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Law Refresher The Final Chapter

Law Refresher The Final Chapter. Part IV – April 30. Today’s Agenda. Types of primary legal sources Review of federal legal documentation Comparison of Westlaw and LexisNexis KeyCite Your questions. Primary Sources. Cases Briefs Statutes Regulations. Federal system of government.

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Law Refresher The Final Chapter

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  1. Law RefresherThe Final Chapter Part IV – April 30

  2. Today’s Agenda • Types of primary legal sources • Review of federal legal documentation • Comparison of Westlaw and LexisNexis • KeyCite • Your questions

  3. Primary Sources • Cases • Briefs • Statutes • Regulations

  4. Federal system of government • Federal v. state • Federal law is supreme • 51 separate legal systems • 51 court systems • 51 legislatures • 51 executives

  5. Federal Courts • United States Supreme Court • U.S., L.Ed., L.Ed.2d, S.Ct. • U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal • F., F.2d, F.3d • U.S. District Courts • F.Supp., F.Supp.2d

  6. Federal Statutes • U.S. Code (U.S.C.) • United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) • United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) • Princeton does not own

  7. Federal Regulations • Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) • Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)

  8. Electronic Availability • All published federal and state case law since 1789 (even some unpublished) • Nearly all codified federal and state statutes since about 1990 • Federal regulations since 1981 • All federal laws since 1789 • Nearly all law reviews since early 1990’s • Major law reviews since first volume (Hein)

  9. Major Legal Databases • LexisNexis Academic • LexisNexis (commercial version) • Westlaw Campus • Indexes - various • Hein Online

  10. Why Use Print? • Statutory research • Case Digests • Legal encyclopedias

  11. Putting It All Together • Inexperienced Researchers • Let secondary sources guide researcher through cases and statutes • Secondary Sources • Legal encyclopedias • Law Reviews and Journals • Experienced Researchers • Statutes and Regulations • Then Cases

  12. Lawyer Jokes • You're trapped in a room with a lion, a rattlesnake and a lawyer. You have a gun with two bullets. What should you do? • You shoot the lawyer. Twice.

  13. Lawyer Jokes, again • What do you call 20 lawyers skydiving from an airplane? • Skeet.

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