Overview
Description
Legal research for non-lawyers. Comprehensive look at legal resources and their organization and publication. Hands-on training in law library research and computerized research.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- describe and distinguish primary and secondary authorities.
- locate cases and statutes utilizing appropriate indexes and digests.
- explain elements of a court decision; brief a case.
- use proper citation form.
- shepardize a case.
- use computerized research to find legal authority via Lexis-Nexis and other databases.