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Legal Research/Writing I

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Find legal resources, including statutes and cases

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Cite legal resources

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Categorize legal resources as primary, secondary, mandatory, or persuasive

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Brief cases

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Research, draft and prepare internal law office memorandum

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Develop a systematic means of researching a legal problem/issue

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Communicate legal research results

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Demonstrate use of the National Reporter System; state regional and national digests; state and federal statutes; form books; dictionaries and hornbooks; WESTLAW; and other resources

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Demonstrate the descriptive word and known authority approach to legal research.