This specialized program of study prepares lawyers to serve as law librarians in courts, federal and state government agencies, schools of law, corporations, and law firms. The law librarianship courses are open to all Information School students. Students have access to a wide variety of software applications including titles for database and text management, programming, graphics, web page creation, Internet exploration and collaboration, and office productivity. Students also have access to a large number of bibliographic databases and commercial information services. Application deadlines are February 15 for the evening program and March 15 for the day program.
Early application is encouraged.
Admission is subject to the approval of the School's admissions committee. The GRE requirement is waived for applicants with an earned doctorate. International applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their applications by November 1. In addition to the above requirements, applicants for the Law Librarianship program must hold a degree from an accredited American law school or from a law school in one of the common-law countries. Law Librarianship applicants are encouraged to submit LSAT scores in place of GRE scores.