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To the Instructor
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Syllabi ix

Chapter1: Introduction to Legal Research, Writing and Analysis
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Chapter2: The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts and Identifying Legal Issues
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Chapter 3: Finding and Analyzing Case Law
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Chapter 4: How to Read and Summarize a Case Law Decision
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Chapter 5: Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Regulations
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Chapter 6: Statutory and Constitutional Analysis
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Chapter 7: Secondary Sources
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Chapter 8: Digests
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Chapter 9: Validating Your Research: Using Shepards, Keycite and other Citators
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Chapter10: Introduction to Lexis Advance, Westlaw, & Bloomberg Law
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Chapter11: Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR): The FreelyAccessible Internet 81
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nb Chapter 12: Basic Legal Writing Tools
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Chapter 13: The Memorandum of Law: Predictive Legal Writing
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Chapter 14: Writing to the Court: Persuasive Writing
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Chapter15: Motion Practice: Research and Writing Issues
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Chapter 16: Legal Correspondence
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, To the Instructor nb nb




The Sixth Edition of Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
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When we first wrote Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, we were convinced that students needed a
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text that integrated research, analysis, and writing skills. We remain convinced of that; therefore, our
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basic approach to the subject matter has not changed. However, legal research materials and the
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methods of doing legal research have changed considerably over the past several years. The availability
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of legal resources through the Internet has tremendous influence on the way research is conducted. No
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longer are researchers confined to a law library. The widespread use of all forms of computer assisted
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legal research requires that legal researchers develop new skills.
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However, the law has not abandoned the written word and, as any experienced researcher knows, books nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




are often preferred. The new skills that researchers must develop, therefore, cannot supplant traditional
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research skills, but must complement them. As a result, most chapters now contain a section
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incorporating the availability of legal research materials on the free Internet. We continue to have a
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chapter introducing Westtlaw, Lexis Advance, and Bloomberg Law, as well as an overview chapter on
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Internet research. We have also refined the use of sample pages from print resources. Since legal
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writing continues to be a source of concern, we have added a section to each chapter providng a short
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writing exercise with suggested sample answers found in an Appendix to the text.
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This text assists the instructor in presenting material in a practical and relevant way. Each
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chapter opens with a short memorandum From the Desk of W. J.
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Bryan, Esq., that contains a hypothetical factual situation to be researched and
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analyzed by a fictional research associate. The memorandum approach helps to
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introduce the topic of the chapter and to engage the student’s imagination. Each
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chapter contains figures with sample pages from print resources, screen shots from
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online sources, or examples of legal writing so as to illustrate text material.
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One feature at the end of the chapter, Can You Figure It Out?, requires students to answer
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questions related to these figures. Furthermore, because learning to do legal research
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requires hands-on experience, at the end of each chapter are research, analysis, citation,
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and writing exercises. Research assignments can be performed
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in a library or, in many cases, online. (Answers to most of these exercises are found in
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an Instructor’s Manual.) So that students can build confidence prior to using a library
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or online resource, exercises are found in a chapter end feature, Test Yourself.
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Answers to selected research problems are found in Appendix Gto the text.
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Each chapter also addresses important writing issues in end-of-chapter features.
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Test Yourself also contains a section entitled “Write It Right.” Here
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students find a writing assignment preceded by an explanation and example. Suggested answers to
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the writing assignment are generally provided in Appendix G.
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This feature covers a variety of legal writing issues.
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All chapters also include a Chapter Summary, Terms to Remember, Citation
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Matters, and Questions for Review, as well as a Case Project. This section allows
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students and instructors to select one hypothetical case (many
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, of which are found in Appendices A and B) and to perform some research, analysis, or
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writingproject in chapters. In this way, students see how the material covered in the
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different chapters is integrated. Questions and problems for
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group work, either in class or online through the use of discussion boards, have been
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added.
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Features
A variety of features helps students and instructors.
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• Legal vocabulary is identified in boldface type. The key terms are defined in
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the margins of the text where the terms appear. A comprehensive Glossary is
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also included at the end of the book.
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• Skill Objectives are listed at the beginning of each chapter, helping
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students recognize the main points of the chapter.
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• Finding It Online offers students the opportunity to explore online legal nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




research resources.
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• Citation Matters, a feature that appears in each chapter, is a brief overview of nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




major citation rules affecting legal writing.
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• The Writer’s Corner, a feature in each chapter, focuses on an important legal
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writing issue.
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• As previously stated, an interoffice memorandum called From the Desk of
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W. J. Bryan, Esq., opens the text of each chapter. This memorandum serves
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as an introduction to the subject matter, encouraging the student to think
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about the subject matter in a practical setting.
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• Research checklists are found inseveral chapters, providing a quick, nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




easy-to-read summary of the material found in the text.
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• Sample pages from an assortment of law books are included in the research nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




chapters. Practical exercises, found in the section Can You Figure It Out? at
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the end of the chapters, give students the opportunity to practice research skills
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before going to the library.
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• Examples of actual research memoranda appear inappropriate chapters. nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




• A Chapter Summary is included in every chapter; it provides a short
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overview of the major concepts covered in the chapter.
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• BasicQuestions for Review follow the chapter summary. These questions are
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designed to focus the student on the most important concepts
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presented in the chapter. nb nb nb




• Assignments, Activities, and Exercises are included at the end of each nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




chapter. These features include library research problems, analysis exercises, and
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writing assignments.
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• Citation Exercises are included at the end of each chapter. nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




• Questions From theWriter’s Corner located at the end of the chapter nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




reinforce the material covered in the chapter.
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• Most chapters include a feature called APoint to Remember. This practical
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information is fashioned to help students focus on the skills and concepts
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that will help themin doing legal research, writing, and analysis.
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• Test Yourself, including Write It Right, allows students to test their own
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research and writing skills by providing answers to the questions in
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Appendix G.
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• Appendix B includes several research problems that may be used as a nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb nb




basis for assignments for all chapters, givingstudents the opportunity to
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