Sowards on administrative law research

Jason R. Sowards (Reference Librarian, Wake Forest University Professional Center Library, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law) has published Teaching Specialized Legal Research: Administrative Law, 29 LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICES QUARTERLY 101 (2010).  Abstract:

In an effort to provide more attention to the legislative and administrative law processes than typical first year legal research instruction can provide, the author created a specialized legal research course on legislation and administrative practice and procedure. Set forth within this article is a very brief background on the substantive law an instructor for a course on this topic would need to know. Also included is an overview of the resources taught, assignments given, and evaluation tools used.

Highly recommended for both librarians and admin law professors. The resources identified are for practical purposes exhaustive, and the snappy overview of the nature of administrative law at 102-114 is worth the price of admission itself. And, sadly, the price of admission may be high if your institution does not subscribe to the LRSQ (not available on SSRN, bepress, Lexis, Westlaw, or HeinOnline; $30 on Informaworld).Hopefully you can get it by interlibrary loan. EMM