Winning Papers, Open Division

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The Need for More Uniform and Consistently Rigorous Standards for Assessing Law Librarian Performance in Tenure and Continuous Appointment Policies (2010)

This article identifies various tenure tracks and performance standards currently used in awarding law librarians...

 

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A Defense of the Public Domain: A Scholarly Essay, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2009)

Much has been written for librarians about copyright law. Despite the importance of the public...

 

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A Working Lawyer's Life: The Letter Book of John Henry Senter 1879-1884 (2009)

Revised version of winning paper in 2005 Open Division competition.

Senter [1848-1916] was a...

 

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The Truthiness of Thinkable Thoughts versus the Facts of Empirical Research, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2009)

Daniel Dabney coined the phrase, “the universe of thinkable thoughts.” Bob Berring wrote that, “no...

 

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Discovering William Cook: Ten Resources for Reconstructing the Life of a Lawyer, Law Library Journal (2008)

Revised version of winning paper in 2007 Open Division competition.

Ms. Leary uses a case...

 

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Does Form Follow Function?: Academic Law Libraries' Ogranizational Structures for Collection Development (with Connie S. Lenz and Helen R. Wohl), Law Library Journal (2008)

Revised version of winning paper in 2007 Open Division competition.

While academic law libraries devote...

 

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Research in the Wild: CALR and the Role of Informal Apprenticeship in Attorney Training, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2008)

Much recent scholarship has posited that computer-assisted legal research (CALR) will fundamentally alter the manner...

 

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The Queen of Chula Vista: Stories of Self-Represented Litigants and a Call for Using the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor to Work with Them, Law Library Journal (2007)

Revised version of winning paper in 2006 Open Division competition.

Self-represented litigants who come...

 

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Go and Tell the World: Charles R. McCarthy and the Evolution of the Legislative Reference Library Movement, 1901-1917, Law Library Journal (2007)

Revised version of winning paper in 2006 Open Division competition.

Professor Healey describes the...

 

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Build It Right and They Will Come: The Librarian's Role in Library Construction, Law Library Journal (2006)

Revised version of winning paper in 2006 Open Division competition.

Professor Kelsh defines the...

 

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Paper vs. Electronic Sources for Law Review Cite Checking: Should Paper be the Gold Standard? (with Mary Rumsey and April Schwartz), Law Library Journal (2005)

Revised version of winning paper in 2004 Open Division competition.

Despite law students’ reliance on...

 

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The Database and the Fields of Law: Are There New Divisions of Labor?, Law Library Journal (2004)

Revised version of winning paper in 2003 Open Division competition.

Beyond their efficiency gains, there...

 

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American Indians and Law Libraries: Acknowledging the Third Sovereign, Law Library Journal (2002)

Revised version of winning paper in 2001 Open Division competition.

American Indian tribal governments...

 

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Irish Legal History: An Overview and Guide to the Sources, Law Library Journal (2001)

Revised version of winning paper in 1997 Open Division competition.

This bibliographic essay covers...

 

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One Step at a Time: The Research Value of Law Student Notebooks, Law Library Journal (1999)

Revised version of winning paper in 1998 Open Division competition.

Law student notes and...

 

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Redefining a Profession, Law Library Journal (1998)

Revised version of winning paper in 1998 Open Division competition.

Professor Danner examines the...

 

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An Impossible Task But Everybody Has To Do It--Teaching Legal Research in Law Schools, Law Library Journal (1997)

Revised version of winning paper in 1997 Open Division competition.

Although instruction in legal...

 

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The Reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Law Library Journal (1995)

Revised version of winning paper in 1995 Open Division competition.

The history of court...

 

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Wisconsin County Law Libraries: A Court Evaluation Project, Law Library Journal (1994)

Revised version of winning paper in 1994 Open Division competition.

Ms. Koslov surveyed county...

 

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Free to Be You and Me: Librarians and Freedom of Expression, Law Library Journal (1993)

Revised version of winning paper in 1993 Open Division competition.

Ms. Farmer suggests that...

 

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A Bibliometric Study of Texas Law Reviews, Law Library Journal (1993)

Brief summary of winning paper in 1992 Open Division competition.

A bibliometric approach was...

 

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A Poststructuralist Analysis of the Legal Research Process, Law Library Journal (1993)

Revised version of winning paper in 1992 Open Division competition.

Ms. Farmer describes the...

 

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The Law Review Symposium Issue: Community of Meaning of Reinscription of Hierarchy?, University of Colorado Law Review (1992)

Revised version of winning paper in 1992 Open Division competition.

Since publication of the...

 

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Opening a Window of Opportunity: The Library Staff as a Meaningful and Integrated Part of the Law School Community, Law Library Journal (1991)

Revised version of winning paper in 1990 Open Division competition.

Advances in information technology...

 

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Law Librarian? A Look at AALL Scholarship Recipients, 1967-1988, Law Library Journal (1991)

Revised version of winning paper in 1990 Open Division competition.

Mr. Duggan analyzes the...

 

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Linguistic Applications of LEXIS and WESTLAW, Jurimetrics (1990)

Revised version of winning paper in 1987 Open Division competition.

This article surveys some...

 

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Research Protocols in Reference Service: Informal Instruction in Law Firm Libraries, Law Library Journal (1990)

Revised version of winning paper in 1988 Open Division competition.

Traditionally, attorneys have acquired...

 

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Confidentiality of Library Records: A Survey of Problems, Policies, and Laws, Law Library Journal (1989)

Revised version of winning paper in 1988 Open Division competition.

In recent years, many...

 

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Bibliography of Books and Articles on International Commercial Arbitration, International Journal of Legal Information (1989)

Revised version of winning paper in 1990 Open Division competition.

This is a selected...

 

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Computers: Planning for Disaster, Law Library Journal (1989)

Revised version of winning paper in 1988 Open Division competition.

Ms. Drewes recommends ways...

 

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The Career Paths and Education of Current Academic Law Library Directors, Law Library Journal (1988)

Revised version of winning paper in 1987 Open Division competition.

Based on published biographical...

 

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Francois-Xavier Martin: Printer, Lawyer, Jurist, Law Library Journal (1988)

Revised version of winning paper in 1987 Open Division competition.

The early course of...

 

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Classified Information and Legal Research, Law Library Journal (1987)

Revised version of winning paper in 1986 Open Division competition.

Much U.S. Government information...

 

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Volume Count: A Survey of Practice and Opinion from Academic Law Libraries, Law Library Journal (1987)

Revised version of winning paper in 1986 Open Division competition.

Volume count is a...

 

Annuals and Surveys Appearing in Legal Periodicals: An Annotated Listing (1987)

Revised version of winning paper in 1986 Open Division competition.

The purpose of the book...

 

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The Most-Cited Law Review Articles, California Law Review (1985)

Revised version of winning paper in 1985 Open Division competition.

I present in this...

 

Winning Papers, New Members Division

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Citations to Wikipedia in Law Reviews (2010)

This paper adds to, and fills a gap in, the recent literature on the citation...

 

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Indexing and Full-Text Coverage of Law Review Articles in Non-Legal Databases: An Initial Study, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2009)

This study addresses a gap in the literature of library and information science by examining...

 

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Not Just Key Numbers and Keywords Anymore: How User Interface Design Affects Legal Research, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2008)

Legal research is one of the foundational skills for the practice of law. However, law...

 

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Schoolhouse Rock Is No Longer Enough: The Presidential Signing Statements Controversy And Its Implications for Library Professionals, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2008)

Presidential signing statements, a potent but previously little-discussed lawmaking device, have recently become the focus...

 

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Candy, Points and Highlighers: Why Librarians, Not Vendors, Should Teach CALR to First Year Law Students, Law Library Journal (2007)

Revised version of winning paper in 2007 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Nevers reconsiders the...

 

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Jewish Law for the Law Librarian, Law Library Journal (2006)

Revised version of winning paper in 2005 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Hollander provides an...

 

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The Circle of Life: Managing a Law Library Web Site Redesign Project, Law Library Journal (2003)

Revised version of winning paper in 2002 New Members Division competition.

In the great circle...

 

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Teacher, Coach, Cheerleader, and Judge: Promoting Learning through Learner-Centered Assessment, Law Library Journal (2002)

Revised version of winning paper in 2001 New Members Division competition.

Ms. Gerdy explores...

 

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“Unpublished” Opinions as the Bulk of the Iceberg: Publication Patterns in the Eighth and Tenth Circuits of the United States Courts of Appeals, Law Library Journal (2001)

Revised version of winning paper in 2001 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Mead examines...

 

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Better Search Engines for Law, Law Library Journal (2000)

Revised version of winning paper in 2000 New Members Division competition.

Ms. Barmakian compared fifteen...

 

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Law Libraries in Hyperspace: A Citation Analysis of World Wide Web Sites, Law Library Journal (2000)

Revised version of winning paper in 1999 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Vreeland suggests...

 

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Researching California Ballot Measures, Law Library Journal (1998)

Revised version of winning paper in 1997 New Members Division competition.

California ballot measure...

 

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How to Find the Law of the People's Republic of China: A Research Guide and Selective Annotated Bibliography, Law Library Journal (1996)

Revised version of winning paper in 1996 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Luo presents...

 

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Motivating Law Students to Develop Competent Legal Research Skills: Combating the Negative Findings of the Howland and Lewis Survey, Legal Reference Services Quarterly (1995)

Revised version of winning paper in 1995 New Members Division competition.

The results of a...

 

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Legal Databases, Legal Epistemology, and the Legal Order, Law Library Journal (1994)

Revised version of winning paper in 1994 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Pantaloni discusses...

 

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WESTLAW is Natural v. Boolean Searching: A Performance Study, Law Library Journal (1993)

Revised version of winning paper in 1993 Student Division competition.

Ms. Desert reports on...

 

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The Social Responsibility Movement Among Law Librarians: The Debate Revisited, Law Library Journal (1986)

Revised version of winning paper in 1985 New Members Division competition.

Mr. Torres reviews...

 

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The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full-Text Legal Document Retrieval, Law Library Journal (1986)

Revised version of winning paper in 1985 New Members Division competition.

Full-text computer-assisted research...

 

Winning Papers, Student Division

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Moving Past Web 2.0h! An Exploratory Study of Academic Law Libraries (2010)

Web 2.0 continues to be a popular topic within the library community. This article reports...

 

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What if Law Journal Citations Included Digital Object Identifiers?: A Snapshot of Major Law Journals (2010)

Prevailing citation practice in law journals is to use uniform resource locators (URLs) when citing...

 

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A Law Librarian's Guide to the Economic Crisis, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2009)

The purpose of the selective bibliography essay is threefold. First, the essay identifies resources that...

 

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The Law Librarian of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: A Figuration in Flux, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2009)

Through introspection of scholarly writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the author articulates the...

 

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Should Academic Law Libraries Continue to Participate in the Federal Depository Library Program?, AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers (2006)

With so much information available online, some academic law libraries are reconsidering their Federal Depository...

 

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Assessing the Influence of Computer-Asssisted Legal Research: A Study of California Supreme Court Opinions, Law Library Journal (2005)

Revised version of winning paper in 2004 Student Division competition.

Mr. Hellyer reviews the literature...

 

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"Baseless Hysteria": The Controversy between the U.S. Department of Justice and the American Library Association Regarding the USA PATRIOT Act, Law Library Journal (2005)

Revised version of winning paper in 2004 Student Division competition.

Ms. Coolidge examines the controversy...

 

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Thomas S. Dabagh and the Institutional Beginnings of the UCLA Law Library: A Cautionary Tale, Law Library Journal (2003)

Revised version of winning paper in 2002 Student Division competition.

Ms. Rastorfer tells the...

 

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Too Many Jobs, Too Few Job Seekers? A Study of Law Librarianship Job Data Samples 1989-1999, Law Library Journal (2001)

Revised version of winning paper in 2000 Student Division competition.

Ms. Tice describes the...

 

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Pursuing Fair Use, Law Libraries, and Electronic Reserves, Law Library Journal (2000)

Revised version of winning paper in 1999 Student Division competition.

Within the last few...

 

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Federal Initiatives to Promote Access to Electronic Government Information: The Impact on the Federal Depository Library Program, Law Library Journal (1999)

Revised version of winning paper in 1998 Student Division competition.

The Federal Depository Library...

 

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Chicken LIttle at the Reference Desk: The Myth of Librarian Liability, Law Library Journal (1995)

Revised version of winning paper in 1995 Student Division competition.

Mr. Healey explores a...

 

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One Piece of the Collection Development Puzzle: Issues in Drafting Format Selection Guidelines, Law Library Journal (1994)

Revised version of winning paper in 1994 Student Division competition.

New electronic formats have...

 

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Death and Rebirth of a National Information Policy: What We Had and What We Need, Law Library Journal (1993)

Revised version of winning paper in 1993 Student Division competition.

Ms. McLean traces the...