Robert Berring Notes Changes in Legal Research

Slaw, October 31, 2011 by Robert Berring
http://www.slaw.ca/2011/10/31/legal-research-training%E2%80%99s-end/

In the 1980s many law students had never used a computer. As the databases took over, the class morphed. LEXIS and WESTLAW became the standard source of research for the students. Personal computers became ubiquitous. Laptops and smart phones soon followed. The Internet pushed us further. Now Google and Wikipedia rule the land.