Course Description:-

Enrolls in this Program and learn to:

• Sharpen your research skills and develop your ability to engage in the intricacies of legal research: using databases, case reports, and journals; 

• Identify and use relevant statues and reliable case laws and authorities effectively;

• Hone your research skills to supports your legal arguments and advice; and 

• Develop valuable techniques to properly and effectively integrate your research into your writing and arguments.

Are you a:

• Law student keen to obtain the skills required to carry out quick and efficient research for your articles, projects and other course work as well as excel in internships; or 

• Practicing lawyer intent on enhancing your research skills to deliver meaningful, accurate and timely advice to your clients? 

We recommend that you enroll in this Program now.

Did you know?

• That the internet can actually make legal research more challenging sometimes? 

• That it’s as important to plan your research as it is to plan your writing? 

• That you are more likely to win a legal argument by acknowledging the authorities those are against you? 

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Unit 1: Introduction to Legal Research

• Understand what modern day legal research entails, both the benefits and the pitfalls. 

• Develop strategies that will assist you in identifying issues—in either cases or academic questions—that need to be researched. 

Unit 2: Fundamentals of Conducting Legal Research

• Develop basic skills required to conduct successful legal research, in any area. 

• Distinguish between primary and secondary sources and learn how to outline a clear research process to allow efficient research to be conducted every time. 

• Learn how to generate search terms, develop a research plan, and how to decide when research is sufficient. 

Unit 3: Understanding and Using Legal Authorities – Legislation 

• Explore all forms of legislation beginning with the supreme law of the land, the Constitution, and moving on to Central and State legislation, delegated legislation, and ordinances. 

• Learn how to ensure that the legislation you use is current.  

Unit 4: Understanding and Using Legal Authorities – Case Law

• Understand how to use the other main, primary source of law—case law. 

• Learn how the system of precedent operates. 

• Grasp some finer points of the art of using case law to support a legal argument. 

Unit 5: Using Online Research Tools for Primary and Secondary Sources

• Study to use search engines and databases, across both India and international legal sources. 

• Learn to research both primary sources—statutes and case law—as well as secondary sources—such as journals, textbooks, and articles. 

Unit 6: Using Research in your Writing – Integrating Research, and Citation and Referencing 

• Analyze how to integrate you research into various forms of legal writing including research papers and professional writing tasks. 

• Understand the importance of proper citation and referencing, in all forms of legal writing. 

Course Duration: 12 Weeks

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