Peter Clinch

SLS/BIALL Academic Law Library Survey 2007/2008

This is the latest report analysing the results of the Society of Legal Scholars and BIALL Survey. It has been written by Peter Clinch, Senior Subject Librarian for Law, Cardiff University.

FLAG: the new Internet gateway to foreign law holdings in UK national and university libraries

Article describing the project at IALS to create the FLAG (Foreign Law Guide) web database. The service locates and describes the collections of foreign primary law materials such as legislation, case reports held in national and university libraries throughout the UK. The author explains that FLAG also offers a foundation upon which a national strategy for the acquisition and retention of foreign, international and comparative primary law materials can be built. Article by Dr Peter Clinch, Project Manager for the Foreign Law Guide (FLAG) Project. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Training to be a Barrister: the Bar Vocational Course

Peter Clinch, Information Specialist – Law, Cardiff University describes the nature of the BVC and the important role played by law librarians in the training of young barristers.

Answering Queries about Access to Law Court Documents

This article by Dr Peter Clinch gives details of where to find not just law reports but also other documents relating to cases. It covers a wide range of courts, from the High Court through to Coroners Courts and Administrative tribunals

From ownership to access: The changing role of law libraries in UK legal education*

CARD CAIMOGUES in polished wood cabinets, no photocopiers, no computer terminals, no electronic security gates. Taken back in Dr Whos Tardis, these are perhaps the most obvious differences between what you would have seen as you walked into a university law library 40 years ago as compared with today. This article describes the changes, decade by decade, which have occurred since the first issue of The Law Teacher appeared, and assesses what might happen in the near future. Law libraries do not operate in a vacuum—their aim is to serve the teaching and research needs of the law school. So, introducing each section are a few paragraphs summarising the important changes which took place in legal education in each decade and the impact these developments had on law libraries. As a result, it will be clearer why library buildings, services, collections, staffing and management have evolved the way they have.

Foreign Law Guide project – some results of a survey into the needs of researchers

Article summarising the results of a survey conducted as part of the Foreign Law Guide project at IALS, assessing the needs of legal researchers and legal information professionals for access to primary foreign law collections in the UK. Article by Dr Peter Clinch (when Project Manager, Foreign Law Guide (FLAG) project, IALS). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

The FLAG Database – 2010 Update

This report by Peter Clinch describes the procedures followed and the results obtained through updating the FLAG (Foreign Law Guide) database 1 , which took place during the Spring and Autumn 2010.

The FLARE Index to Treaties Extended

Peter Clinch, retired Senior Subject Librarian for Law, Cardiff University and Steven Whittle, Information Systems Manager at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies describe the developments relating to the FLARE Index to Treaties.

Opening up the UK's Foreign and International Law Collections: the FLARE Initiative, the FLAG Foreign Law Guide and the FLARE Index to Treaties

Hester Swift, Foreign and International Law Librarian, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and Peter Clinch, Senior Subject Librarian for Law, Cardiff University delivered this paper at the recent BIALL Annual Conference.

The cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

Legal abbreviations can be a puzzle to both new students and experienced professionals. Traditionally, paper-based or electronic lists have been devised to help users identify to which legal publication an abbreviation refers. This web-based service, launched in June 2003, harnesses a relational database to the power of the internet to provide sophisticated searching, ease of updating and world-wide access. The Index is at http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/