The Boulder Statements on Legal Research Education

The Boulder Statements on Legal Research Education envision legal research education as an intellectual, analytical, and iterative process. The statements goal is to teach students to think strategically about their research processes, understand the sources they are using and why they are useful, analyze their results, and engage in continual adjustment of their strategy and evaluation of their results until reaching a resolution to the research problem. The pedagogy based on the statements is intended to emphasize the intellectual aspect of legal research and its pivotal place in legal education. The book encompasses a growing understanding among legal research educators on the application of Boulder Statements principles to legal research education. Templates are included for lesson planning, and provide guidance for legal research faculty who wish to use the Boulder Statements pedagogy. This book is essential for those who see legal research education as fundamental to legal education.