Advanced Legal Research
Course Description
This course will focus on advanced legal research methodologies and strategies within the context of federal and Maryland law. It includes coverage of legislation and legislative history, regulations and regulatory history, agency decisions and websites, treatises, looseleaf services, electronic databases, practice materials, and strategies for making sure that your research is thorough. Students will select a complex legal issue, will research the issue, and will prepare a substantial paper on their research strategies. The issue may be related to a project for another course. This course satisfies the Advanced Legal Research requirement and is not available to students who have already taken one of the Advanced Legal Research courses.
Current and Previous Instructors
Key to Codes in Course Descriptions
P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course
Currently Scheduled Sections
CRN: 28339
- Spring '24
- 1
- 4403
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Mon: 1:05-3:05
first half of semester onlyDay
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David Grahek
Chi Song
- 7 openings. (Limit 30).
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506b
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Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation 21st Edition
ISBN: 9780578666150 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
CRN: 28340
- Spring '24
- 1
- 4403
-
Thurs: 5:25-7:25
first half of semester onlyTwilight
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David Grahek
- 8 openings. (Limit 30).
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506f
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Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation 21st Edition
ISBN: 9780578666150 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
CRN: 99068
- Fall '24
- 1
- 4403
-
Mon: 7:35-9:35
first half of semester onlyEvening
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Kirstin Nelson
- Waitlisted. (Limit 25).
CRN:
- Spring '25
- 1
- 402
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Wed: 2:10-4:10
first half of semester onlyDay
- Enrollment Limit: 20
CRN: 28339
- Spring '25
- 1
- 4403
-
Wed: 2:10-4:10
first half of semester onlyDay
-
David Grahek
Chi Song
- Enrollment Limit: 20