law std summer research experience

From: Albert Brecht (abrecht@law.usc.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 14:09:47 PST


i wanted to share with you the results of my annual survey of our
returning usc law students (now 2Ls and 3Ls) who worked in legal settings
in Summer '99. 42 students returned the questionnaire which is a better
return rate than i have had in some years.

results:

work setting

22 stds were in firms
 1 in-house counsel
 3 res. assts at usc ls
other: 4 public interest firm; 4 us dist ct; 2 ca superior ct; 1 st bar;
1 st ct; 1 cal ct app; 1 judge; 1bankruptcy ct; 1 post conviction project
at usc ls.

frequency of research:

62% often
7% seldom
31% moderate

Format of research sources used:

16% mostly books
29% mostly computers (1 said mostly cd roms; 1 said some books)
55% books and computers



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