library website: lib.law.washington.edu:
Federal Legislative History
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/fedleghis.htm
Washington State Legislative History
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/waleghis.htm
Washington Practice Materials
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/waprac.htm
The director of the Career Planning and Public Services Center is a big
believer in the value of legal research training and we partner with that
office to design a program likely to fill in some of the research gaps
that students who will be clerking have. We increase our attendance by
offering a combination of research sessions with practical career
sessions. We help the students make the connection between good legal
research skills and their success as a summer associate and
their potential marketability
We also offer several simultaneous programs so that students can select
those programs that best meet their needs. We include some hands-on CALR
and web-based research classes and vendor representatives have been happy
to help out. We have invited not just the LEXIS-NEXIS and WESTLAW reps but
also their smaller competitors, including the Washington-State specific CD
Law and VersusLaw.
Last year, we offered the following programs:
Making the Most of Your Summer Job (with attorneys from the AG's office, a
law firm hiring partner, and legal counsel to the public schools)
Seconday Sources and Practice Materials
Managing a Research Assignment
Nonlegal Information
Legislative History: Washington and U.S.
Local Law Library Resources (with librarians from King County Law Library,
the U.S. Courts Library, and Gallagher Law Library)
Administrative Law Sources
Washington State Legal Materials
Electronic Legal Research
Catapulting Yourself into Your Next Job
For additional information, watch for the article by Mike Gotham and I in
an upcoming issue of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing.
Free subscriptions are available from West Publishing Co.
Cheryl
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Cheryl Rae Nyberg
Reference Librarian
Gallagher Law Library
lib.law.washington.edu
University of Washington
cnyberg@u.washington.edu
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Barbie Selby wrote:
> The Law Library at the University of Virginia is going to try hosting a 1/2
> day workshop for law students who will be Summer Associates with law firms.
> We have not done this before but realize that others have and want to
> steal as much from you as possible.
>
> I have two questions/requests for help:
>
> 1) Law firm librarians - What can we do to send you better prepared Summer
> Associates? We've already scheduled a law firm librarian to speak at our
> session. Having already heard her talk on this subject I know she will do
> a good job of giving them an idea of what they can expect and how to work
> well with the library staff, etc.
> What else should we cover or, at least, touch on? Pet peeves with Summer
> Associates? Something one of your Summer Associates did that made sense,
> but no one had done before? Simple things they could do that would make
> their life easier? Obvious stuff they should know but just don't seem to?
> Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> 2) Law School Librarians - I'd love to see what other law school
> libraries have done to help prepare their students who will be Summer
> Associates. I've got information from Wake Forest University and have
> looked around the on the web a bit. If you've got any handouts, web sites,
> schedules, ideas, etc. please send them to me.
>
> Attachments to email are fine. As is postal mail.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
>
> Barbie Selby
> Documents Librarian
> UVa School of Law
> 580 Massie Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22903-1789
> (804) 924-3504
> bselby@law1.law.virginia.edu
>
>
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