by Paul Riermaier & Genevieve Tung In February 2024, ten Penn Carey Law students presented original scholarly research to an audience of their peers and law school faculty and staff. This event, the inaugural Biddle Student Scholarship Luncheon Series, brought ..read more

While the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library (TMSLL) primarily functions as a resource to attorneys, pro se litigants, and members of the Judiciary, the Library also houses a plethora of treasures in its special collections room. The Chief Judge Robert ..read more

With the fall semester in full swing, I’ve been coming down with a bad case of the Sunday scaries. It’s that feeling of anxiety and dread that comes when you think about the week ahead, typically on a Sunday, as ..read more

After spending an entire summer recuperating at home from foot surgery, I made it back to campus the day before we began teaching legal research to the Class of 2027. I’m teaching two sections this Fall, and the students are ..read more

As I wrote about in a previous post, this year I’ve made some big changes to how I teach our 1L Research Methods in Law course. After seeing the success that a few of my colleagues had with revamping the ..read more

It’s that time of year again—1L season—and I’m once more diving into teaching Introduction to Legal Research. I’m comfortable creating presentations in PowerPoint, and I’ve enjoyed exploring the assortment of online templates I discovered last year. However, I’ve learned that ..read more

Why are legal documents so often written in convoluted and incomprehensible language that the general public and even lawyers, sometimes, can’t understand? Recent cognitive science research tries to answer this question. Previous studies demonstrated that legal documents appear to be ..read more

This fall, I will teach my third semester of Advanced Legal Research at Cardozo School of Law. With the support of the library, I have learned a great deal about how to teach effectively over the past year. They gave ..read more

An episode of the podcast Hidden Brain explored the psychological concept of humility and its impact on an individual’s outlook and their interpersonal relationships. The podcast made me think about humility’s presence in law librarianship. As a service-oriented profession, law ..read more

This is a shameless plug. Next Monday, July 22nd at the AALL conference, I’m moderating a program on how to balance your law library career with caregiving responsibilities called: Enough! The Empowerment Myth for Working Parents Is Not Working: Strategies for Work-Life Balance as a Law Librarian. Work/life balance is an evergreen topic and many of us who work fully expect at some point in our career to provide care for someone in our family.  In my case, family is why I work and I freely admit that if I could choose my job I would be rescuing sea turtles rather than tracking down city or ..read more