NIU Law Review to Host Webinar on “Teaching Critical Approaches to Legal Research”

Teaching Critical Approaches to Legal Research
presented by the NIU Law Review

The Symposium will explore how societal power structures shape legal information and embed biases in legal research tools, and what cutting-edge legal research professors are doing to contend with this phenomenon.

Friday, January 20, 2023
12-2 pm CST
Register now via Zoom to join this free program.
CLE: 2 hours general credit (approval pending)

Agenda

11:50 am
Welcome & Introductions

12:00 – 12:30 pm
Nicholas Mignanelli, Yale Law School
Notes for a New Legal Research Pedagogy – presentation materials

12:30 – 1:00 pm
Courtney Selby, St. John’s University School of Law
Integration & Transformation: Incorporating Critical Information Literacy and Critical Legal Research into Advanced Legal Research Instruction – presentation materials

1:00 – 1:30 pm
Tanya Johnson, University of Connecticut School of Law
On Bringing Alternative Methods to Legal Research Instruction – presentation materials

1:30 – 2:00 pm
Q&A Panel discussion moderated by Yasmin Sokkar