Class Schedule
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Introduction to Course |
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Evaluating Information
Refresher: Evaluating Web Sites (10:17)
Boilerplate: a technological milestone
DHMO.org
Dehydrated Water
Dog Island
World Trade Organization (http://gatt.org)
WHOIS Lookup
Register.com (http://register.com)
Scout Report (https://scout.wisc.edu/scout-report/selection-criteria)
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
Evaluating Authority (Listen to recording and complete exercise before class on January 21st) (Bring exercise to class on January 21st)
Due: Evaluating Authority (Due in-class on 1/21)
February 2, 4, 9
Secondary Sources: The Basic and the Practical
Refresher Recordings:
The Process of Legal Research (06:32)
How and When to Use Print Sources (08:56)
Secondary Sources Part I (15:00)
Secondary Sources Part II (10:47)
Reading: Nutshell Chapters 2 and Sections 3-6 and 7-6
Handout: Exercise on Secondary Sources
Due: Topic Selection for Pathfinder (2/4)
Subject Guide to Treatises
Hein Online
Making of Modern Law
Index to Legal Periodicals
Legaltrac
SSRN (working papers)
Constitutions and Statutes
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 4
Exercise: Sign-up for statutes research practicum (Sign-up sheet will be available on TWEN after class on 2/18)
Due: Research Journal Entry (2/11)
Powerpoint: Statutory Research (pdf)
Florida Senate Calendar (Session Dates Description and 2015 dates)
Online Sunshine (FL Statutes, Constitution, Laws)
Florida Statutes (from FL Senate - with bills, etc.)
Sunshine Statutes
American Law Sources Online (for material from other states)
U.S. Code (Fdsys)
U.S. Code (LII)
Hein Online
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
February 18, 23, 25
Case Law Research
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 3
Citation of Unpublished Opinions
Refresher Recording: Case Law Research (14:53)
Due: Secondary Sources Exercise (2/23)
Powerpoint: Case Law (pdf)
State Court Structure (National Center for State Courts)
Google Scholar
Fastcase (also on Hein)
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
FL Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions
Oyez
Administrative Law |
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Spring Break
Legislative History
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 5
Handout: Exercise on Legislative History
Due: Administrative Law Exercise (3/18)
Powerpoint: Federal Legislative History
Congressional (Proquest)
Congress.gov
FDsys
Hein Online
Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet
Florida Legislative History Research Guide
Florida House of Representatives (history and tracking)
Florida Legislative History (FL Senate, 1998-2010)
Selected Florida Staff Analysis (1971-1997)
Florida, Current Session(s)
Research Strategy
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 1
Due: Draft Overview to your Pathfinder (required) (3/25)
Powerpoint: Research Strategy (pdf)
Research Guide: Integrated Research Strategy
Fact-Finding, Interviewing
Reading: Choose one of the articles in the Additional Readings section of the TWEN page.
Reading: Adam J. Post, Advice for Your First Client Interview, Law Trends & News (Fall 2009).
Reading: Jim Calloway, The Initial Client Interview, Oklahoma Bar Association
(2002).
Looseleafs and other Topical Sources
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 8
Due: Legislative History Exercise (3/30)
Powerpoint: Looseleaf Sources (pdf)
BNA Subscriptions
Environmental Law Reporter
Tax Resources
Legal Tech Audit, Verdicts, Settlements, Court Rules & Citators
Reading: Nutshell Chapter 7
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure
FL Rules of Court Procedure
Search Engines and Online Techniques
Search Engine Land
Recommended Search Engines
Most Dangerous Search Engine? (Wired article about Shodan)
Internet Archive (books, music, video, archive)
Ask, Bing, ChaCha, Dogpile, DuckDuckGo, Ixquick, ipl2, GoodSearch, Mahalo, RadioSearchEngine, Spezify, Topsy, WolframAlpha, Yahoo, Yippy, Zuula, Technorati
Last day for pathfinder drafts (optional) (4/10)
Florida and State-Specific Legal Research
50-State Surveys
Uniform Law Commission (unannotated)
Hein Online
Florida Law Weekly (description)
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
11th Judicial Circuit (Clerk of Court)
Florida Professional Liability (Office of Insurance Regulation) (malpractice claims)
Researching Business and Company Resources
BloombergLaw
Daily Business Review
Public Records Online (search property records)
Sunbiz (Florida Division of Corporations)
Florida Secured Transaction Registry
UM Libraries Business Sources Guide (other business databases)
SEC (public company filings)
Miami-Dade Public Library System
Researching Other Non-Legal Materials
Ravel Law
Howjsay pronunciation dictionary
Tasa Group
Expert Pages (self-identified experts)
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (current and released former inmates)
FL Department of Corrections (current inmates in FL prisons)
No Class
Final Pathfinder due by 11:59pm.
Please put it in the Assignment Drop Box on TWEN,
e-mail it to me, or turn it in to
me directly.
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