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Survey of Lawyers at Major Law Firms, Use of Law School Libraries

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    Report

  • April 2023
  • Region: Global
  • Primary Research Group
  • ID: 5780739

This study looks at the incidence, frequency, and type of use of law school libraries by lawyers from major law firms. The report helps its readers to answer questions such as: how many and which lawyers use their old law school library’s online assets? How many use their old law school library’s print resources? How many actually visit law school libraries? Who uses law school libraries at law schools that they did not previously attend? For which resources do lawyers at major firms use law school libraries? How often are they using these resources?

Just a few of this report’s many findings are:

  • 18.54% of female lawyers in the sample had used the online collections of their old law school library while working for their law firm.
  • Lawyers who attended less prestigious law schools were more likely than those who attended more prestigious schools to seek out their old law school library. 

Data in the reports is based on a survey of 229 lawyers from major law firms in the United States, predominantly firms with more than 500 lawyers. Data in the report is broken down by legal field or specialty, gender, work title, ranking of law school attended, and size of the law firm.

 

Table of Contents

THE QUESTIONNAIRE
  • Characteristics of the sample
  • Institutional Affiliations of the Survey Participants
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
  • Post Graduate Use of the Online Collection of the Law School Library
  • Post Graduate Use of the Print Collection of the Law School Library
  • Use of Libraries of Law Schools Other than the One Attended by the Respondent
  • Post Graduate Use of the Law School Library Over the Past Two Years
  • Number of Times Respondents Have Used Their Old Law School Library Since Graduation
  • Uses of the Law School Library
List of Tables
Table 1 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following?
Table 1.1.1 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library
Table 1.1.2 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by legal field
Table 1.1.3 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.1.4 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.1.5 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by size of law firm
Table 1.1.6 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by work title
Table 1.1.7 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by political views
Table 1.1.8 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Online Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by assessment of law school or legal education
Table 1.2.1 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library
Table 1.2.2 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by legal field
Table 1.2.3 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.2.4 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.2.5 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by size of law firm
Table 1.2.6 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by work title
Table 1.2.7 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by political views
Table 1.2.8 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Print Collections of your Law School Library Broken out by assessment of law school or legal education
Table 1.3.1 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended
Table 1.3.2 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by legal field
Table 1.3.3 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.3.4 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.3.5 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by size of law firm
Table 1.3.6 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by work title
Table 1.3.7 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by political views
Table 1.3.8 Since you graduated have you ever used any of the following? Law School libraries other than the law school you attended Broken out by assessment of law school or legal education
Table 2.1 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research?
Table 2.2 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by legal field
Table 2.3 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.4 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.5 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by size of law firm
Table 2.6 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by work title
Table 2.7 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by political views
Table 2.8 Over the past two years have you used a law school library for legal research? Broken out by assessment of law school or legal education
Table 3.1 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school?
Table 3.2 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by legal field
Table 3.3 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.4 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.5 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by size of law firm
Table 3.6 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by work title
Table 3.7 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by political views
Table 3.8 As a rough estimate, how many times have you used the resources of your old law school library (either in person or online) since you graduated from law school? Broken out by assessment of law school or legal education
If you use your old law school library, what do you generally use it for?

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