AERA is in
this year at the
legal related presentations is shockingly low. This, Sunday, morning offered a
professional development seminar on the use of legal research. The session was
devoted to introducing non-legal researchers to the use of legal techniques to
add a dimension to their otherwise existing research. This was an admirable
idea and after looking at the materials, I am sure the session went well.
It made this Edjurist wonder, however, why we do not have sessions on how to
meld legal and traditional academic research for lawyers and traditionally
legal oriented scholars. There is only one book I know of on the subject, Dave
Schimmel's Research that Makes a Difference: Complementary Methods for
Examining Legal Issues in Education.
Assumedly, there is traditionally legal orientated researchers engaging in
academic (quantitative, qualitative, historical,...) research. However, this
is, as of yet, not compiled and analyzed. For new researchers entering the
field, this is an inexcusable oversight. This Edjurst is advocating, rather
begging, for a presentation at the Education Law Association, AERA, or the
University Council for Educational Administration on such a topic.