Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

<p></p> <ol> <li>Introduction to Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis</li> <li>The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts and Identifying Legal Issues</li> <li>Finding and Analyzing Case Law</li> <li>How To Read and Summarize a Case Law Decision</li> <li>Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Regulations</li> <li>Statutory and Constitutional Analysis</li> <li>Secondary Sources</li> <li>Digests</li> <li>Validating Your Research: Using Shepard's, KeyCite, and Other Citators</li> <li>Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR): Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law</li> <li>Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR): The Freely Accessible Internet</li> <li>Basic Legal Writing Skills</li> <li>The Memorandum of Law: Predictive Legal Writing</li> <li>Writing to the Court: Persuasive Writing</li> <li>Motion Practice: Research and Writing Issues</li> <li>Legal Correspondence</li> </ol> <p></p> <p><strong>Appendices</strong><br> A. Research Case Files <br>B. Research and Writing Problems Based on Short Stated Fact Patterns<br>C. Legal Citation<br>D. Research Strategies: An Overview<br>E. Case Briefing Practice<br>F. Supplemental Cases<br>G. Answer Key to "Test Yourself"<br>H. U.S. Court System</p>