As Head of Research Instruction and a reference librarian at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Olivia Smith Schlinck has some unique insights on Generation Z law students. She joins us to talk about her article “OK, Zoomer: Teaching Legal Research to Gen Z,” recently published in AALL’s Law Library Journal, as well as her tools for teaching introductory and advanced legal research at Columbia Law and Cardozo.
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Olivia Smith Schlinck
Olivia Smith Schlinck is Head of Research Instruction and a reference librarian at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she organizes all formal and informal legal research instruction for the law school. Olivia teaches introductory legal research to first-year students and Advanced Legal Research to upper-level students. She has also taught introductory legal research classes as a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School. Olivia earned her J.D. from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, her M.L.S from Queens College, and a B.A. in Sociology from Manhattan College.
