Introducing and Integrating Free Internet Legal Research Into Classroom

The Global financial crisis has been discouraging legal researchers and practitioners from accessing high-cost databases such as Westlaw and Lexis. On the other hand, internet legal research provides great benefits to researchers in that it is free or less expensive than Westlaw and Lexis. The necessity of teaching law students internet legal research skills is imminent.
In this session, the cons and pros of internet legal research will be discussed along with the effective ways of approaching and evaluating internet legal resources. Additionally, a garden variety of authoritative internet legal resources for different primary and secondary sources will be introduced.
 

Presenters:
Jootaek(Juice) Lee
Reference/Internal Instructional Services Librarian
University of Miami School of Law Library
Tel: 305-284-3419
Fax:  305-284-3554
E-mail: jlee1@law.miami.edu
 
Kumar Percy Jayasuria
Associate Law Librarian for Patron Services
Georgetown Law Library
Tel: 202.662.9151
E-mail:kumarj@law.georgetown.edu