Paths to Success: Recruiting the Next Generation of Law Librarians

Have you felt like it is increasingly more difficult to fill open positions? How can interest, enthusiasm, and momentum for a career in law librarianship be nurtured? The AALL Law Librarianship as a Career Guidance Review Special Committee has been working over the past year to investigate the visibility and potential roadblocks to law librarianship as a career path, and has recently issued a thought-provoking report detailing their recommendations. This program will showcase successful instructional, outreach, and mentorship options in a variety of sectors that help advance collaborations and career awareness, build a successful pipeline of future law librarians, and ensure the sustainability of the profession. Takeaways: Participants will identify key outcomes from the findings of the Law Librarianship as a Career Guidance Review Special Committee and factors which have contributed to these outcomes. Participants will identify strategies for the development of relationships with industry partners who can promote and expand exposure to law librarianship as a career path. Participants will identify opportunities and initiatives that can strengthen the law librarianship career pipeline through outreach, recruitment, mentorship, and education