But it is the other two updates that I want to focus on, because, in combination, they dramatically enhance the results you receive
when performing legal research.
Not exact matches
So, although finding
legal information has almost become a one - click process, intelligently using it remains a difficult skill to master.40 To understand
research and
perform it well, students must be able to specifically identify a
legal source
when they see one — in any medium — and they must learn to question the nature of everything that they turn up along the way.41 Even more fundamentally, they must understand exactly what authority governs a particular
legal issue.
The ABA Model Rules make it clear that even
when you engage non-lawyers to
perform functions in your practice (be it trust accounting, money management,
legal research, or administrative functions), they can not commit acts you are not permitted to commit.
Paralegals are responsible for
performing preliminary
research when preparing
legal documents.
Paralegals are responsible for
performing preliminary
research when preparing
legal documents and for interviewing clients or witnesses.