LPC students will have received their PLR (Practical Legal Research) assessments this week.
The assessment instructions includes guidance about how much help library staff can give to LPC students:-
Library staff CAN advise you where to find books, how to access databases, how to access legal research guides, and the mechanics of using particular resources.
Library staff CAN NOT interpret your question, advise on your selection of resources, search terms or techniques, interpret your resources, advise if your research is up-to-date or accurate, or advise how to structure your research report.
You are welcome to attend the library legal research workshops, and legal database training and certification sessions – however you are not permitted to ask any questions about your PLR assessment.
Additionally you are not permitted to seek appointments with our student database representatives during the PLR assessment period – to protect you all from the possibility of collusion allegations.
If you have a question, but don’t know if library staff are allowed to answer, please do ask us!
Library staff will judge how much guidance we can give you – the worst we will say is ‘sorry but I’m unable to answer your question’.