Using Open Educational Resources to make the Law and Law School more Accessible and Affordable

Authors

Amy Taylor, University of Georgia School of LawFollow
Stephen Wolfson, University of Georgia School of LawFollow
Thomas J. Striepe, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Presented at the 2022 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference in Denver, CO, on July 18, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Abstract

This program will provide tips and tools to create and implement Open Educational Resources (OER) for your students, library users, or faculty, discuss how to use OER’s in academic, firm, and court law libraries, and address copyright and licensing implications. Some of the most pressing concerns of the legal profession are how to make law school more affordable and how to improve access to justice. Reducing the cost of law school will diversify the legal profession, permit more attorneys to practice in public interest positions, and relieve law school graduates from crippling debt as they start their careers.

Additionally, access to justice is one of the fundamental principles of the legal profession, however, it is clearly not being met. One simple way law librarians can help lessen the financial burden of law students and promote access to justice is through the creation of OER’s. Law librarians can create these resources for their students or library users, assist faculty in creating OER’s for their students, or otherwise assist legal professionals or pro se litigants.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law librarians who teach law school courses, law librarians who support faculty law librarians interested in making law school more accessible and affordable, law librarians interested in using OER’s to assist legal research, law librarians who want to promote access to justice

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Participants will identify five different tools that can assist in creating OER’s.
2. Participants will discover at least four ways to design, produce, and use OER’s.
3. Participants will consider how copyright, Fair Use, and licensing rights affect OER’s.

SPEAKERS:

• Amy Taylor, University of Georgia Law Library
• Stephen Wolfson, University of Georgia School of Law

COORDINATOR/SPEAKER:

• TJ Striepe, University of Georgia

Repository Citation

Taylor, Amy; Wolfson, Stephen; and Striepe, Thomas J., "Using Open Educational Resources to make the Law and Law School more Accessible and Affordable" (2022). Presentations. 223.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/speeches/223