Law Librarianship as a Career
See also Education and Job Placement Resources, What's It Like to Be A Law Librarian?, and Law Librarianship by the Numbers 2008.
Articles about Law Librarianship
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Law Librarian, by David Lat (June 18, 2008)
Update to Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move, by Mary Whisner (Apr. 4, 2008)
Hiring (or not) the Distance Grad, by Charity S. Braceros (Mar. 2008)
Law Librarian, J.D. or not J.D.?, by Mary Whisner (winter 2008)
Thinking about Pursuing an MLS?, by Louis Abramovitz (fall 2007) (p. 15)
Law Librarian Finds Life Online Just Fine, by Meredith Hobbs (Oct. 11, 2007)
Embracing Intangible Law Libraries, by Alvin Podboy (July 6, 2007)
Is a J.D. Necessary for Law Librarians?, by George Butterfield (June 25, 2007)
Becoming a Law Librarian, by Charisse Dengler (last visited 12/7/06)
Opportunities for Law Librarians, from the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Spring 2006 Occupational Outlook Quarterly Grab Bag
A Win-Win Situation: The Benefits of Hosting Law Library Interns and Making Internships Easy to Find (PDF), by Simon Canick (November 2005)
Perspective: An Educational Wish List from the Private Sector (PDF), Craig Eastland (November 2005)
Law Librarianship in the Law School Curriculum (PDF), by Charles H. Oates (November 2005)
Getting Them Where We Live: Inspiring Interest in the Profession among Law Students (PDF), by Shannon Malcolm (April 2005)
A Day in the Life of an IP Librarian (PDF), by Hope Porter (Winter 2005) (p. 6)
Law Librarians as Educators and Role Models (PDF), by Recruitment Committee Member, James Milles (July 2004)
Propagating the Species: Will Librarians Go the Way of the Dodo Bird? (PDF), by Recruitment Committee Member, Christopher Vallandingham (February 2003)
Incredible Shrinking Library: Law librarians report having fewer books but more responsibilities. Overall, they say they like their jobs and their pay by Ashby Jones (AmLaw Tech, June 10, 2002)
How Goes the Law Librarian Job Market (PDF), by Paul Healey (March 2002)
Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move by Mary Whisner (LLRX.com, Aug. 2, 1999)
Articles about Librarianship Generally
Best Careers 2008: Librarian by Marty Nemko (U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 19, 2007)
A Hipper Crowd of Shushers by Kara Jesella (New York Times, July 8, 2007)
Curious? Like challenges? Consider being a librarian by Sarah Long (Chicago Daily Herald, May 28, 2002)
New Roles: A Librarian by Any Name by Linda W. Braun (Library Journal, Feb. 1, 2002)
Not an Endangered Career: Looking It Up (CNN.com, November 28, 2000)
Prison Librarians Needed: A challenging career for those with the right professional and human skills by Vibeke Lehmann (IFLAnet, June 7, 1999)
Websites and Blogs
Law Librarian Blog — a member of the Law Professor Blogs Network
Finding Your Way in the Information Age: The Many Roles of Law Librarians (PDF) — AALL
Special Librarianship — Special Libraries Association
Pursuing a Career as a Librarian — University of California, Santa Barbara
Careers in Special Librarianship — UNC Chapel Hill Special Libraries Association Student Division
Info*Nation: Choose a career in libraries
Career Planning — LIScareer.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook — U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
For More Information About Law Librarianship or the AALL Recruitment Committee, contact committee chair Sarah Mauldin.