Legal Research and Information Literacy

Catalog description

This course will provide a thorough insight into how to study law. Students will acquire fundamental legal skills such as how to read a case and identify and differentiate ratio decidendi and obiter dicta, understand the codification of law in a common law jurisdiction, and learn how to accurately research legal topics utilizing and citing primary and secondary legal sources. The course will focus on domestic (U.S.) legal research, involving both state and federal jurisdictions, in addition to investigating international examples and legal instruments.