Develop the Habit: Note-Taking in Legal Research
Best of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, p. 66, Frank G. Houdek, ed., 2001
Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, Vol. 4, pp. 48-52, Winter 1996
5 Pages Posted: 25 May 2013
Date Written: January 1, 1996
Abstract
We reflect on the importance of note-taking to legal researchers. We describe some types of note-takers we have observed and then discuss some factors that shape the sort of notes one takes — for instance, the length of the project, the number of people working on it, the researcher's familiarity with the area.
A two-page handout lists Top 10 Tips for Better Note-Taking in Legal Research.
Posting this 1996 paper in 2013, we see some aspects that are dated (when we wrote it, law students and lawyers were only just starting to use laptops!), but we find that the general points are still useful.
Keywords: legal research, legal writing, law students, lawyers
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