LAS Training and Instruction Librarian’s Group - Practical prep for practice

Practical Prep for Practice

Equipping law students with the research skills to survive in the wild.

Charlotte Gill Head, Law Library and Research Librarian

Li Ka Shing Library

Singapore Management University

20th July 2012

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The Goal

The Challenge

Search & Rescue

Learning Pyramid

Library Orientation

In-Class Sessions

Research Consultatio

ns

Library Overview (Compulsory)Library Initiated

Course Related Research Librarian and Faculty Collaboration

Individual/ Small Group Facilitation

Subject or Topic RelatedResearch Librarian Initiated Thematic Sessions

Intro to basic legal research

Legal Research & Writing

Internship Prep Workshop

Survival Skills Boot Camp

Learning Lab

Practice Drill

Process

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Assessment

Observations

Legal Internship Research Toolkit

Tools

iPads & apps

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Our challenges

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What they loved…

Saving Lives

Let them fail

Taking it to the next level!

Couldn’t have done it without…

Joseph Kennedy Rajen Munoo Yuyun Wirawati Ishak Priyanka Sharma Janelle Chin Cheryl Ng Supreme Court Library SMU School of Law

You can find me at:

charlotteg@smu.edu.sg