181 ABA Journal Law Libraries articles.
Dec 15, 2020 11:30 AM CST
Parsing 6.7 million federal and state cases and 12 billion words, a new tool allows the public to explore the use of language over 360 years of caselaw.
Released Wednesday,…
Jun 20, 2019 11:57 AM CDT
Law librarians have recognized rapid technological shifts in their profession and, as a result, plan to focus on new skills for the future, according to data released Tuesday by the American Association of Law Libraries.
Apr 16, 2019 10:00 AM CDT
Book research shouldn’t be superseded by online research. Yet university libraries are unloading millions of unread volumes.
May 1, 2018 1:20 AM CDT
Mar 9, 2018 3:50 PM CST
The National Law Journal announced on Thursday that it is introducing a monthly, glossy magazine that will enhance its daily online stories.
The announcement means that the National Law Journal…
Mar 31, 2017 7:00 AM CDT
The Recorder, a San Francisco-based legal publication published by ALM, is switching to an all-digital format.
The Recorder’s weekly print newspaper will no longer be published, according to a
Sarah Glassmeyer
Sep 22, 2016 8:30 AM CDT
Most people see librarians as the quiet personification of technical obsolescence. Jean O’Grady is out to change that.
Far from sitting in a dusty room full of outdated books and…
Sep 14, 2016 8:30 AM CDT
The Harvard Law School library has approximately 40 million pages of case law, which is currently being digitized and scanned so the public can view it for free.
It’s the…
Aug 30, 2016 1:15 PM CDT
From municipalities to the White House, governments are launching open data projects—but the judicial branch is falling behind.
Such was the opening, frustrated message of “Public Service Legal Technology…
Mar 17, 2016 4:30 PM CDT It is stunning how quickly technological advances become a ‘natural’ part of our landscape. In the mid 1990s, Richard Susskind was being labeled “dangerous” and “possibly insane.” His heresy?…
Mar 10, 2016 8:30 AM CST An ABA committee has voted to recommend the adoption of a tougher but simpler bar passage requirement in the law school accreditation standards. Under the proposed new standard (PDF),…
Feb 16, 2016 3:25 PM CST Suffolk University Law School has found a use for some unused space in its law library. Legal outsourcing company Integreon will create an office there and pay students to work…
Jan 27, 2016 6:15 AM CST A former law librarian at South Texas College of Law is suing the Houston school for alleged racial and gender discrimination. Joseph Kelly Plumbar, who is black, claims that three…
Jan 25, 2016 3:20 PM CSTJob-killing legal technologies? They only look that way
ABA committee recommends tougher, simpler bar passage accreditation standard
Outsourcing company will open office in law school library
Former law librarian sues Texas school, alleging racial, gender discrimination
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