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Aug 14, 2024
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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 Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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