Theresa Kim: A Pathfinder for Legal Research

About this episode

Theresa Kim discusses her career evolution in legal research and the integration of AI tools at Venable LLP.

Theresa Kim, Senior Business & Legal Research Analyst at Venable LLP, talks about how her 20+ year career has evolved from a print-dominated landscape to a digital one. With research tools ever-evolving, she discusses the use of AI as a resource supported by human input, as well as several tools Venable’s team has developed to streamline and enable attorneys’ access to information. Her advice to new law librarians includes embracing the unexpected nature of the work, maintaining curiosity, and never giving up on difficult research tasks. The Practising Law Librarian brings you conversations with — and for — the law librarian community. PLI is proud to offer resources including PLI PLUS, the award-winning legal research platform, to support the essential work of law librarians and practitioners. Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.

People in this episode

Guest: Theresa Kim

Topics covered

• legal research
• AI in law
• law librarianship
• digital tools
• information access

Keywords

• legal research
• AI
• law librarians
• digital tools
• Venable LLP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Venable LLP

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