Corpus Juris Secundum - How to Use.
Basic Legal Citation
By Peter W. Martin. Look at the left menu to pull up citation
examples.
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/)
Codes and Legislation Law
Topic
(http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/east/topics/lawsites/code.htm)
Legal Resources
From the National Federation of Paralegal Associations
provides useful links
(http://www.paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1)
Legal Resources on the Internet
From
the Tennessee Bar Association
(http://www.tba.org/Resources/net_main.html)
Memo
Format Requirements
This is one professor's requirements
at William Bowen School of Law. See also
Barger on Legal Writing.
(http://ualr.edu/cmbarger/Memofrmt.htm)
Microsoft
Office
Scroll
down to find items of interest to paralegals.
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?qu=paralegal)
Syllabus of Supreme Court Decision
Actual Syllabus of Clark v. Arizona
to see example of Syllabus from Cornell
(http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-5966.ZS.html)
Tips on Legal Research
Tips for using the library's
LexisNexis Academic database
(http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/east/topics/lawsites/tipslnacademic.htm)
Use Tennessee's legal
encyclopedia: Tennessee Jurisprudence (Ref KFT 65. T46).
Discussion can be lengthy.
Also check the Words and Phrases volume
for definitions with law and court cases.
Example: Find Civil remedies in contract law.
Scan of index and
page about contract defenses.
See also the
Mega Law
Website Topic for links to comprehensive legal sites
West's Key Number System Topic
Legal Brief Samples (always check with
your teacher)
Case Brief Form
According to Mark Peacock
(http://www.milligan.edu/profbusiness/mpeacock/casebrief.htm)
Case Briefs
Bank
Links to how to write a
brief and to briefs in different areas of law. Briefs are written
by law
students.
(http://www.4lawschool.com/casebrief.htm)
Preview Cases - Scheduled with Briefs Available
ABA provides latest cases with
Merit briefs, like Petitioners', Respondent's and
Petitioners' Reply. You
may need to scroll down.
(http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/home.html)
Supreme Court
Case Briefs in LexisNexis Academic Database
Select LexisNexis
Academic. Click Legal Source drop down box,
highlight Supreme Court Briefs.
Checklist for Briefs
From the U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
(http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/forms/briefs/checklistforbriefs.htm)
How to Brief a
Case (Federal)
For federal cases, according to Dana Blatt at Washburn School of Law
(http://lawschool.westlaw.com/highcourt/HowToBrief.doc)
How to Brief a Case from John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Scroll down to Student Brief
(http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/brief.html)
How to Brief a Case from the University of Virginia School of Law
From the
UVA School of Law
(http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/briefhow.html)
Writing a Case Brief
Site created by Philip Reichel
(http://www.cjed.com/Write_Brief.pdf)
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Audiovisuals for
Research
Videos & Instruction on How to Do
Legal Research.
See videos on how to use the Tennessee Digest and how to use
LexisNexis
Academic for legal research.
Lexis.com
video
[Old but may still have some points]
For paralegal students. Version of Lexis.com may have changed.
See also
Tips for Legal Research in LexisNexis Academic.
EBooks
The Independent Paralegal's Handbook: How to Provide Legal
Services Without Becoming a Lawyer
Ralph Warner
(Berkeley: Nolo, 2004)
Lawyers' Language: How and Why Legal Language Is Different
Alfred Phillips (New York: Taylor
& Francis, 2003)
Legal Analysis and Writing for Paralegals
William H. Putman
(Albany, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 1998)
Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It
Kent Olson
(Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1999)
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
Stephen Elias
(Berkeley, Nolo, 2004)
Legal
Research Using the Internet
Judy Long
(Albany, NY: Delmar Health Care Publishing, 2000)
Oran's Dictionary of the Law
Daniel Oran and Mark Tosti (Albany, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2000)
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
(13 vols., Detroit: Gale, 2005)
Pointers about oral presentations?
Giving an Oral Presentation (Points of View Reference Center)
Video on how to use
PowerPoint 2007 (PowerPoint is not required for the oral presentation)See also the
Legal Dictionaries and Directories
Topic
See also the
Shepardizing Topic
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