Integrating AI into First-Year Research as Part of the Process, Not The Process
One of the recurring challenges in teaching legal research is helping students understand that the law is simultaneously uniform and jurisdiction-specific. Nowhere is that tension more apparent than in negligence law. Nearly every first-year law student learns the familiar elements (duty, breach,
I have noticed an increase in reference questions that ask me, as an information specialist, to evaluate the quality and accuracy of artificial intelligence output. I do not think this is inherently a bad thing. However, I will admit that I do not find it the most fulfilling form of research.
Checking the output of
Guest post by Julie Tedjeske Crane, Professor of Legal Research and Law Librarian, Penn State Dickinson Law
In an earlier post, Stephanie Grace argued against AI bans and warned that they can harm students. I see the value in that view. But other perspectives have merit, and many issues surrounding technology in the classroom
The other night, I had a dream that I was taking the bar exam. I was in a noisy auditorium alternating between playing board games and answering questions. Midway through the exam, I lost the ability to read and had to hold the written (?!?) exam up to my face. It was only then that
Guest post by Susan Nevelow Mart, Tom O’Brien, Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Julie Graves Krishnaswami, Nicholas Mignanelli, and Nicholas F. Stump
Susan Nevelow Mart
We wanted to become comic book characters because comics are a proven way to deliver complex material in a much more compact and engaging format than traditional law review articles. Most law
Nowadays, with so many ways to entertain yourself – with social media, idly scrolling through the news on our phones, or streaming shows – it may be easy to forget to read for fun. A NPR podcast episode titled, “Books vs. Brain Rot: Why It’s So Hard to Read,” from 2025 states that a Gallup
Guest post by Ben Doherty (they/them), Head of Library Instruction and Research Librarian at the University of Virginia Law Library
The People’s Law Library of Maryland (PLL) has served as a vital bridge between complex legal systems and the public for nearly three decades. What began in 1996 as a focused project on family law has evolved into a comprehensive, award-winning resource that serves over 2.1 million pageviews annually to users across Maryland, the United States, and the world.
Over the last several years, AI has become pervasive, both in our daily lives and in our work as law librarians. In my personal and work life, I find AI to be helpful sometimes, but I use it less than some of my peers, and certainly less than most of the students I have taught.
Efficiency is one of the main selling points for new AI-powered tools, but efficiency is oftentimes the result of the AI tool and invisible human labor. This post looks at some of the ways law librarians are performing this often invisible labor and creating an illusion of efficiency for primary users.
First, I want to