Recently print citator instruction has become a concern for legal research instructors. With the prevalence of electronic citators, those involved in instruction of legal research often wonder if print citator instruction is still pertinent.In the latter part of 2002, the ALL-SIS Legal Research Committee surveyed academic law libraries to determine whether law schools still provide instruction on how to use print citators. In response, the commitee learned that out of the 52 responding institutions, 13 no longer teach print citators. What follows are the specific responses from the responding institutions. For additional analysis and discussion of this topic, see Jennifer S. Murray, "Print Citator Instruction: What to Do?", 95 Law Library Journal 139 (2003).
| SCHOOL | Do you have print citator instruction? | Do you have online citator instruction? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama | Yes | Yes | |
| American University (Washington College of Law) | Yes | Yes | Online citators are emphasized. |
| University of Arizona | Yes | Yes | Print citators are still taught in that some legal writing instructors do go over print citators on their own. |
| Arizona State University | Yes | Yes | |
| Boston College | Yes | Yes | |
| Boston University | Yes | Yes | Because adjuncts teach legal research to students, the approach is not consistent, but some do teach print citators. |
| Brigham Young University | Yes | Yes | |
| Brooklyn Law School | No | No | Print citator was taught until 2002. |
| University at Buffalo | No | Yes | |
| UCLA | No | Yes | |
| Cardozo Yeshiva University | Yes | Yes | Only print materials are used first semester. |
| University of Chicago | No | Yes | Distributes "How to Shepardize" pamphlet. |
| University of Colorado-Boulder | Yes | Yes | |
| Columbia | Advanced legal research offers print citator instruction. Legal writing director could not be reached for comment regarding first year curriculum. | ||
| CUNY-Queens College | Yes | Yes | Print citator taught because many students go to public interest firms without online citator. |
| University of California- Davis | Yes | Yes | |
| Duke | Yes | Yes | |
| Emory University | Yes | Yes | First year students can only use print resources in the Fall semester. |
| Fordham University | Yes | Yes | |
| George Mason University | Yes | Yes | |
| George Washington University | Yes | Yes | |
| Georgia State University | No | Yes | Print citator was not taught for the first time in 2002. |
| Golden Gate University | Yes | Yes | |
| Harvard | No | Yes | Print citator is not taught due to online prevalence and logistics of teaching print citators to large numbers of students. |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | No | Yes | |
| University of Iowa | Yes | Yes | Students do not use electronic resources in Fall semester. For print citator instruction, each student attends 4 one-hour sessions, one of which is on Shepardizing. Uses the "Introduction to Shepardizing" video and hands-on exercises. |
| Loyola University Chicago | Yes | Yes | |
| University of Maryland | No | Yes | Print is not taught in both first year and advanced legal research. |
| University of Miami | Legal Research and Writing instructors teach research.They could not be reached for comment. The library offers mini-research classes if desired. | ||
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Yes | Yes | |
| University of Minnesota | Yes | Yes | Print citator instruction is streamlined as much as possible. |
| University of Mississippi | No | Yes | Legal Research and Writing instructors teach research. |
| New York Law School | Yes | Yes | |
| Northeastern University | Yes | Yes | Students are required to use print resources before they learn online resources, and students complete cooperative legal education where many students work in locations without online citators. |
| Northern Kentucky University (Chase) | Yes | Yes | |
| University of Notre Dame | Yes | Yes | One fifty minute class with one exercise is devoted to citators (both print and online). |
| Ohio State University | Yes | Yes | |
| Penn State University (Dickerson School of Law) | Yes | Yes | |
| University of Pittsburgh | No | Yes | |
| University of San Diego | No | Yes | |
| University of San Francisco | Yes | Yes | Emphasis is on online citators. |
| University of Southern California | Yes | Yes | |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Yes | Yes | |
| Stanford | No | Yes | Offers individual instruction on print citators at student's volition. |
| Stetson University | Yes | Yes | Students have expressed interest in learning print citators because online is not always an option. |
| Suffolk University | Yes | Yes | Survey of government attorneys listed most desired research skill as print Shepards. |
| Tulane University | Yes | Yes | Print citators taught only by some of the research instructors. |
| Valparaiso University | Yes | Yes | Students clerk in settings without access to online citator. |
| Vanderbilt University | Yes | Yes | |
| University of Washington | No | Yes | Elective classes offered to 2L & 3L cover print citators. |
| Washington University | No | Yes | |
| Widener University | Yes | Yes | |
| College of William and Mary | Yes | No |
Update 11/5/03
Compiled by Jennifer Murray – Jennifer.Murray@asu.edu