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Bridging the Gap Between University and Practice: Findings from a Study on Legal Research Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2019

David Hand  and
Matthew Terrell
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Abstract

Legal research is an important aspect of the legal profession and is something that students will learn how to conduct during their education. David Hand and Matthew Terrell describe a research project, conducted by Justis, a vLex company, which has identified that the teaching of legal research is highly variable across universities, who broadly adopt one of three models. At individual universities, students are not always aware of the legal research platforms to which their university may subscribe. These are factors which can have an impact on student confidence in conducting legal research and may contribute to the level of additional support that students seek. To address these issues, this research suggests the possibility of a standardised approach to legal research teaching.

Keywords

legal educationlegal researchskills traininguniversities
Type
Current Interests
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2019 , pp. 131 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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Footnotes

1 ‘Setting Standards: The Future of Legal Services Education and Training in England and Wales’ (2013) http://www.letr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/LETR-Report.pdf last accessed 11 July 2019.

2 Ibid, p44.

3 Ibid, p275.