«The attorneys surveyed placed
advanced legal research skills alongside drafting pleadings and motions as the skills both «most needed» and «most lacking» in litigation practice,» according to Nota Bene, a blog by the librarians at the University of Houston O'Quinn Law Library.
Not exact matches
Doing so effectively calls for
research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic
legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence on domestic databases to learn how to access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law
research requires much more emphasis on statutes and scholarship than on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American
legal analysis.58 While there have been significant
advances in access to foreign and international
legal sources, there are still substantial barriers, 59 and the
research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark) from those that apply to domestic law.
One of the questions put to the panel in
advance of the session was: «What kind of
legal research skills should law school students be highly proficient in by the end of second or third year of law school?»
One of the questions put to the panel in
advance of the session was: «What kind of
legal research skills should law school students be highly proficient in by... [more]
Aggressive litigation requires
legal research, the ability to handle voluminous documents, technology
skills and deep pockets to
advance the costs for experts and consultants.
Guides to
Legal Research Introduction to information
skills; Online tutorial in improving Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw Legal Research Directory Guide to Legal Research Case Law Research: a Guide Advanced Guide to Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to Legal Citation Guide to Searching and Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist Research Refreshe
skills; Online tutorial in improving
Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw Legal Research Directory Guide to Legal Research Case Law Research: a Guide Advanced Guide to Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to Legal Citation Guide to Searching and Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist Research Refreshe
Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information Weblaw
Legal Research Directory Guide to
Legal Research Case Law
Research: a Guide
Advanced Guide to
Researching Case Law Guide to Finding Texts and Articles Guide to Using Lexis Guide to using Westlaw School of Law student guides and resources Australian Guide to
Legal Citation Guide to Searching and
Researching on the Internet Pacific Law Pathfinder Library tour notes and checklist
Research Refresher 2005
As a member of the Miami Law faculty, she teaches
Legal Communication and Research Skills and upper - level courses on Guantánamo legal issues and advanced writing techni
Legal Communication and
Research Skills and upper - level courses on Guantánamo
legal issues and advanced writing techni
legal issues and
advanced writing techniques.
Other
Research Skills Presentations: 4 - Primary legal research II - Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 - Advanced Guide to using the internet
Research Skills Presentations: 4 - Primary
legal research II - Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 - Advanced Guide to using the internet
research II -
Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 -
Advanced Guide to using the internet - incl.
Advanced legal research courses, or other courses and activities that will hone an applicant's
research and writing
skills are also highly recommended.
However, candidates are often required to have some very specific knowledge of international affairs,
legal insight around a particular area or
advanced research skills.