Fall 2025 Legal Research Courses
Listed alphabetically below are the Advanced Legal Research courses scheduled for the Fall, 2025 semester.
Legal Research: Practical Skills (1 Credit)
Reviews and builds on the first-year research program to help students refine their skills, learn shortcuts, and develop research strategies. When you complete this course you will know how to find statutes, legislative materials, administrative regulations, and related cases. You will know how to use citator services effectively to enhance and update your research. You will also learn about a variety of important secondary sources and attain a comfort level with electronic research using Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and other databases, as well as reliable free or low‐cost legal sources.
Recommended for the following Professional Pathways: Corporate Transactions and Governance; Financial Services and Compliance; Health Care Management and Compliance; International Business; Labor and Employment (Corporate Perspective); Real Estate and Land Use; Tax; Trusts and Estates; Civil Rights/Civil Liberties; Criminal Defense; Criminal Prosecution; Family Law; Government/Public Sector; Immigration; International Law/Human Rights; Labor and Employment; IP/Copyright and Trademark; Media, Entertainment, Sports, Fashion; Tech/Privacy; General Practice – Litigation/Dispute Resolution; General Practice – Transactional
Legal Research: Corporate/Business Law
This course presents an in-depth review of practical research skills reinforcing the importance of knowing how to find and interpret statutes, administrative regulations, cases, and secondary sources, including practice materials (e.g., forms, pleadings, court rules). The course helps students refine research skills, learn shortcuts, and develop cost-effective and efficient research strategies for corporate/business law related projects. Class sessions integrate the use of print resources with internet and subscription online services through which students learn more sophisticated and responsible search practices.
This class builds on fundamental research skills and developing effective research strategies. The research assignments and exercises focus on corporate/business law issues. Students are also introduced to specialized sources and research tools designed for and used by corporate/business law practitioners.
Recommended for the following Professional Pathways: Corporate Transactions and Governance; Financial Services and Compliance; Health Care Management and Compliance; International Business; Labor and Employment (Corporate Perspective); Real Estate and Land Use; Tax; Trusts and Estates; General Practice – Litigation/Dispute Resolution; General Practice – Transactional
Note: There are no pre/co-requisites. However, this course assumes a basic understanding of corporate/business law and vocabulary.