Advanced Legal Research: Transactional

Catalog description

This course aims to prepare students to research as a corporate or transactional lawyer, including the analysis, search process, information evaluation, and reasoning necessary to ethically research transactional law problems and advise clients on transactional law matters. We aim to broaden your knowledge of the methods, databases, sources, and materials that you will encounter when conducting transactional law research, including both extractive and generative AI tools; and to increase your familiarity with common transactional law issues and the research requests that typically accompany those issues. Students' learning objectives are to develop best practices for research strategies, identify sources, and enhance their research skills related to several common transactional law research problems, which may include corporate formation and organization; SEC filings; and precedent documents and forms. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Class Participation, Written Assignments.