The library faculty is available to teach in your class or seminar. Whether it is introducing students to the library’s resources, showing them how to get the most from Lexis and WestLaw, providing research guidance for papers and class projects, or introducing them to specialized databases and current awareness products, we are happy to assist you in developing students’ research skills by speaking in your class.
Class presentations typically last 30 minutes, but can be modified to fit your needs.
We are able to coordinate course reserves for all classes. We automatically place required textbooks for all required classes on reserve. If you would like to place books or other materials on reserve for an upper-level class, please fill out our Course Reserve Request form here.
Creating a new course, teaching a course for the first time, or coming back to teaching a subject after a long absence? The law librarians would be happy to work with you to identify relevant materials to help you and your students have the best experience possible.
Through the library, ONU faculty have access to CALI Lessons which are interactive tutorials designed to help law students improve their knowledge of legal concepts through a process of presenting a concept and then immediately testing them on it. CALI currently has over 1,000 tutorials in over 40 legal subjects. These lessons can be used for assessment by faculty or for student self-study.
CALI offers (1) Lessonlink for faculty and staff to see their students' results; (2) Lawdibles - 10 minute audio recordings, explaining difficult concepts; (3) Classcaster - podcasting and blogging platform; and (4) ELangdell for sharing teaching materials, and more.
For the CALI registration code, please contact law-reference@onu.edu.
Work with the law librarians to create a resource guide for your seminar or clinic. Browse the law library's extensive collection of guides to understand what is possible here.
The law librarians are available to introduce you to numerous course supplements. For example, through the library’s subscription to Westlaw and Lexis, you can forego paper supplements and instead utilize these online resources: (1) UCC & other uniform laws & model acts; (2) Federal Rules; (3) Flowcharts & toolkits. For help, contact the law librarians at law-reference@onu.edu.
Through the library, ONU faculty have access to West Academic which offers free access to electronic West casebooks. Go to https://faculty.westacademic.com/ and create an account, if you don’t already have one. Through this account, you will be able to read the casebook online and download/print a limited number of pages.
If you are looking for free casebook sources for your students, the law librarians can help introduce you to a number of resources. For example: