INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH, WRITING, AND ANALYSIS

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INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH, WRITING, AND ANALYSIS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH, WRITING, AND ANALYSIS

Legal Research Requires a Comprehensive Analysis of: Civil Law Criminal Law Administrative Law

The Legal Research Process Identification of facts Identification of issues Finding appropriate law Analysis Relating the law to the issues Writing Communicating your findings to the attorney

Role of the Research Associate Provide information to the attorney Must be accurate Must be thorough Paralegals and research assistants may not give legal advice Unauthorized practice of law Unethical Illegal

Sources of Law for Research Primary Sources Constitutions Cases Statutes Administrative Regulations

Sources of Law for Research Secondary Sources Legal Encyclopedias Law Journals Digests Treatises Form Books Legal Periodicals Legal Dictionaries Legal Thesaurus

Sources of Law for Research Primary and secondary sources are found: In print form In electronic form CD-ROMs On-line services LEXIS Westlaw Internet sites

Citing the Law The Leading Authority is the Uniform System of Citation Published by the Harvard Law Review Association a/k/a The Bluebook or The Harvard Bluebook Other authority ALWD Citation Manual (Association of Legal Writing Directors) Local court rules

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