LES 225 Legal Research

PRIOR TO FALL 2016, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS LES 314

This course provides students with hands-on training in the use of both primary and secondary legal sources, including: reported court decisions, constitutions, statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, treatises, legal encyclopedias, and legal periodicals. Various legal finding tools such as digests, citators, annotated statutes, legal dictionaries, and form-books are also discussed. Students will also receive training in computer-assisted legal research and proper Bluebook citation format. This course is a legal specialty. (Please note: minimum passing grade needed is a "C")