Advanced Legal Research

Our goal for this class is to give you an opportunity to develop your research skills and confidence so that you will be able to research any legal issue you might confront in your practice, thoroughly and effectively. As a class, we will explore legal research in a variety of subject areas, including case law, statutes, legislative history, administrative law, and court procedure. We will also learn how best to take advantage of familiar resources such as Google, Westlaw, Lexis or Bloomberg Law. Most important, however, is for you to become confident in your legal research process, so that you will know that you can handle any research project you might encounter, regardless of topic or available resources.