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2 Legal Info. Rev. 19 (2016-2017)
Legal Information for Social Justice: The New ACRL Framework and Critical Information Literacy

handle is hein.journals/leinforv2 and id is 26 raw text is: LEGAL INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: THE NEW ACRL FRAMEWORK AND CRITICAL INFORMATION LITERACY Yasmin Sokkar Harker Abstract Law Librarians and legal educators who want to develop social justice awareness in their students should consider the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (the ACRL Framework). This paper first summarizes the history of critical information literacy and describes its fundamental connec- tion to social justice. Next this paper describes the historical development of the ACRL Framework and relates the Framework to critical information literacy. It then places these concepts into the context of legal education and the law library. Finally, this paper argues that the ACRL Framework can be used as a tool for educators to promote critical information literacy in the legal research classroom, and presents examples of using the Frames for classroom discussions and activities. * Yasmin Sokkar Harker is a Student Liaison Librarian and Associate Law Library Professor at CUNY Law. The author wishes to thank the participants at the Seventh Annual Boulder Conference on Legal Education: Teaching & Scholarship held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA on July 16-18, 2015 for their helpful review and commentary. Thanks to Susan Nevelow Mart for organizing the conference and guiding the discus- sions and David Armond for his extensive comments. Thanks to Doug Cox, Raquel Gabriel, Mary Godfrey-Rickards, and Sarah Shik Lamdan for their comments, guidance, and encouragement. Thanks to Alex Maltezos and Joelle Lingat for research assistance. Thanks to Julie Lim for her advice and support. Thanks to my parents, Ellen and Samir, and my sister Leila Sokkar Narvid for their support and encouragement. Finally, thanks to Jace Harker for providing advice, comments, and inspiration. 19

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