ML: Fundamentals of US Legal Research (Tung) - online
Faculty
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| Genevieve Tung Associate Director for Educational Programs gtung@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Other Professional Skills: Legal research
Grading
40% Paper,
60% Other (There is one midterm assignment worth 20% of the final grade. 40% of the final grade is comprised of coursework to accompany each class session (research quizzes and discussion threads). )
No
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:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Masters in Law
Credits
3.0
This asynchronous online course will introduce you to the most important sources of American state and federal law, how to navigate leading commercial and government research platforms, and how to find and retrieve the law on any topic. Students will learn how to locate helpful secondary sources and primary law, such as court opinions, statutes, and administrative regulations. Students will learn how to research the law both for academic projects and issues that arise in their everyday professional lives. Emphasis will be placed on the use of emerging technologies and critical legal information literacy. 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.
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.