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Subject Outline
- Cases
- Where Does Law Come From? (LCS04)
- Anatomy of a case
- Citation Format
- ALWD
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- Citation Form For Briefs and Legal Memoranda
- Vendor Neutral Citation Formats
- ALWD
- Finding Cases
- How to Find Case Law Using Digests
- How to Find Case Law Using the Digests (LWR29)
- Overview of Reporters
- Anatomy of Case – parts of a case
- Function of the Digest
- West Key Number System
- Finding the Most Recent Case Law
- Evolution of Digest System
- Using Citators to find cases
- How to Find Case Law Using Digests
- Updating and Validating
- Shepard's and KeyCite
- Statutes
- Where Does Law Come From? (LCS04)
- Researching Historical Sources of the Civil Law (LR144)
- Statutory Interpretation (LCS03)
- Introduction to State and Federal Statues
- Introduction to State and Federal Statutes (LWR15)
- Anatomy of a statute – parts of a statute
- Slip law
- Session law
- Code/Annotated Code
- Codification
- Forms of publications
- Forms of Federal Statutory Publication (LWR30)
- Federal only
- Slip laws
- Session laws
- Advance Session Laws
- Code/Annotated Codes
- Official v. Unofficial
- Codification
- Codification (LWR16)
- Organization of codes
- Positive law
- Federal
- State
- Official and unofficial
- Session Laws and code numbering
- Conversion tables
- Finding Statutes
- Finding Statutes (LR23)
- Index options
- Computer search strategies
- Conversion tables
- Popular name
- Updating Statutes
- Updating Federal and State Statutes (LWR24)
- Federal paper supplements & advance legislative services
- Legislative websites and Lexis and Westlaw
- Updating state statutes in print and online
- Shepard’s & Keycite
- Constitutions - Federal and State
- How to Research American Constitutional Law (LR113)
- Text sources
- Annotations and Interpretations
- Drafting and ratification research
- Researching Amendments
- Uniform Laws
- Researching Uniform and Model Laws (LWR25)
- Overview drafting organizations
- Documents to research
- Citing Uniform and Model Laws
- Legislative History
- Federal Legislative History Research - Compiled Legislative History (LR41)
- Reading Legislative History (LR137)
- Anatomy of a legislative history – documents
- How to Research Federal Legislative History (LWR14)
- Define legislative history
- Legislative process
- Committee documents: Bills, Hearings, Committee Reports, Debates, Pres signings, Laws
- Legislative websites
- Administrative Law
- Introduction to Admin Law
- Introduction and Sources of Authority for Administrative Law (LWR33)
- Overview Federal Agencies’ Power
- Directories – official and commercial
- Procedure and Policy
- Quasi-legislative - regulations
- Rulemaking: Federal Register and CFR (LWR19)
- Researching Federal Administrative Regulations (LWR06)
- Sources of Rulemaking Authority
- Federal Register
- Regulations
- C.F.R.
- LSA
- Updating LSA
- Updating with Shepard’s and e-CFR
- Quasi judicial
- Decisions and Orders
- Executive Orders
- Researching Federal Executive Orders (LWR22)
- Overview
- Sources
- Updating
- Internal agency materials
- Internal Agency Materials (LR50)
- Include agency websites
- Attorney General materials
- Introduction to Admin Law
- Secondary Sources
- Introduction: the role of secondary sources in legal research
- Introduction to Secondary Resources (LWR35)
- Primary v. Secondary
- Types of secondary resources
- Choosing the best secondary resource
- A.L.R. (American Law Reports)
- American Law Reports (LWR21)
- Structure of A.L.R. Format
- Updating
- Use of A.L.R.
- Subject Specific Treatises
- Subject Specific Treatises (LR105)
- Nutshells
- Hornbooks
- Encyclopedias
- Trial Practice Materials
- Civil Procedure
- Trial Practices
- Discovery
- Jury Instructions
- Periodicals
- Periodicals and Periodical Indexes (LWR34)
- Locating secondary sources
- Per Indexes - Print and online
- Legal Trac, Wilson Web, Lexis and Westlaw
- OPACS
- Specific instructions for use
- Researching and Working with Forms
- Restatements
- Looseleaf Services (LR155)
- Format
- Contents: Primary materials and secondary
- Interfiled and Newsletter
- Citator and Finding Aids
- Electronic
- Using Citators Beyond Case Verification
- Using Citators to find secondary sources
- Introduction: the role of secondary sources in legal research
- Legal Research Strategies
- Research Methodology
- Legal Research Methodology (LWR07)
- Understanding the assignment (time issues, work product required).
- Framing the Issue (Issue Statements, search terms)
- Preparing Research Plan (identifying research sources)
- Search Strategy
- Evaluation of Search Strategy
- When to Stop Researching
- Choosing Appropriate Tools - Research Tools in General
- Legal Research 101: The Tools of the Trade (LWR08)
- Primary and Secondary Source Materials
- Updating
- Evaluation of Search Strategy
- When to Stop Researching (See also, 6.4 "When to Stop Researching")
- Choosing Appropriate Tools: What Jurisdiction?
- Decision Point: State or Federal? (LWR13)
- Overview of state and federal jurisdiction
- Steps for determining applicable jurisdiction
- Research resources to help determine jurisdiction
- When to Stop Researching
- Hold 'em, Fold 'em, Walk Away or Run: When to Stop the Search (LWR31)
- Research resources including cost constraints
- Forming research plan
- Points for concluding research
- Costs of Legal Research
- Cost of Legal Research (LR49)
- Why cost efficient research is important
- How to be a cost effective researcher
- Alternative electronic resources to Westlaw and Lexis
- Costs of Legal Research: print v. electronic resources
- Why cost efficient research is important
- How to be a cost effective researcher
- Alternative electronic resources to Westlaw and Lexis
- Current Awareness and Alerting Services
- Current Awareness and Alerting Services (LR94)
- Blogs
- SSRN and other current awareness networks
- Listservs
- Newsletters, including email newsletters
- Research Methodology
- Legal Research on the Internet
- Evaluation of Internet Resources
- Evaluating Web Sites (LWR39)
- Evaluation criteria
- Criteria and web addresses
- Free Resources
- Efficient Online Search Techniques
- Search techniques – Boolean, etc.
- Evaluation of Internet Resources
- Non-Legal Materials
- Directories/Finding People
- Researching Judges (LCS12)
- People and Association Directories
- Print and online
- “Edgar/SEC” like materials
- Government Documents
- Government Documents (LR96)
- SuDoc Classification
- Federal Depository Print and electronic
- Government statistics
- Company Information
- Company Research (LWR17)
- Information Sought
- Uses of company research
- Types of companies
- Company research sources
- Industry research
- Medical Information
- Medical Research For Attorneys (LR68)
- Medicine for Lawyers
- Medical Dictionaries
- Diagnostic tools
- Drug type
- News
- Directories/Finding People
- State Legal Research
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Arkansas Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR98)
- Secondary resources
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Connecticut Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR146)
- Secondary resources
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Primary & Secondary Resources - in progress
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Primary resources - in progress
- Illinois Legal Research: Secondary Resources (LR119)
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Primary & secondary resources - in progress
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Primary resources
- In progress
- Secondary resources
- In Progress
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Michigan Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR106)
- Secondary resources - In progress
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Missouri Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR131)
- Secondary resources
- Montana
- Primary & Secondary Resources - In progress
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR128)
- Secondary resources - In progress
- New Mexico
- Primary & Secondary resources - in progress
- New York
- New York Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR67)
- Secondary resources - In progress
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Primary & Secondary Resources - in progress
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Primary resources
- Secondary resources
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- In progress
- Primary resources
- Secondary resources
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Legal Research: Primary Resources (LR130)
- Secondary resources
- Wyoming
- Substantive Specific Areas of Legal Research
- Administrative Law
- Copyright and Trademark
- Health Law
- Legal Ethics
- Tax Law
- Labor and Employment Law
- Immigration Law
- Environmental Law
- Telecommunications
- Energy
- Patent
- Admiralty, maritime
- Securities Law
- Social Security Law
- Consumer Law
- Canadian Law
- Statutes
- Administrative Law
- Cases
- Secondary Materials
- International and Foreign Legal Research
- Introduction
- Introduction to Foreign Legal Research (LWR32)
- Basic Concepts
- Defining public and private international law, foreign law, comparative law
- Sources of law
- Basic reference sources
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias
- Periodical indexes
- Research guides
- Key sources (e.g., ILM, Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, Reynolds & Flores)
- Foreign Constitutions
- Introduction
- Public International Law
- Researching treaties and other international agreements
- Finding treaties, reservations, and declarations
- Treaty status
- Travaux preparatoires (treaty history)
- Researching treaties: US is a party
- Researching treaties: US not a party
- Researching other PIL sources
- Customary international law
- General principles of int’l law
- Judicial decisions
- International tribunals
- Teachings of publicists
- US and international law
- Treaties
- US Practice
- International Tribunals
- International and Foreign LegalResearch - Human Rights (LR76)
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court & related tribunals
- Other international tribunals
- Tribunals and Truth Commissions (LR83)
- Researching treaties and other international agreements
- Intergovernmental, Supranational, and Non-Governmental Organizations
- Intergovenmental Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LR80)
- United Nations
- Regional organizations
- Other IGO's
- European Union
- Non-governmental organizations
- Private International Law
- Private International Law Research (LR77)
- Transnational business transactions
- Transnational dispute resolution (arbitration and litigation)
- Private International Law Research (LR77)
- Foreign and Comparative Law
- Foreign Legal Systems
- Common law systems
- Civil law systems
- Islamic law systems
- Mixed systems
- Customary law
- Introduction to Foreign Legal Research
- Comparative Law
- Finding law in translation
- Comparative law generally
- Foreign Legal Systems
- Topical International and Foreign Legal Research
- International Trade
- Human Rights
- Intellectual Property
- Environmental Law
- Tax Law
- Law of the sea, maritime law
- Legal Writing & Analysis
- Grammar
- Punctuation and Grammar basics
- Punctuation and Grammar advanced
- Writing
- IRAC
- Conclusion, Rule, Analysis, Application, Conclusion
- Writing Memoranda
- Issue Statements
- Fact Statements
- Application of Facts to Rules
- Ethical Issues
- Writing a Brief
- Persuasive Writing
- Writing Exams
- Drafting Contracts
- Notes, Comments, Seminar Papers and Articles
- Plagiarism (see also Ethical Issues)
- Grammar