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Exploring the Lawyers' Legal Information Seeking Behaviors for the Law Practice

법무실무를 위한 변호사의 법률정보 추구행태 탐구

  • Received : 2015.11.29
  • Accepted : 2015.12.14
  • Published : 2015.12.30
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Abstract

The prior studies on the practical lawyer's information seeking behaviors, including Leckie et al. (1996) model showed that role of the work and nature of the work in attorney's practices had an significant influence on the attorney's information seeking behaviors. This study now asks if these prior analyses can be applicable to attorneys' practices nowadays. This study performed surveys and interviews with 21 practical attorneys in korea who were grouped by their experience period and the size of law firms. This study concludes that role of the work in Leckie et al. model still affects the attorneys' information seeking behaviors today and moreover, the attorney's experience and the size of law firms as variables also have made an impact on attorney's behaviors so far. By the way, this study further finds that the attorneys prefer the digital information in online database and formal information like statutes or case laws. These results are definitely different from them of the prior studies. In addition, this study suggests that the behavior such as meaningful using of the informal information in difficulties with improper information can be kinds of the attorney's information seeking behaviors.

변호사의 정보추구행태연구는 전문가 정보추구행태 연구의 하나로서 연구되어왔다. Leckie 등의 모델과 같은 선행 연구들에서 분석되었던 변호사의 정보추구행태가 오늘날 한국 변호사에도 적용될 수 있는가를 연구 질문으로, 본 연구는 변호사의 정보추구행태를 분석하기 위하여 21명의 변호사를 대상으로 설문조사과 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 특히 변호사의 경험(경력)과 소속 로펌규모 별로 조사대상을 선정하여 정보추구행태의 특성을 파악하였다. 그 결과 Leckie 등의 모델은 오늘날 한국 변호사에도 실제적으로 적용가능하며, 또한 선행 연구에서 파악되었던 변수(변호사 경력, 로펌규모 등) 역시 여전히 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 반면, 오늘날 변호사들은 비공식커뮤니케이션을 통한 비공식 정보보다는 공식 채널을 통한 정보추구를 보다 선호하며, 전자형태 정보를 더 많이 이용하는 것으로도 분석됨으로써 기존 선행 연구와는 상이한 정보추구행태를 보여주었다. 나아가 개별 인터뷰를 통해서는 첫 번째 온라인 검색이 실패한 경우에 동료나 선후배를 통한 비공식 커뮤니케이션 방식을 보다 적극적으로 활용하고 있다는 점도 파악할 수 있었다.

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