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Instruction in Skills Identified in Core Competencies. Assumption : Core Competencies represent advanced legal research skills. Article : Adjusted the components in the Core Competencies to represent 119 distinct skills.
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Instruction in Skills Identified in Core Competencies Assumption: Core Competencies represent advanced legal research skills. Article: Adjusted the components in the Core Competencies to represent 119 distinct skills. Question: Where do students receive their primary instruction in these skills? Disclaimer: Certainly not scientific, nor based on school-wide survey. This is only a subjective study.
Courses • LARC II: First-year legal research course. • ALR: Advanced legal research. • LAPP: Legislation, Administrative Power and Procedure. • PC/Evid/CP: Practice Court, Evidence, Civil Procedure. • PR: Professional Responsibility. • Other: Another course in the curriculum.
Caselaw:26 Skills • LARC II: 14 • ALR: 6 • PC/Evid/CP: 3 • Other: 3
Statutes:37 Skills • ALR: 18 • LARC II: 10 • LAPP: 9
Administrative Materials:24 Skills • ALR: 11 • LAPP: 8 • LARC II: 4 • Other: 1
Procedural and Ethical Rules:26 Skills • ALR: 11 • LARC II: 10 • PC/Evid/CP: 3 • PR: 2
Non-Official Expositions of Legal Rules:6 Skills • LARC II: 4 • ALR: 1 • PC/Evid/CP: 1
Total Coverage of Research Skills • LARC II: 42 (35.3%) • ALR: 47 (39.5%) • LAPP: 17 (14.3%) • Practice Court/Evidence/Civil Procedure: 7 (5.9%) • Professional Responsibility: 2 (1.7%) • Other: 4 (3.4%)
Total Coverage of Research Skills • Research Classes: 89/119 (74.8%) • Non-Research Classes: 30/119 (25.2%)