Mastodawn

Preparing for a discussion next week on using law supplier RAG-infused AI for legal research. Lexis "Protege" insists on providing results in an indented, ordered list of 1, b, 3. When asked to update those 3 items, it returns a new list (still 1, b, 3 instead of 1, 2, 3) omitting one original case and adding in a new one. One challenge will be getting past this very basic fragility in how results are presented. #LawLibraries #AI

David Whelan Aug 8, 2025

Preparing to teach legal research and writing for the first time in awhile. I'm not a Bluebook fan but, with a new edition, updated my tab system from the last edition I used heavily and upped my color game! The system is a money spinner for elite law schools. So glad to see Illinois' lenient citation approach. I'm hoping to help shift students to the free Indigo Book (https://indigobook.github.io/) and plug public domain citation formats.

#Lawyers #LawLibraries #AccessToJustice

Nonilex May 12, 2025

Statement from American Association of #LawLibraries (#AALL) on the firings of
#LibrarianOfCongress Dr. Carla Hayden & #RegisterOfCopyrights Shira Perlmutter.

#libraries #law #racism #sexism #idiocracy #Trump

instantiatethis Oct 9, 2024

What if all #libraries folks took off for a day? #publiclibraries stop being childcare & tech support. #academiclibraries have faculty negotiate with publishers for research journals. Lawyers do their LexisNexis searches w/o #lawlibraries & doctors conduct systematic reviews on treatment efficacy w/o #medicallibraries help. Tech engineers do patent searches because #corporatelibraries are empty. All of this and more. What about a week?
Would #library professions deserve reasonable wages then?

EveryLibrary May 24, 2024

You'd be surprised at some of the research that law librarians do for their patrons.

#business #research #medical #lawlibraries #lawlibrarian
https://ow.ly/sflW50RU0Gc

BoydstonLaw Mar 27, 2024

A recap of RECAP - Federal Docket Research with RECAP Archive.

@bigcases @flp @ai_cases
@bankr_cases #LawFedi #LegalTech #LegalResearch #LawLibraries #Law

https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/unlocking-federal-court-documents-docket-research-with-recap/

Unlocking Federal Court Documents: Docket Research with RECAP

I recently had the pleasure of teaching Legal Research Fundamentals for the Litigator to second and third-year law students. The course focused on research tools and resources used in litigation. D…

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