Computer Assisted Legal Research

Catalog description

This course will expose the Paralegal student to the ever expanding role of computer-assisted research, an alternative to traditional, manual legal research. The student will explore Web resources techniques and sites to obtain both legal and non legal information. The student will be required to complete a series of projects on Lexis and Westlaw Skills sets in which the student will become proficient with the various uses and functions of electronic legal information retrieval.