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Law Librarian
Practice Settings
Law Librarians are employed in a variety of setting, as follows:
Law Schools; Bar Associations & County Law Libraries; State Law Libraries & Federal Agencies; Law Firms; Lobbyists; Corporate Legal Counsel; Publishing; Legal Services Vendors (Litigation Support & Document Management); Law Professional Associations; Federal Courts of Appeals and State Supreme Courts…
Primary Responsibilities
Reference & Research (Legal and other disciplines including business, scientific and technical, medical, economics…); Collection Development; Bibliographic Instruction; Compilation of Legislative Histories; Organization of Information (external/internal); Records Management; Conflicts of Interest Management; Competitive Intelligence & Marketing; Litigation Support & Information Visualization.
Recommended CLIS Electives *
Students should consult with their advisors to select electives that best support individual intellectual interests and career goals. The electives listed here are not meant to represent the complete listing of all relevant courses that a student may take within CLIS, at other units on campus, or as part of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. In addition, the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium may offer CLIS-approved courses that are relevant. The URL is http://www.wiseeducation.org/home_p-home.aspx, user name: md-student, password: test.
LBSC
Course Number Course Title
LBSC 625 Information Policy
LBSC 735 Legal Issues in Managing Information
LBSC 680 Principles of Records and Information Management
LBSC 680 Management of Electronic Records and Information
LBSC 745 Storytelling Materials and Techniques
LBSC 737 Seminar in Special Library and Information Center
LBSC 703 Field Study in Archives, Records & Information Management
LBSC 650 Information Access in Electronic Environments
LBSC 766 Access to Business Information
LBSC 764 Access to Legal Information (for those with JD as well as those w/o)
LBSC 767 Access to Federal Government Information
LBSC 753 Information Access in the Social Sciences
LBSC 783 Seminar in Technical Services
LBSC 772 Seminar in Organization of Knowledge
LBSC 775 Construction & Maintenance of Index Language & Thesauri
LBSC 708G Collection Development
LBSC 793 Database Design
LBSC 790 Building the Human-Computer Interface
LBSC 792 Introduction to Expert Systems
INFM
Course Number Course Title
INFM 611 Principles of Competitive Intelligence
INFM 731 Environmental Scanning for Information Managers
INFM 713 Writing RFPs and Evaluating Proposals
INFM 706 Project Management
INFM 612 Management of Information Programs & Services
INFM 708A Seminar in Information for Decision Making
INFM Information, Intelligence & Security
INFM 719 Independent Study
INFM 730 Information Audits
* Students without work experience should seriously consider taking LBSC 703Field Study. Students with specialized research interest are encouraged to enroll in INFM 719 Independent Study. Students who are considering doctoral studies should take a Research Methods LBSC or course equivalent in other UM-CP colleges.
Professional Associations
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC)
Special Libraries Association (SLA) Legal Division
Association of Record Management Administrators (ARMA)
American Bar Association (ABA)
District of Columbia Bar Association**
** Associate memberships available of librarians without JD degree
Specialized Scholarships/Interest Free Loans
LLSDC
AALL
WestGroup
SLA-Legal Division
Key Geographic Areas for Employment
Washington, DC and all large US cities
Court Seats
State Capitals
London, Paris, & Brussels
Specialized Placement Services
InfoCurrent
Trak Legal Services
Axelroth & Associates
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