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Chapter 13—Legal Research Process

Chapter 13—Legal Research Process. Expanded Outline. Expanded Outline. Issue page — List all ideas and formulations of the issue. Expanded Outline. Fact page— List key and background facts, sentences and ideas concerning the facts. Expanded Outline.

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Chapter 13—Legal Research Process

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  1. Chapter 13—Legal Research Process Expanded Outline

  2. Expanded Outline • Issue page—List all ideas and formulations of the issue.

  3. Expanded Outline • Fact page—List key and background facts, sentences and ideas concerning the facts.

  4. Expanded Outline • Analysis—Rule of law page—List name and citation of law, relevant contents, ideas and sentences concerning law.

  5. Expanded Outline • Analysis—Case law page—List name and citation of case, relevant law/quotes, ideas, and sentences concerning case.

  6. Expanded Outline • Analysis—Application—List all ideas, sentences, and so on, showing how law applies to client’s facts.

  7. Expanded Outline • Counteranalysis—List any ideas, sentences, law, quotes concerning counterarguments.

  8. Expanded Outline • Conclusion—List any ideas, sentences, and so on, concerning the writing of the conclusion.

  9. Chapter 13—Legal Research Process Part A—Analyze the Assignment

  10. Part A—Analyze the Assignment • Assignment—An identification of the type and purpose of the research assignment

  11. Part A—Analyze the Assignment • Constraints • Time: Allocate research time according to the time allotted to the assignment. • Length: If there is a page limit, organize research to ensure that each section is allotted sufficient space. • Format: Identify any format that may govern the assignment.

  12. Part A—Analyze the Assignment • Organization—Prepare an outline of the assignment.

  13. Chapter 13—Legal Research Process Part B—Conduct Research

  14. Part B—Conduct Research • Step 1: Preliminary preparation Gather all information necessary to research and analyze the assignment. • Part 1: Gather information about the case. • Part 2: Identify the key terms and key facts. • Part 3: Preliminary research.

  15. Part B—Conduct Research • Step 2: Issue Identify the issue (legal question) or issues raised by the facts of the client’s case.

  16. Part B—Conduct Research • Step 3: Rule Identify the law that governs the issue. • Part 1: Locate the general law that governs the issue. • Part 2: Locate the law that interprets how the general law applies to the specific fact situation of the issue. • Part 3: Update research.

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