1. Federal & State Free Internet & Westlaw

2.  Read: Key Number searching user guide (on Websites)  Read Secondary Sources user guide (on websites)  Review using Folders ◦ Video from WestlawNext

3.  American Jurisprudence 2 nd  Corpus Juris Secundum  American Law Reports  Legal Treatises/Practice books  Legal Periodicals and Law Reviews  Form Books: Am. Jur Forms of Pleading and Practice

4.  Witkin ◦ Summary of California Law ◦ California Procedure ◦ California Evidence ◦ California Criminal Law ◦ Cumulative Index

5.  California Jurisprudence (Encyclopedia)  C.E.B. Books and Action Guides  Rutter Group  Matthew Bender Practice Books  Form Books ◦ Bender Forms of Pleading and Practice ◦ Bender Transaction Guide ◦ West Forms

6.  Jury Instruction (Model or Pattern)  Miscellaneous Treatises ◦ Miller and Star (Real Estate) ◦ Ballentine’s (Corporate) ◦ Hanna Workers Comp

7.  Finding tools—help you find primary law ◦ NEVER a substitute for primary law ◦ Generally not cited (exceptions for certain well known and respected print sources) ◦ Never cited in lieu of primary law—only as additional reference ◦ NEVER cite to a source such as Wikipedia

8.  Everything—if you have Westlaw and/or Lexis  Free Internet—More limited because of copyright ◦ Concerns: Reliability and Dates ◦ Starting Place: Google or Bing

9.  Dram Shop Rule ◦ Google or Bing  Wikipedia  Advertisements

10.  Wikipedia— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  Never Cite, never rely on what it says—but use for citations to primary law  Read “About Wikipedia”  Example: Search and Seizure  No-knock warrant

11.  Zimmerman’s ◦ http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/ http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/  Check: Shepards; Service of Process Legal Information Institute—Cornell www.law.cornell.edu Wex Legal Encyclopedia

12.  http://www.hwwilson.com http://www.hwwilson.com ◦ Ebsco Host—now fee based Ebsco Host—now fee based ◦ Public Library! Public Library!  http://www.loc.gov/law/ http://www.loc.gov/law/ ◦ Guide to Law Online—U.S. Federal—Legal Guide to Law Reviews online  Compare Santa Clara Technology with Hofstra  Google Scholar  http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/ http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/ ◦ Look for Intellectual Property (SCU)

13. ◦ Law Reviews  Explore  Patent Searching  Legal Reference ◦ Am. Jur.

14. 1. Can a couple pay a pregnant woman $10,000 in consideration for her giving up the child for adoption? 2. Do a decedent's siblings have a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress where a radio personality and his guest made remarks during a broadcast about the cremated remains of a decedent, which the guest had brought to the studio. 3. Are laws making adultery a crime unconstitutional 4. Summarize the subject of 7 Am Jur 2d Attorneys at Law § 267

16.  National  California

17.  “Secondary Sources” under All Content  Under California

18.  Explore top resources, ◦ Texts and Treatises—Am Jur etc.  Explore Topics: ◦ i.e. Torts and Personal Injury