Calendar
Created Wednesday 08 February 2017
Week 1
Introduction
Week 2
Overview of Law
Assigned Reading: Elias, Chapter 3
Week 3
Overview of Legal Research
Sources of Law
Week 4
Constitution
Statutes
Case Law
Administrative Law
Access to Legal Information
Law Libraries
The Process of Legal Research
Research Strategies
Week 5
Understanding Case Law:
Case Reporters
US Supreme Court Cases
Federal Cases
State Cases
Week 6
Finding Case Law
Week 7
Confirming Case Law
Week 8
FIRST QUIZ
Legislative Information and Statutory Law
Week 9
Statutory Law Continued
Uniform Laws
Attorney General Opinions
Procedural Statutes & Rules
Rules of Civil Procedure
Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rules of Court
Local Rules
Ordinances
Assigned Reading: Elias, Chapter 6, Sections L,N,P & Q
Week 10
Regulations
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register: About (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/about.html)
Week 11
SECOND QUIZ
Week 12
Secondary Legal Resources
Legal Encyclopedias
Treatises/Monographs
Restatements
Law Reviews
Legal Newspapers/Newsletters
Loose-leaf Services
Specialized Indexes and Guides
Form Books
Reference Resources
Legal Directories
Statistics
News/Business Information
Assigned Reading: Elias, Chapter 5
Week 13
Secondary Legal Resources Continued
Reading: TBA
Week 14
Legal Research Online: Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, and the Internet
Organization on the Internet
Subject Searching
Key Word Searching
Strategy
Assigned Reading: Using Westlaw.com, available from the Additional Readings area on this website
Reading: TBA
Week 15
Final Test Review
Backlinks: FSU Courses:LIS5417