Electronic Legal Research Training Unit at IALS library

Research Skills and Information Literacy Training for Legal Practitioners

IALS Library staff have a range of expertise and experience in providing legal research and information skills training. In addition to our programme of sessions for academic users, we are able to offer customised training sessions (such as full or half day events) to groups of legal practitioners by fee-based arrangement.

Session aims and opportunities

Explore legal materials on the Web
Consider issues of quality and relevance
Review examples of legislation, case reports, articles, and finding tools
Look at resources for different jurisdictions, international law and subject areas of law
Try exercises and get feedback

Sample programme (PDF)

Facilities at IALS

Teaching rooms, Electronic Legal Research Unit in the Library, Cafe Lex

Facilitators

Professor Avrom Sherr - IALS Director and Woolf Professor of Legal education
Jules Winterton - Associate Director and IALS Librarian
David Gee - Deputy Librarian and Academic Services Manager, IALS Library
Gerry Power - Access Librarian, IALS Library
Hester Swift - Foreign and International Law Librarian, IALS Library
Steve Whittle - Information Systems Manager, IALS Library

Please contact: David Gee, IALS Deputy Librarian and Academic Services Manager for further information and prices.