Advanced Legal Research

LAW8000
Section 2, Spring 25

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 18/18
Credits: 2
Days Time Room Start Date End Date

Tue

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Thu

 		1000-1120 WB278 01/21/2025 03/27/2025

Course Description

Our goal for this class is to give you an opportunity to develop your research skills so that you will be able to research any legal issue you might confront in your practice. 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 and 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.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

5-6 Written assignments (not papers) submitted directly to professor (not via EXPO). Deadlines to be announced. Class participation is also expected.

Other Work

Students will participate in in-class research exercises and group exercises.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: (Legal Research and Writing I (6004)) AND (Legal Research and Writing II (YR) (6005)) Because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: No

Course Resources: To be announced.

Course Notes: This course lasts 9 weeks, not the full semester. The class is expected to end on March 27, 2025.

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: No

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: Yes

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 125210230

Modified Type: Simulation

Cross Listed: No

Waitlist Count: 7

Concentrations: Litigation and Procedure

Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Monday, March 24, 12:01 AM

Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Saturday, March 29, 11:59 PM

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