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Raising the Bar: the Work of the Inns of Court Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2022

Harpreet K. Dhillon
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Abstract

This article has been written by Harpreet K. Dhillon, with contributions from colleagues at Gray's Inn Library, Inner Temple Library, Middle Temple Library and Lincoln's Inn's Library. During the course of the article, Harpreet looks at the way the four of Inns of Court libraries support barristers, though will use the term members interchangeably throughout. The Inns have their own histories, and the libraries function in their own unique ways, so the focus of this article are those key services provided by all the libraries and their relevance to the continuing work of Inn members. The article has been written using anecdotal evidence and contributions from all the library teams, concluding that the Inn libraries play a crucial and ongoing role in supporting the work of barristers, a role that evolves and will continue to do so alongside the legal profession's demands.

Keywords

barristerslegal professionInns of Courtlaw librarieslegal trainingCovid-19lockdown
Type
Supporting Barristers
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , pp. 130 - 135
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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