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Law LibrarianLeah Sandwell-Weiss has lived two lives in the law.Several years ago, she retired as a major in the Air Forceafter serving 14 years as a military judge advocate. Today,she is a law librarian at the University of Arizona in Tucson.“The Air Force sent me to law school after I had beenworking as a librarian,” Sandwell-Weiss says. “It was fascinating work, and Iwas stationed at very interesting places.”When Sandwell-Weiss was ready for a new career, working in a law libraryseemed to be the perfect fit. Today, she serves University of Arizona Law Librarypatrons as a reference librarian.“I help people find specific answers to their questions or direct them tosources about their more general research,” she says. “One thing I can’t do isoffer legal advice.”Sandwell-Weiss says that sometimes people who are not lawyers don’tunderstand that she can’t answer questions such as, “What does this mean?”“That’s something a lawyer should answer for his or her client,” she says. “Ido, however, point patrons in the right direction so they can continue to researchand understand the law better.”In addition to serving the public, Sandwell-Weiss assists students, facultymembers, and lawyers who are researching legal points. She also investsconsiderable time educating herself about the latest Internet legal resources.SkillsPersonalityEducationInterpersonal, research, computerLikes solving mysteries, visionary but practical, likes technicalaspects of workLaw librarians at universities usually need a law degreeand a master’s degree in library science. Law librarianswho work in private firms or county law libraries need onedegree or the other.For more information about law librarians, visit ubpl.glencoe.com or yourpublic library.Example 4. Pittsburgh Petroleum spent more than six monthstrying to collect a fuel bill owed by Transunion Transport beforehiring a collection agency, Andrews Intercontinental Collections(AIC). Pittsburgh Petroleum gave AIC only one order: to collectthe money due. Because AIC is to conduct a business transactionChapter 18: Creation of an Agency 395