Advanced Research Skills: Health, Disability, and Elder Law

Catalog description

This course will enhance students’ research skills in the areas of health, disability, and elder law, and related fields. It is highly recommended for any student taking more than 4 credits in Health Law or any Health, Disability, or Elder Law class requiring a paper. The course will cover specialized research materials in print and on Westlaw and Lexis, administrative law resources, practice materials, and basic medical research. While it is an advanced course, basic research and citation skills will also be strengthened. Lecture topics will be reinforced by hands-on assignments and students will benefit from immediate feed-back on those assignments. The final project is a research outline that could serve as the basis for an upper-level writing assignment or a focused research project. Enrollment is limited to 12 students. This course will meet Monday- Thursday from 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. During the weeks of May 9th and 16th only.