Class Schedule
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Introduction to Course |
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Evaluating Resources & Authority
Reading: Scott P. Stolley, The
Corruption of Legal Research, Appellate Advocacy Committee Perspectives, DRI,
November 2004, p. 39. (article starts on the 20th page of the .pdf)
Reading: Nancy Gallenson, Web of Deception, Lexis InfoPro (June 2003)
Scout Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html)
Boilerplate: a technological milestone
DHMO.org
Dog Island
World Trade Organization (http://gatt.org) (http://www.wto.org)
DomainTools
Register.com (http://register.com)
Google
Urban Legends & Folklore or Snopes.com
Places to complain about fraud:
Internet Fraud Complaint Center (FBI & National White Collar Crime Center)
National Fraud Information Center
SEC Complaint Center (corporate, consumer or mail fraud)
FTC Consumer Complaint Form (trade, retail, consumer fraud)
Florida Division of Consumer Services
Basic Secondary Sources
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 2, and Section 3-4
Watch Webcast: Indexes and the Google Generation CALI Conference 2008 (Need to register for CALI.)
Subject Guide to Treatises and Looseleafs
Index to Legal Periodicals
LegalTrac
Hein Online
BNA All
SSRN
Secondary Sources - The Practical
Reading: Nutshell Chapters 8
Ellen Platt, Jury Instructions: An Underutilized Resource, 7 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 90 (1999) (Second Link)
Handout: Exercise on Secondary Sources
Due: Topic Selection for Pathfinder (9/8)
Due: First Research Journal Entry (9/13)
Powerpoint: Practical Secondary Sources
Florida Litigation Guide
Fact-Finding, Interviewing
Reading: Choose one of the articles in the Additional Readings section of the TWEN page.
Lisa Morris Duncan, Prepare for Client and Witness Interviews, The Young Lawyer 1, 4 (June 2006).
Internet Searching |
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Constitutions and Statutes
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 4
Due: Secondary Sources Exercise (9/22)
Exercise: Sign-up for statutes research practicum (Sign-up sheet will be on TWEN after class)
Powerpoint: Statutory Research
Florida Senate Calendar (pdf) (2011 Session Dates) (FL House Description)
Online Sunshine (FL Statutes, Constitution, Laws)
Florida Statutes (from FL Senate - with bills, etc.)
U.S. Code (GPO Access)
U.S. Code (LII)
Hein Online
American Law Sources Online (for material from other states)
Powerpoint: Constitutions
Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (from GPO
provides basic description and leading cases for each section)
Founders' Constitution (text plus
supporting documents on understanding the history of each clause)
Century of Lawmaking (from the Lib.
of Cong. includes Farrand's Records and other original documents)
The Federalist Papers (Avalon
Project at Yale)
State Constitutions (from Constitution Society)
Florida Historical Legal Documents
Case Law Research
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 3
Due: Second Research Journal Entry (9/29)
State Court Structure (National Center for State Courts)
Google Scholar
Fastcase
U.S. Courts
State Court Web Sites (National Center for State Courts)
Federal Judicial Center
Robing Room (Comments on judges)
Miami-Dade County Judicial Poll Results
Broward County Judicial Survey
FL Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions
Oyez
Verdicts, Settlements, Court Rules & Citators
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 7
Powerpoint: Case law research (ppt)
Research Strategy
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 1
Research Guide: Integrated Research Strategy
Handout: Exercise on Case Law
Powerpoint: Research Plan
Administrative Law |
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Legislative History
Reading: Nutshell Sections Chapter 5
Handout: Exercise on Legislative History
Powerpoint: Federal Legislative Histories
Congressional (LexisNexis)
Thomas
GPO Access
Hein Online
Florida Legislative History (FL Senate, 1998-date)
Florida Legislative History Research Guide
Advanced Online Techniques
Due: Administrative Law Exercise (11/1)
Due: Draft Introduction to your Pathfinder (required) (11/3)
Looseleafs and other Topical Sources
Reading: Nutshell Section 8-1 to 8-3
Powerpoint: Topical Sources (pdf)
BNA All
Environmental Law Reporter
Tax Resources
Due: Legislative History Exercise
Government Documents and Agency Materials |
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Florida and State-Specific Legal Research
Uniform Law Commissioners
ABA Section of Business Law
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Center for State Courts
Baron (50 state surveys)
Florida Law Weekly
The Florida Bar
Florida
City-County-Circuit Listing
Florida Bar LOMAS
Florida Bar - General Practice Solo and Small Firm
Municode (municipal ordinances or codes)
Miami-Dade Public Library System
Florida Government Information Locator
Florida State Courts
FastCase
Daily Business Review
11th Judicial Circuit (Clerk of Court)
Gavel to Gavel
Florida Litigation Guide (free version of FL Causes of Action)
Public Resource
Law-Related, Business & Non-Legal Research: Finding Experts, Property, etc.
Jim Robinson, Finding and Researching Expert Witnesses on the Web LLRX, (http://www.llrx.com/features/findingexperts.htm) October 1, 2002
Reading: Nutshell Sections 8-4 to 8-9
Howjsay pronunciation dictionary
Public Records Online (search property records)
Florida Professional Liability (Office of Insurance Regulation) (malpractice claims)
Sunbiz (Florida Division of Corporations)
Expert Pages (self-identified experts)
Florida Secured Transaction Registry
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (current and released former inmates)
FL Department of Corrections (current inmates in FL prisons)
Social Security Death Index
UM Libraries Business Sources Guide (other business databases)
SEC (public company filings)
No Class, available for conferences
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