HITTING THE MARK? AALL LEGAL RESEARCH COMPETENCIES: FROM CLASSROOM TO PRACTICE

摘要

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)-through the support, expertise, and leadership of its members-has played a leading role in advocating for legal research standards and addressing the need for articulated competencies. The first of three AALL task forces assembled to create and promote legal research competencies was appointed in 2010. AALL has not been alone in its understanding of the need for legal research standards. The MacCrate Report from the ABA Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession, the Carnegie Report from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the "Boulder Statement on Legal Research Education" from the Boulder Conference, and finally the Report of the Outcome Measures Committee from the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar have all called for improvements in legal research abilities and for concrete measures of competency. Individual librarians and legal research programs have also annunciated competencies required in their courses or programs.