Advanced Legal Research

Advanced Legal Research - Professor James Kite

  • Course Number: LAW-598
  • Course Type: Foundational and Experiential
  • Credits: 2
  • Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
  • Description: This course provides a practical approach to modern legal research. Designed to prepare law students for research in practice, clerkships and law school, this course will build upon the research skills students acquired in first-year Legal Research classes. Students learn through a combination of lectures, weekly homework assignments, frequent in-class exercises and other activities.
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Evaluation Method: Final exam and one or two short quizzes
  • Capstone: no
  • WIE: no

 

Adv Legal Research  - Professor M. Kostek   Summer

  • Course Number: LAW-598
  • Course Type: Foundational and Experiential
  • Credits: 2
  • Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar

Description

This course provides a practical approach to modern legal research. This course is designed as a fundamental research class. Students will develop advanced skills in recognizing secondary sources; finding cases, statutes, and regulations; and developing strong research plans. These skills will help students approach any legal problem encountered in practice, clerkships, or throughout law school. Students learn through a combination of lectures, weekly homework assignments, frequent in-class exercises, presentations, and other activities.

 

  • Prerequisite: none
  • Evaluation Method: Final exam and one or two short quizzes
  • Capstone: no
  • WIE: no