Legal Research and Sourcebook Committee

Committee Charge - Committee Members - Most Recent Report

2006 Legal Research Roundtable Results: Summary of the 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 Results: Summarizes 2005 Advanced Legal Research Roundtable, including attendees' suggestions for improving various aspects of ALR courses.
2002 Advanced Legal Research Survey Results: Covers how advanced legal research is taught (format, credits, by whom, with what technology, etc.).
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.
Print Citators: First Year Law Curriculum Instruction Chart: Covers whether law schools teach students how to use print citators.

Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research: Searchable compilation of syllabi, course materials, and research problems used in teaching introductory and advanced legal research.
Foreign and International Legal Research Syllabi and Class Materials Page: Compilation of syllabi, course materials, and research problems used in teaching foreign and international legal research. Viewable by subject or by author.
Akron Online Resource Portal: Search engine providing subject access to pathfinders and research guides from over 130 law schools and other institutions.
CALI's Legal Research Lessons Page: List of interactive legal research lessons provided by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Lessons open to CALI member schools only.
Librarians' Internet Index – General Reference: Links to high-quality sites for ready reference questions.
Librarians' Internet Index – Subject Categories: Links, arranged by subject, to high-quality sites for research on a wide range of topics.
Contents Pages from Law Reviews (Tarlton): Searchable database of tables of contents from more than 750 law reviews and other scholarly publications related to the law. Covers journals received in the past three months.
Most-Cited Legal Periodicals: U.S. and Selected Non-U.S.: Designed primarily for prospective authors, this database of citation rankings for legal periodicals can be sorted by subject, ranking, and other factors.

Reference Question of the Week (Boston College Law Library): Posts common questions and answers handled by an academic law librarian.
Inter Alia: An Internet Legal Research Weblog, Among Other Things: Posts useful sites and blogs for internet legal research, with short descriptions of each.
Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations Compiled by Bonnie Shucha, UW Law Library: Frequently-updated list of blogs from law librarians, law libraries, and law library associations.

Law Library Display Ideas: List of numerous possible law library displays, including notable trials, legal heroes, literature by lawyers, etc.; also includes detailed suggestions.