Our Student Trainings
In addition to our regular for-credit courses, the T&R Librarians are committed to offering regular, short (typically 30 minute) sessions that help students hone their research skills for success in law school and practice. This builds on and supplements what you learn during Law Practice in 1L year and the elective advanced legal research courses for 2Ls and 3Ls.
Our goal is to provide you with tips and skills that save you time and help you create a better work product. These sessions also give you the opportunity to connect with the librarians who are here to help you with ongoing and future research projects during the school year and over the summer.
We currently run two different series of workshops during the school year.
If you are starting a research assignment or need training on specific research topics or databases, the research librarians have developed resources to help. We have created 50 Research Guides on a range of legal research topics and offer a variety of live research training sessions throughout the academic year, along with on-demand trainings. Check out all of our upcoming T&R Live Trainings and available on-demand trainings below.
Upcoming Events
| Title: | Research Assistant Training |
| From: | 11:00am Monday, June 2, 2025 |
| To: | 12:00pm Monday, June 2, 2025 |
| Audiences: | Law School Students |
| Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
| Description: | This session will provide research assistants with an overview of the resources available through the BC Law Library that will support their work this summer. Topics covered will include how to request and borrow materials on behalf of a faculty member, searching the BC Library Catalog for books and articles and identifying and accessing relevant databases available through the Law Library and the University Libraries. The session will also provide information on how to schedule research consultations with Teaching & Research librarians and the other type of support they can provide. The session will be held via Zoom using this link: https://bccte.zoom.us/j/94143333614 |
| Title: | Research Assistant Training |
| From: | 1:00pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
| To: | 2:00pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
| Audiences: | Law School Students |
| Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
| Description: | This session will provide research assistants with an overview of the resources available through the BC Law Library that will support their work this summer. Topics covered will include how to request and borrow materials on behalf of a faculty member, searching the BC Library Catalog for books and articles and identifying and accessing relevant databases available through the Law Library and the University Libraries. The session will also provide information on how to schedule research consultations with Teaching & Research librarians and the other type of support they can provide. The session will be held via Zoom using this link: https://bccte.zoom.us/j/94143333614 |
| Title: | Research Assistant Training |
| From: | 11:00am Monday, June 9, 2025 |
| To: | 12:00pm Monday, June 9, 2025 |
| Audiences: | Law School Students |
| Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
| Description: | This session will provide research assistants with an overview of the resources available through the BC Law Library that will support their work this summer. Topics covered will include how to request and borrow materials on behalf of a faculty member, searching the BC Library Catalog for books and articles and identifying and accessing relevant databases available through the Law Library and the University Libraries. The session will also provide information on how to schedule research consultations with Teaching & Research librarians and the other type of support they can provide. The session will be held via Zoom using this link: https://bccte.zoom.us/j/94143333614 |
| Title: | Research Assistant Training |
| From: | 12:00pm Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
| To: | 1:00pm Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
| Audiences: | Law School Students |
| Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
| Description: | This session will provide research assistants with an overview of the resources available through the BC Law Library that will support their work this summer. Topics covered will include how to request and borrow materials on behalf of a faculty member, searching the BC Library Catalog for books and articles and identifying and accessing relevant databases available through the Law Library and the University Libraries. The session will also provide information on how to schedule research consultations with Teaching & Research librarians and the other type of support they can provide. The session will be held via Zoom using this link: https://bccte.zoom.us/j/94143333614 |
Suggestions and Requests
Do you have suggestions for future workshops? Would you like to schedule a customized training session for your study group or clinic colleagues? Shoot us an email at lawresearchhelp@bc.edu, and we’ll do our best to make it happen.