LAW 261 - Legal Research I

Credits: 4

Description
Legal research and terminology, including law library familiarization and development of skills. Emphasis on finding, reading and synthesizing cases and in preparing legal memoranda.

Student Learning Outcomes

Recognize, locate and effectively use the National Reporter System, digests, federal and state statues, administrative law materials, and selected secondary material.
Design and organize literate memoranda to communicate legal information to an attorney.
Research using Westlaw, Lexis, and law related web sites on the Internet.
Compare knowledge of print sources with virtual counterparts to select, evaluate, and cite online sources.
Apply proper citation form.

Prerequisite: LAW 101 and LAW 259 both with a C- or higher; or Department approval