Resources & Authorities

Determining Relevant Facts and Legal Issues Overview of Legal Sources Reviewing and Analyzing Cases Transcript Hi. I\’m Matt, and welcome to our fourth course, legal resources and authorities. This is lesson one, conducting research. This lesson includes determining relevant facts, an overview of legal resources, and reviewing and analyzing cases. We\’ll use a sample set […]

Areas Where Written Laws Apply Resources for Federal and State Statutes, Codes, and Rules Proper Use and Citing of Statutes, Codes, and Rules Transcript Hi. It\’s me, Matt, again with course four, lesson two, statutes, codes, and rules. In this lesson, we\’ll cover areas where written laws apply, resources for federal and state statutes, and

Introduction to Case Law Finding Appellate Opinions (case law) Using Appellate Opinions Transcript Hi. I\’m Matt, and this is lesson three, appellate opinions, case law. In this lesson, the phrases case law and appellate opinions are used interchangeably. We\’ll start with an introduction to case law, then we\’ll discuss finding case law and using case

What are Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides? Finding Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides Citing Secondary Sources Transcript Hi. I\’m Matt, and this is lesson four of legal resources and authorities. This lesson is about dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides. We\’ll begin this lesson by explaining what legal dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides are. Then we\’ll show how to locate

What are Local Rules? Sample Local Rules Finding, Using and Citing Local Rules Transcript Hi. I\’m Matt, and this is lesson five, the final lesson in our course, legal resources and authorities. This lesson is about local rules. Lesson five will cover three areas. One, what are local rules? Two, sample local rules. And three,