I read a short article by Clive Thompson in the November 2011 issue of Wired magazine, entitled Why Johnny Can’t Search, which was about a College of Charleston business professor’s experiment that demonstrated how students aren’t assessing information sources on their own merit — they’re putting too much trust in Google search ranking. The article approached the subject from an education perspective and it has generated some interesting responses. However, the article made me think about the extent to which legal information systems aid professionals in assessing information.

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