ML: Fundamentals of US Legal Research (Greenlee) - online
Faculty
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| Edwin Greenlee Adjunct Professor of Law egreenle@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
35% Participation,
65% Paper,
Other (Note that there are weekly written assignments and two papers: a mid term and final.
The mid term and final papers comprise 65 percent of the grade.
Participating in the weekly short written assignments as well as posting to the weekly discussion board make up 35 percent of the grade.)
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Class meets online.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Masters in Law
Credits
3.0
Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research Fall 2024 This online class teaches students the key documents of the American Legal System, how to find and use these documents both in traditional legal research databases like Lexis and Westlaw as well as in the many free websites available on the internet. The class will also discuss secondary sources like periodical literature and legal treatises that assist in understanding and interpreting laws, court opinions, and administrative regulations. Students will learn how to use all of these sources in academic projects like seminar papers as well as in students’ everyday professional lives. Students also will learn how to employ strategies to enable them to carry out their research in an efficient and effective manner. The course is designed for our Master in Law students as well as other Penn students (no JD/LLM/LLCM) and members of Penn staff who want a thorough understanding of U.S. legal research methods.
Instructor: Edwin J. Greenlee, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.L.I.S.,MTS
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
Textbooks
"Legal Research in a Nutshell" by Kent Olson |