What You Always Wanted to Know About Legal Research * * But Were Afraid to Ask.

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What You Always Wanted to Know About Legal Research * * But Were Afraid to Ask

Overarching Themes Update Take advantage of the work of others Use help services

Acronyms & Words Bieber’s Bluebook Black’s & general dictionaries Words & Phrases

Leave It to Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Dictionary of Legal Citations

The Bluebook Blue pages Tables & abbreviations Jurisdiction- specific Courts, documents, states, periodicals, services

Words and Phrases Judicially defined Nationwide Annual pocket parts Westlaw: search cases or statutes, field WP (term)

Unfamiliar Topic Find a research guide Consult a treatise Check ALR or Causes of Action Read a law review article

Treat-ises Scholarly Comprehensive Authoritative Corbin on Contracts Nimmer on Copyright

Washington Wash. Practice Wash. Lawyers Practice Manual WSBA deskbooks (Loislaw) Wash. Legal Researcher’s Deskbook 3d

Fact Pattern American Law Reports Causes of Action (tort- based)

Law Reviews Index vs fulltext Hein Online for “historic” articles Shepard’s & Keycite Annotated codes

Forms Formbook collections LexisNexis & Westlaw databases Office boilerplate

Facts Public libraries –Seattle Public –Internet Public Library Almanacs

Constitutions Initial volumes of statutory codes Annotated codes cite to law review articles & cases

Statutes Easier to read in print Easier to update online Popular names Tables

Effective Dates Washington 90 days after adjournment Laws of Wash. RCWA tables & pocket parts United States Presidential signature OR as stated in the act Statutes at Large USC, USCA & USCS

Legislative History Shortcuts USCCAN LexisNexis Congressional LexisNexis & Westlaw Bibliographies

50 State Surveys M-H Law Digest National Survey of State Laws Subject Compilations of State Laws Uniform Laws Annotated

Caselaw One good case Secondary sources Update online

Missile - any Admin. decisions Court rules Ethics opinions Judicial biographies Jury instructions Jury verdicts

Bag ‘O Tricks How to use a new source Smaller, targeted databases System as a citator

Paper Trail CALR searches Internet finds Citator checks Dead ends

Stop When... You have found the answer The cost exceeds the benefit Multiple sources cite the same authorities

Kindness of Strangers

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