The University of Colorado at Boulder Law School

1L Legal Writing and Research Resources

Use this page to:

1. Access your Library Legal Research Exercises
2. Access the videos you need to watch to complete an Exercise
3. Email your completed Exercise to your assigned librarian
4. Make an in-person appointment with your assigned librarian

Assigned Groups

Prof. Kiernan-Johnson groups

Prof. Felder groups

Prof. Bauer groups

Research Assignment

People v. Beck - Due Monday, February 18th at 9:00 AM. Please email assignments to the librarian assigned to your class. See below:

• Prof. Kiernan-Johnson’s Class -- Joan Policastri (joan.policastri@colorado.edu)
• Prof. Bauer’s Class – Alan Pannell (alan.pannell@colorado.edu)
• Prof. Felder’s Class – Robert Linz (robert.linz@colorado.edu)

Schedule an In-Person Meeting

Schedule a meeting with a Wise Law Library research librarian.

Joan Frances Policastri Reference Librarian Phone: (303) 492-2704 Email: joan.policastri@colorado.edu 215C Wolf Law Building 402 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0402 Schedule a Meeting with Joan

Robert Linz Associate Director and Head of Public Services Phone: (303) 492-2504 Email: robert.linz@colorado.edu 215B Wolf Law Building 402 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0402 Schedule a Meeting with Robert

Alan Pannell Head of Reference Phone: (303) 735-1867 Email: alan.pannell@colorado.edu 218 Wolf Law Building 402 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0402 Schedule a Meeting with Alan

Video Tutorials

Research Guides

How to find law review articles using an index Using the LegalTrac database and The Index to Legal Periodicals to find lists of articles published in legal journals, magazines and newspapers.	How to find Colorado statutes Using Colorado Revised Statutes and West's Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated to find Colorado Statutes.
How to find the law in using secondary sources Start your research with secondary sources. This guide discusses some of the most popular secondary sources available at the library.