Wyoming Legal Research: Primary and Secondary Resources

This lesson provides a general review of legal research and an introduction to Wyoming primary and secondary resources.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Create a plan to conduct legal research for your client's situation
2. Identify and understand when to use primary and secondary legal sources in Wyoming
3. Explain the Wyoming court system
4. Conduct case law, statutory, and administrative law searches
5. Construct a legislative history for statutes
6. Navigate the topic and key number system to find relevant case law
7. Understand ethics standards by locating instances of ethics violations