LRW Citations Quiz with answers
graded A+
Reporter for Wisconsin Supreme Court - correct answer ✔✔North Western Reporter (N. W.)
Wisconsin Reports (Wis.)
Reporter for Wisconsin Courts of Appeals - correct answer ✔✔North Western Reporter
Wisconsin Reports
Reporter for Wiscosin Trial Cases - correct answer ✔✔typically not published
/p - correct answer ✔✔same paragraph
/s - correct answer ✔✔same sentence
/n - correct answer ✔✔within specific # of words
! - correct answer ✔✔variable word endings
& - correct answer ✔✔containing 2 or more search terms
* - correct answer ✔✔variable letters (Jur*r for juror or jury)
OR - correct answer ✔✔alternative terms
, "x" - correct answer ✔✔exact phrase
BUT NOT (%) - correct answer ✔✔excluding certain terms
what to do if you have too many results - correct answer ✔✔use terms and connectors
narrow jurisdictions
search specifically for cases, statutes, secondary sources, etc
search within results
refer to headnotes
citators
difference bw westlaw and lexis headnotes - correct answer ✔✔Westlaw: editors create the
headnote text
Lexis: headnotes are copy and pasted from the opinion
types of law - correct answer ✔✔constitution
statutes
judicial opinions
regulations
Materials explaining the law - correct answer ✔✔dictionaries
legal encyclopedias
treatises
restatements
jury instructions
legal periodicals
graded A+
Reporter for Wisconsin Supreme Court - correct answer ✔✔North Western Reporter (N. W.)
Wisconsin Reports (Wis.)
Reporter for Wisconsin Courts of Appeals - correct answer ✔✔North Western Reporter
Wisconsin Reports
Reporter for Wiscosin Trial Cases - correct answer ✔✔typically not published
/p - correct answer ✔✔same paragraph
/s - correct answer ✔✔same sentence
/n - correct answer ✔✔within specific # of words
! - correct answer ✔✔variable word endings
& - correct answer ✔✔containing 2 or more search terms
* - correct answer ✔✔variable letters (Jur*r for juror or jury)
OR - correct answer ✔✔alternative terms
, "x" - correct answer ✔✔exact phrase
BUT NOT (%) - correct answer ✔✔excluding certain terms
what to do if you have too many results - correct answer ✔✔use terms and connectors
narrow jurisdictions
search specifically for cases, statutes, secondary sources, etc
search within results
refer to headnotes
citators
difference bw westlaw and lexis headnotes - correct answer ✔✔Westlaw: editors create the
headnote text
Lexis: headnotes are copy and pasted from the opinion
types of law - correct answer ✔✔constitution
statutes
judicial opinions
regulations
Materials explaining the law - correct answer ✔✔dictionaries
legal encyclopedias
treatises
restatements
jury instructions
legal periodicals
