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Apr 19, 2024
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LEGAL 210 - Legal Research and Writing
5.0 Credits
An introduction to state and federal legal research using both hardbound volumes and online legal research database services. Emphasis is placed on locating and analyzing primary cases and codes, interpreting secondary authorities and practice tools, and updating legal research results effectively. In this class, students will also practice drafting client correspondence, legal opinion letters, and a legal memoranda, as well as prepare correct legal citations.
Prerequisite LEGAL 200 or instructor permission; completion of or placement in ENGL& 101.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Conduct legal research using both hardbound volumes and online legal research database services, including WestlawNext.
- Locate and interpret relevant state and federal constitutions, statutes, and regulations.
- Explain how to locate and use state and federal case reports and reporters effectively when conducting legal research.
- Demonstrate how case digests are used to locate relevant state and federal judicial opinions.
- Use legal encyclopedias, annotated law reports, legal periodicals, and other secondary sources to conduct legal research.
- Prepare accurate state and federal legal citations in compliance with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation and the Washington Style Sheet.
- Describe how online citators are used to expand and update legal research, and track the legal history of specific research and its treatment by subsequent courts.
- Draft legal documents using the standard components for client correspondence, legal opinion letters, and legal memoranda.
- Identify effective strategies to organize and perform legal research and writing projects.
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