Hi, everyone.

The topics for September 12 are the following:

Part II – Legal Research Process and Strategies

A. Systematic Approach to Legal Research

a. Identify and analyze the significant facts surrounding the particular problem
b. Formulate the legal issues to be researched
c. Research the issues presented
d. Update – determine if your legal bases have been repealed, altered, or reversed

B. Search tools and finders, legal research systems

1. Digests
2. Annotations
3. Indexes
4. Legal encyclopedias
5. Legal research systems
6. Legal knowledge management systems
C. Elements of legal research
D. Common methods of search
1. Topic method
2. Fact word method
3. Case method
4. Dictionary method
5. Popular name method
E. Digesting cases or Case briefing
a. Facts
b. Issues
c. Ruling
d. Ratio

We need volunteers for Parts A, B, C, D, and E. Thank you.