Program Overview
Learn the skills you need to perform computer-assisted
legal research using the searchable archive called LexisNexis® (sometimes
simply called "Lexis"), the world's largest collection of public
records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal news, and business information.
Lexis® derives its content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents,
and other printed sources.
The ability to effectively use Lexis®
is an important research skill
for lawyers, legal assistants,
law students, journalists, and
academics.
Learning Objectives
When you complete this course, you’ll be able to:
- Research techniques for both
traditional and online libraries.
- Evaluate the credibility of information
found online.
- Become effective in finding and
utilizing information from libraries
and multiple electronic sources.
- Understand key concepts which
include: describing sources, using
basic citation procedures, locating
cases and statutes using appropriate
sources, reading and briefing a
case, using lexis.com for legal
research, searching and retrieving
primary and secondary legal sources,
locating and profiling people and
businesses, and using the Internet
to perform factual business and
legal research.
- and much more...
