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Advanced Legal Research {Distance Education Version} (1)
This course will focus on advanced legal research methodologies and strategies within the context of federal and state law. It includes coverage of legislation and legislative history, regulations and regulatory history, agency decisions and websites, treatises, looseleaf services, electronic databases, practice materials, and strategies for making sure that your research is thorough. This course satisfies the Advanced Legal Research requirement and is not available to students who have already taken one of the Advanced Legal Research courses.
The course will be taught in a distance education format through Blackboard during approximately the first half of the Fall 2013 semester. Course modules will track the coverage listed above. There will be deadlines throughout the course for completion of the modules, which will include a variety of components including guided exercises, tutorials, and short open-ended research projects. A substantial portion of the grade will consist of performance on a final research project on an assigned topic. The course will be conducted entirely in distance education mode, with no regularly scheduled classroom meetings.
Current & Previous Instructors:
Susan Herrick; Jill A. Smith; Camilla Tubbs;
| 576G (CRN: 26093) Credits: 1 Herrick. Spring, 2013 (Twilight). Distance Ed first half of semester only. Room N/A. Booklist. | 576G (CRN: 96569) Credits: 1 Smith. Fall, 2013 (Twilight). Distance Ed first half of semester only. 1 opening. (Limit 30). See course waitlist. | 576G (CRN: 96735) Credits: 1 Tubbs. Fall, 2013 (Twilight). Distance Ed first half of semester only. 2 openings. (Limit 30). See course waitlist. |
Key to Codes in Course Descriptions
P: PrerequisiteC: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course
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