Legal Research

What's It Like to Be A Law Librarian?

In preparation for the Women's Law Student Association (WLSA) Careers in Academia and in the Law School panel on Monday April 21 at 12:20 in Room 45, the law library provides the following resources for exploring law librarianship as a career.

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL): The Recruitment Committee has a number of resources on its website, including several profiles that highlight "a day in the life" of a law librarian (the above photo was the winning entry in a photo contest for "Day in the Life of the Law Library Community" in 2005, but keep in mind that most law librarians do not shelve books in stilettos!). The site also features several articles about issues in law librarianship, such as which academic degrees are necessary and what the future holds for the profession.

Want to know the future of the profession, by the numbers? Check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics job outlook for librarians.

What are law librarians thinking and talking about? Investigate some of the many blogs administered by law librarians. Or take a look at some recent AALL publications.

Want to hear about the profession first hand? Go to the law library and speak to a law librarian!

Full post as published by LexLibris on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).