IALS Library runs a number of free training sessions that all IALS Library academic members (student or teaching staff) are welcome to attend. In Autumn 2020, all training sessions will be held online. See our online training faq for more details.
The autumn training programme is designed to introduce you to the library and its resources and to give you the opportunity to learn about some of the key databases for legal research. We encourage all new students to attend the Westlaw and Lexis Library sessions, the Introduction to OSCOLA and any others that are relevant to your research.
Anyone who is an IALS Library academic member can take part in spring training, regardless of affiliation or level of study. Teaching staff and visiting fellows are also very welcome to attend all of our sessions. If you have not joined IALS Libary yet, you can find out how to register here. All of the training listed on this page is free.
What does this session cover?
This 30 minute presentation will introduce you to the collections, service and facilities available in the Library. We will also explain how to access online databases for legal research. The talk includes:
Who is it for?
All postgraduate law students and academic researchers with a current IALS Library card or SAScard. Provisional library cards are also acceptable.
Where / when does it take place?
All Autumn 2020 sessions have taken place.
What do these sessions cover?
Lexis Library and Westlaw are the key databases you need to master for effective legal research in the UK. We run two introductory sessions, one covering Cases and Legislation and the other covering Jouranl Articles and Foreign & International mateials. We highly reccommend attending both of the sessions as you are very likely to need to be able to locate all of these materials during the course of your study or research.
At these introductory sessions you will learn how to:
Who is it for?
All postgraduate law students and academic researchers with a current IALS Library card or SAScard. Provisional library cards are also acceptable.
Where / when does it take place?
In Autumn 2020 all sessions will take place online.
Cases and Legislation
All autumn 2020 sessions have taken place. This session will be repeated in January 2021. Refer to the Spring term tab of this guide for dates.
Journal articles and Foreign & international materials
All autumn 2020 sessions have taken place. This session will be repeated in January 2021. Refer to the Spring term tab of this guide for dates.
What does this session cover?
OSCOLA stands for the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities. In this session you will learn how to:
Who is it for?
All postgraduate law students and academic researchers with a current IALS Library card or SAScard who need to use OSCOLA to cite their work. Provisional library cards are also acceptable.
Where / when does it take place?
All autumn 2020 sessions have taken place. This session will be repeated in January 2021. Refer to the Spring term tab of this guide for dates.
What does this session cover?
In this introductory session you will learn how to:
Who is it for?
All postgraduate law students and academic researchers with a current IALS Library card or SAScard. Provisional library cards are also acceptable.
Where / when does it take place?
All autumn 2020 sessions have taken place. This session will be repeated in January 2021. Refer to the Spring term tab of this guide for dates.
What does this session cover?
In this introductory session you will learn how to use legal databases to find legal journal articles. The session will help you to:
Who is it for?
All postgraduate law students and academic researchers with a current IALS Library card or SAScard. Provisional library cards are also acceptable.
Where / when does it take place?
All autumn 2020 sessions have taken place. This session will be repeated in January 2021. Refer to the Spring term tab of this guide for dates.
For more help with Finding legal journal articles see our finding legal journal articles tutorials
