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Law Librarian

Practice Settings
Law Librarians are employed in a variety of setting, as follows:
Law Schools; Bar Associations & County Law Libraries; State Law Libraries & Federal Agencies; Law Firms; Lobbyists; Corporate Legal Counsel; Publishing; Legal Services Vendors (Litigation Support & Document Management); Law Professional Associations; Federal Courts of Appeals and State Supreme Courts…

Primary Responsibilities
Reference & Research (Legal and other disciplines including business, scientific and technical, medical, economics…); Collection Development; Bibliographic Instruction; Compilation of Legislative Histories; Organization of Information (external/internal); Records Management; Conflicts of Interest Management; Competitive Intelligence & Marketing; Litigation Support & Information Visualization.

Recommended Information Studies Electives *
Students should consult with their advisors to select electives that best support individual intellectual interests and career goals. The electives listed here are not meant to represent the complete listing of all relevant courses that a student may take within Information Studies, at other units on campus, or as part of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. In addition, the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium may offer College-approved courses that are relevant. The URL is http://www.wiseeducation.org/home_p-home.aspx, user name: md-student, password: test.


Course Number        Course Title
625                  Information Policy
735                  Legal Issues in Managing Information
680                  Principles of Records and Information Management
680                  Management of Electronic Records and Information
745                  Storytelling Materials and Techniques
737                  Seminar in Special Library and Information Center
703                  Field Study in Archives, Records & Information Management
650                  Information Access in Electronic Environments
766                  Access to Business Information
764                  Access to Legal Information (for those with JD as well as those w/o)
767                  Access to Federal Government Information
753                  Information Access in the Social Sciences
783                  Seminar in Technical Services
772                  Seminar in Organization of Knowledge
775                  Construction & Maintenance of Index Language & Thesauri
708G               Collection Development
793                  Database Design
790                  Building the Human-Computer Interface
792                  Introduction to Expert Systems

INFM
Course Number        Course Title
INFM 611                   Principles of Competitive Intelligence
INFM 731                   Environmental Scanning for Information Managers
INFM 713                   Writing RFPs and Evaluating Proposals
INFM 706                   Project Management
INFM 612                   Management of Information Programs & Services
INFM 708A                Seminar in Information for Decision Making
INFM                           Information, Intelligence & Security
INFM 719                   Independent Study
INFM 730                   Information Audits

* Students without work experience should seriously consider taking 703Field Study. Students with specialized research interest are encouraged to enroll in INFM 719 Independent Study. Students who are considering doctoral studies should take a Research Methods or course equivalent in other UM-CP colleges.

Professional Associations
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC)
Special Libraries Association (SLA) Legal Division
Association of Record Management Administrators (ARMA)
American Bar Association (ABA)
District of Columbia Bar Association**

** Associate memberships available of librarians without JD degree

Specialized Scholarships/Interest Free Loans
LLSDC
AALL
WestGroup
SLA-Legal Division

Key Geographic Areas for Employment
Washington, DC and all large US cities
Court Seats
State Capitals
London, Paris, & Brussels

Specialized Placement Services
InfoCurrent
Trak Legal Services
Axelroth & Associates

College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, Room 4105 Hornbake Bldg, South Wing, College Park, MD 20742 | (301) 405.2038