As close as it gets at U Washington for required research is the
one-two hour lecture in a 2L or 3L substantive class. The Reference
Librarians now regularly do research lectures in Labor Law, Employment
Law, Immigration Law, International Commercial Law and Tax. This is the
first step to truly integrating research into the curriculum (sort of like
trying to integrate professional responsibility pervasively into the
curriculum without a separate course, but a good start!). If the faculty
in these courses would then follow up with an assignment really requiring
research - so much the better.
I would love to see required research all three years! And I
would not join with a writing requirement as I think the writing gets top
billing and the research short shrift.
Penny A. Hazelton 1100 N.E. Campus Parkway, JB-20
Law Librarian and Seattle, WA 98105
Professor of Law (206) 543-4089
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library e-mail: pennyh@u.washington.edu
University of Washington School of Law FAX: (206) 685-2165
On Mon, 10 May 1993 MJENSEN@charlie.usd.edu wrote:
> This isn't quite the question I posed. I want to know how many schools
> have some for of REQUIRED research training after the first year. While
> optional courses are good, I think a large majority of the students tend
> not to take them. Perhaps what I am asking is how many schools integrate
> research into the curriculum after the first year.
>
> Mary Brandt Jensen
> MJENSEN@CHARLIE.USD.EDU
>
> ----------------------------original message------------------------
> From: "Frank G. Houdek" <HOUDEK@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU>
>
> FROM: Frank G. Houdek
> Thanks to Mary Jensen for posing a good follow-up question to the one I
> originally presented about teaching research to 1Ls. Mary wants to know how
> many schools have a course in research after the first year. While not
> entirely responsive to her question, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jan. 1993) of
> Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing does contain an article by
> Penny Hazelton entitled "Advanced Legal Research Courses: An Update." Penny
> lists 88 schools with some type of program.
>
> Frank G. Houdek, Law Library Director************(618) 453-8788
> School of Law Library**********************FAX: (618) 453-8728
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