Instruction in Skills Identified in Core Competencies Assumption: Core Competencies represent advanced legal research skills. Article: Adjusted the components in the Core Competencies to represent 119 distinct skills. Question: Where do students receive their primary instruction in these skills? Disclaimer: Certainly not scientific, nor based on school-wide survey. This is only a subjective study.
Courses LARC II: First-year legal research course. ALR: Advanced legal research. LAPP: Legislation, Administrative Power and Procedure. PC/Evid/CP: Practice Court, Evidence, Civil Procedure. PR: Professional Responsibility. Other: Another course in the curriculum.
Caselaw: 26 Skills LARC II: 14 ALR: 6 PC/Evid/CP: 3 Other: 3
Statutes: 37 Skills ALR: 18 LARC II: 10 LAPP: 9
Administrative Materials: 24 Skills ALR: 11 LAPP: 8 LARC II: 4 Other: 1
Procedural and Ethical Rules: 26 Skills LARC II: 10 PC/Evid/CP: 3 PR: 2
Non-Official Expositions of Legal Rules: 6 Skills LARC II: 4 ALR: 1 PC/Evid/CP: 1
Total Coverage of Research Skills LARC II: 42 (35.3%) ALR: 47 (39.5%) LAPP: 17 (14.3%) Practice Court/Evidence/Civil Procedure: 7 (5.9%) Professional Responsibility: 2 (1.7%) Other: 4 (3.4%)
Total Coverage of Research Skills Research Classes: 89/119 (74.8%) Non-Research Classes: 30/119 (25.2%)