Legal Research and Sourcebook Committee
Committee Charge - Committee Members - Most Recent Report
Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research
Searchable compilation of syllabi, course materials, and research problems used in teaching introductory and advanced legal research.
Legal Research Roundtables
- 2008 Legal Research Roundtable
- Summary of the 2008 AALL Legal Research Roundtable discussions, including Teaching Introductory Legal Research, "To Text or Not to Text," Effectively Integrating Legal Research Instruction with Legal Writing, Role of Information Literacy in Teaching Legal Research, Teaching Research to Foreign and LLM Students, and Teaching Advanced & Specialized Research.
- 2007 Legal Research Roundtable
- Not available.
- 2006 Legal Research Roundtable
- Summary of the 2006 AALL Legal Research Roundtable discussions, including Teaching Legal Research to Foreign and LLM Students, Using Instructional Technology in Teaching Legal Research, Teaching Introductory Legal Research, and Teaching Advanced and Specialized Legal Research.
- 2005 Advanced Legal Research Roundtable
- Summary of the 2005 AALL Advanced Legal Research Roundtable, including attendees' suggestions for improving various aspects of ALR courses.
ALL-SIS Legal Research Survey Results
- 2004 LexisNexis and Westlaw Instruction Survey (by ALL-SIS Relations with Online Vendors Committee)
- Covers how law schools teach LexisNexis and Westlaw, including whether it is taught by vendor representatives or librarians, and how much is taught.
- 2002 Advanced Legal Research Survey Results
- Covers how advanced legal research is taught (format, credits, by whom, with what technology, etc.).
ALL-SIS Legal Research and Sourcebook Committee Chair Handbook 2007
