Academic Libraries and the Crisis in Legal Education

Authors

Genevieve B. Tung, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

Today’s law schools are threatened by declining enrollments and poor job prospects for graduates. Prominent reformers are exposing dysfunctions within the current system and recommending improvements, but many of these proposals misunderstand academic law libraries and their contributions to student and faculty success. This article examines four possible curricular reforms and suggests ways that law librarians can participate in a comprehensive effort to make legal education more useful.

Keywords

Legal education & practice, curriculum, librarianship, research skills

Publication Citation

105 Law Lib. J. 275 (2014)

Repository Citation

Tung, Genevieve B., "Academic Libraries and the Crisis in Legal Education" (2014). Librarian Scholarship at Penn Carey Law. 7.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/librarian_scholarship/7