Best Practices: What First-Year Law Students Should Learn in a Legal Research Class

Johnson, Nancy

Abstract

Footnotes (31)

Download This Paper | Share | Email |Add to Briefcase

Best Practices: What First-Year Law Students Should Learn in a Legal Research Class

Nancy P. Johnson

Georgia State University College of Law

2009

Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 2009
Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-04

Abstract:
Legal research instructors seldom have adequate class time to teach students the print and online sources needed to complete a research task successfully. However, there are core principles that first-year students should learn in a legal research class. The author discusses best practices in teaching the legal research process, along with the important research sources, including judicial opinions and reporters, digests and finding cases, statutes, administrative publications, updating research with citators, and secondary sources.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 41

Keywords: legal research, legal education, legal bibliography, best practices

JEL Classification: K00, K10

Accepted Paper Series

Download This Paper

Date posted: February 12, 2009

Suggested Citation

Johnson, Nancy P., Best Practices: What First-Year Law Students Should Learn in a Legal Research Class (2009). Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 2009; Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-04. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1341118

Contact Information

Nancy P. Johnson (Contact Author)

Georgia State University College of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302-4037
United States