The Long and Winding Road: Developing an Online Research Curriculum

20 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 14 (2011)

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-79

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-79

Posted: 27 Sep 2012

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Jessica Lynn Wherry

Georgetown Law

Nicole Evans-Harris

George Washington University - Law School

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

In the realm of online research instruction, electronic research vendors (such as LexisNexis and Westlaw) play various roles in teaching and training law students. Some students take advantage of all free training opportunities, while others ignore even mandatory trainings assigned as supplemental course instruction through a first-year legal writing program. This article details the results of a cooperative initiative among a law professor, a librarian, and the Westlaw and LexisNexis academic account managers, designed to integrate online research instruction into the first-year curriculum. The multiple goals of the initiative included taking advantage of the vendors’ expertise and resources, reinforcing lessons taught in legal research courses, formalizing the online research instruction to all first-year students, and improving law students’ research skills.

Keywords: legal research, legal writing, teaching

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Wherry, Jessica Lynn and Evans-Harris, Nicole, The Long and Winding Road: Developing an Online Research Curriculum (2011). 20 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 14 (2011), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-79, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-79, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2153156

Jessica Lynn Wherry (Contact Author)

Georgetown Law ( email )

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Washington, DC 20001
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202-662-9528 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/wherry-jessica-l.cfm#

Nicole Evans-Harris

George Washington University - Law School ( email )

2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
United States

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