Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Publication Information
41 Rutgers Comput. & Tech. L.J. 31 (2015).
Abstract
From the Introduction
In this article, we contend that law professors should integrate the new next gen research tools into the law school skills curriculum, and we propose a set of teaching ideas for doing so without sacrificing precious class time. Making the latest next gen research tools a part of the skills classroom agenda advances current pedagogical goals: teaching law students information literacy (e.g., research strategy, context, and source evaluation); teaching metacognitive skills; preparing students for law practice; and exploring professionalism and ethics issues. In Part II, we define "next gen" for purposes of this article. In Part III, we provide an overview of the pedagogical goals that form the major focus of recent literature about teaching legal skills. In Part V, we give an overview of the newest next gen tools Ravel and Casetext and discuss how teaching these tools furthers those pedagogical goals. In Part V, we describe how, in our teaching and assessment pilot in a legal writing classroom, we introduced first-year law students to these tools. We provide post-exercise comments from students and offer ideas regarding how these tools may be integrated into future legal writing courses. In this article, the first to explore at length the teaching of the newest next gen research tools in the law school classroom, we aim to demonstrate that these tools provide an intriguing and exciting possibility for achieving the pedagogical goals of legal skills classrooms.
Recommended Citation
Katrina J. Lee, Susan Azyndar & Ingrid Mattson,
A New Era: Integrating Today's Next Gen Research Tools Ravel and Casetext in the Law School Classroom,
41 Rutgers Comput. & Tech. L.J. 31 (2015)..
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