Legal Informatics: Metamorphosing Law Students into Legal Professionals Based on Empirical Evidence of Attorneys’ Information Seeking Behaviors^*

Abstract

The lack of more practical pedagogy prevents law students from changing and extending their cognitive maps until they have a real job, where they do research, draft documents, advocate, counsel, and negotiate. This study investigates the extension and enlargement of young lawyers’ cognitive maps and their process to resolve a difficult or uncertain situation.