This webinar will focus on how law schools can better prepare students for practice. The presenters will discuss key findings from Bloomberg Law’s survey on law school preparedness, highlighting opportunities for law school innovation, and share data-driven suggestions that can help law school faculty and staff better reach their students.

Major discussions will cover: common resources that law students use for their research, resources that are perceived as the most helpful for law students, program and course participation among law students, life experiences that impacted law school selection and debt, characteristics that successful attorneys are perceived to exhibit, and other related subjects.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law librarians, law students, early career lawyers, law school faculty and staff

TAKEAWAYS:

Attendees should leave this webinar feeling more informed about law school preparedness with a better understanding of:

1. The research paths and methods used by students as well as those that are perceived as most effective;
   
2. The impact that life experiences have on law school choice and student debt loads; and
   
3. The gaps between the skills and knowledge students gain in law school versus the skills and knowledge they need as attorneys.
   

SPEAKERS:

• Molly Huie, Bloomberg Law
• Francis Boustany, Bloomberg Law

COORDINATOR:

• Claire Marvaso, Bloomberg Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Information Management, Teaching + Training

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

Molly Huie, Team Lead for Data, Legal Analytics, and Business, Bloomberg Law

Huie is the team lead for data, legal analytics, and business, leading the data team in research design, custom surveys, statistics, and data science as well as the legal markets team in drafting legal operations and legal technology pieces and practical guidance. Previously, she worked for Forrester Research managing global, syndicated surveys, primarily in the financial space. Huie received her BA from Butler University and her MS from the State University of New York (SUNY).

Francis Boustany, Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law 

Boustany is a legal analyst on the Corporate Analysis team, focusing on labor and employment law. In previous roles, he served as a management consultant and a director of advisory services, focusing on labor and employment law compliance, employee relations, process improvement, and technology implementation and adoption. He received his BA from Louisiana State University (LSU) in mass communication, his MA from Louisiana Tech University in industrial/organizational ssychology, and his JD from LSU.