Charlotte School of Law 4/8/09 – 4/9/09 Summer Associate.

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Charlotte School of Law 4/8/09 – 4/9/09 Summer Associate

American Law Reports (ALR) Articles (called “annotations”), based on a real cases, explore the law of a jurisdiction that has dealt with the issue. References to other sources Comprehensive index Updated yearly (pocket parts) Westlaw database (ALR)

American Jurisprudence 2d (AmJur 2d) 120+ volumes Broad, non-critical overview of topics Citations to primary materials, ALR, and other sources Comprehensive index Updated yearly (pocket parts) Westlaw database (AMJUR)

Legal Forms AmJur Legal Forms West’s Legal Forms Both available on Westlaw Rabkin & Johnson’s Current Legal Forms Available on Lexis CSL research guides Finding forms Business drafting Drafting with Lexis

Martindale-Hubbell Directory of lawyers, law firms, and corporate legal departments International listings Law digests All 50 states 80 other countries Available on Lexis or at

Practice Guides Designed for practitioners Usually confined to one jurisdiction or area of the law Often only one or two volumes Examples West’s Legal Forms North Carolina DWI Trial Notebook North Carolina Prima Facie Tort Manual

NC Resources Strong’s NC Index NC version of AmJur References to NC statutes & cases Douglas’ Forms NC forms – civil, real estate, divorce, wills, etc. Also available on Lexis.com CSL research guide

South Carolina Resources SC Jurisprudence SC version of AmJur References to SC statutes & cases Not alphabetical by topic SC treatises (check catalog) CSL research guide

Summer access to CSL databases DatabaseDescriptionUse this summer? Westlaw Comprehensive database of legal, scholarly, and news sources. May use for summer school and unpaid internships. Click here for more info.here LexisNexis Comprehensive database of legal, scholarly, and news sources. May use for summer school and unpaid internships. Loislaw Database of federal and state case law, statutes, and regulations. Low-cost alternative to Lexis and Westlaw. May use for any employment. Password may not be shared. Casemaker Database of federal and state case law and statutes. Available with a membership to the NC Bar Association. Memberships are free to law students. See May use any time for any purpose.

Other CSL databases Available off-campus (library bar code) LexisNexis Congressional Legislative history Congressional documents BNA Area of law newsletters Current awareness See database list on web sitedatabase list

Final tips Use Westlaw & Lexis reference attys LEXIS REF-ATTY New Associate Skills Survey (2008) 7-step research strategy CSL can help! Ref desk:

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