Sessions Information

  • January 5, 2013
    1:30 pm - 3:15 pm
    Session Type: AALS Committee Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside
    Room: Belle Chasse
    Floor: Third Floor

    Over the past 30 years, law libraries – including their services, collection development patterns, technological infrastructures, and organizational configurations – have changed dramatically in response to transformations in legal education. In the second decade of the 21st Century, change has not tapered off, but rather accelerated, in large part due to evolving faculty scholarly and curricular needs.  An increasing number of faculty are focusing on international and interdisciplinary research which goes far beyond traditional doctrinal law. Simultaneously, more faculty are engaged in scholarship that requires empirical research and statistical analysis.  In addition, current trends in curricular reform are leading institutions to invest more resources in professional skills courses and experiential learning.  Although law libraries remain the “intellectual heartland” of law schools, these developments have resulted in significant challenges and extraordinary opportunities for law librarians. Libraries are revitalizing themselves, if not reinventing themselves, to ensure that they are offering the wide array of services and resources needed by faculty and students.  Libraries also are embracing innovative staffing models and organizational structures that facilitate creative scholarship and visionary curricular reform throughout the larger institution.  The speakers and panelists  will discuss  current and emerging faculty research and curricular needs, and reflect on how law libraries  can best respond – through innovation, collaboration, and bold action – to the changing landscape of legal education.

Session Speakers
Duke University School of Law
Speaker

Tulane University Law School
Speaker

University of Minnesota Law School
Introduction

Yale Law School
Moderator

University of Colorado Law School
Speaker

Yale Law School
Speaker

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Introduction

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Speaker

Session Fees
  • 5310 Committee on Libraries and Technology: $0.00