- [+/-] January 15 - Introduction and Overview of the Class
Overview of Class Requirements | Questionnaire | Preparing for a Research Problem
Please check the web page every week. Entries may be revised, and readings and links may be added or deleted. Come prepared to discuss assigned readings. Check TWEN for any quizzes.
Assigned Reading:
Mark Herrmann, This is What I'm Thinking: A Dialogue Between Partner & Associate... From the Partner, 25 No. 1 Litigation 8 (1998). Westlaw | Lexis
Myriam Gilles, This is What I'm Thinking: A Dialogue Between Partner & Associate ... And From the Associate, 25 No. 1 Litigation 9 (1998). Westlaw | Lexis
Carolyn P. Ahearn, The Right Way to Research, Legal Times, Sept. 29, 2003, at 30. Westlaw
Mark Herrmann has included his article in a short book for new lawyers, The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law, Chicago, IL: ABA Publishing (2006). It covers such additional useful topics as How to Write and Seven Hours Locked in a Room. A copy is on Course Reserve at the Circulation Desk in the law library [call # KF 300 .H47 2006]. The book provides both very useful advice and some comic relief.
Power Point: Introduction to the Class and to Research Problems (currently unavailable)
- [+/-] January 17 - Interviewing the Partner
Check TWEN for any quizzes.
Interviewing the Partner: an interview / research problem.
Guest Appearance (By Skype): Steve Morger
- [+/-] January 22 - Developing Research Strategies
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Review Library and Class web pages | Developing strategies for research problems: fact analysis,
legal universe, jurisdiction, steps in researching, cost, time, and outcome desired
Assigned reading must be finished before class begins. Visit the websites on the class page, as well.
Check TWEN for any quizzes.
Clark D. Cunningham, What Clients Want From Their Lawyers, 2009.
Barbara Bintliff, Electronic Resources or Print Resources: Some Observations on Where to Search, 14 No. 1 Persp: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing (2005) Westlaw
Duane L. Ostler, The Strength Is In The Research, 20 Utah Bar J. 42 (2007) Lexis | Westlaw
Jordan Furlong, Core Competence: 6 New Skills Now Required of Lawyers, Law21.ca, Jul. 4, 2008
Marjorie M. Shultz and Sheldon Zedeck, 26 Lawyering Effectiveness Factors.
Websites:
Venn Diagram for Boolean Searching: Chart OR AND NOT
Search Engine Showdown's Features Chart
Power Point: Questions to Ask and Answer
- [+/-] January 24 - Introduction to Treatises and Practice Guides
Power Point: Treatises and Practice Guides
Major Treatises by Subject
Colorado Treatise and Practices Guides - In the Library and Online
In Class Assignments
- [+/-] January 29 - Boolean Searching | Google Scholar | Casemaker
Power Point: Constructing A Search (Thanks to Lee Ryan) (currently unavailable) | Search Form
Google Scholar
Colorado Bar Association Casemaker
- [+/-] January 31 - Case Law Publication | Advanced Lexis Searching
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Specialized Lexis Training with Katy Sparks
Review of case publication.
Assigned Reading:
Barbara Bintliff, Mandatory v. Persuasive Cases, 9 No. 2 Persp: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 83 (2001).
Scott P. Stolley, The Corruption of Legal Research, For the Defense, April 2004, at 39.
Daniel Dabney, The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full-text Legal Document Retrieval, 78 L. Libr. J. 5
(1986).
Leah Christensen, Legal Reading: A Key to Law School Success, Bloomberg Law, Jan. 12, 2012.
Weblinks:
Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
Oyez: The U.S. Supreme Court Multi-Media Archive
The United States Court System: The Chart
State Court Structure: Charts
Colorado Court Structure: Chart
Overview of the Colorado Court System
Map of the Federal Circuits
National Center for State Courts - Links to Court Web Pages
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com/
LexisNexis Communities Portal - http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/
Official Federal:
Official Supreme Court Site (includes orders and journal, opinions and oral arguments)
U.S. Courts of Appeal - Opinions by Circuit:
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | DC | Federal (some of these links are to PACER).
Additional links to circuit cases (with various search features)
Search all 13 Circuit Courts of Appeals' opinions
Findlaw Links:
Findlaw Colorado: Case Law
FindLaw: Federal Cases
US District Courts - Listed on FindLaw by State
- [+/-] February 5 - Advanced Westlaw and Bloomberg Searching
Specialized Westlaw Training with Jeff Brandimart
Specialized Bloomberg Training with Tracy Broadhead Frith
- [+/-] February 7 - Citators
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Shepard's and KeyCite
Web Links:
Citation Linking Cases
Networks on the Web (Wikipedia's Point of View)
Assigned Reading:
Carole A. Levitt & Mark Rosch, Are All Citator Services Created Equal? [pdf]
J. Paul Lomio, Caveat Citator (Or Why Shepardizing Your Cases Isn't Always Enough), S.F.Daily J., Jan. 31, 2008.
Susan Nevelow Mart, The Case for Curation:The Relevance of Digest and Citator Results in Westlaw and Lexis, (December 12, 2012). Legal Reference Services Quarterly, Forthcoming. Read Pages 1-2. 7-8, 21-29, 48-57.
Mary Whisner, Practicing Reference: When Judges Scold Lawyers, 96 Law. Libr. J. 43 (2004).
- [+/-] February 12 - Digests
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Digests | Key Numbers | Core Concepts |
Assigned Reading:
Dan Dabney, The Universe of Thinkable Thoughts: Literary Warrant and West's Key Number System, 99 Law. Libr. J. 229 (2007).
Susan Nevelow Mart, The Case for Curation:The Relevance of Digest and Citator Results in Westlaw and Lexis, (December 12, 2012). Legal Reference Services Quarterly, Forthcoming. Read Pages 44-48.
Outline of West's Digest of the Law
West's Analysis of American Law, Law Reference, KF 240 .W454 2011
- [+/-] February 14 - Publication Rules | Dockets | Current Awareness
Assignment 1 will be online after class and will be due in the Records Office on February 21, 2013 by 5:00 p.m., and must also be posted in the class TWEN drop box by 5:00 p.m. on February 21, 2013. Use your exam numbers on your assignments.
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Assigned Reading:
Sarah E. Ricks, The Perils of Unpublished Non-precedential Federal Appellate Opinions: A Case Study of the Substantive Due Process State-created Danger Doctrine in One Court, 81 Wash. L. Rev. 217 (2006) Westlaw | Lexis
William R. Mills, The Shape of the Universe: The Impact of Unpublished Opinions on the Process of Legal Research, 19 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 59 (2003). Westlaw | Lexis.
Peter J. Krumholz, Aaron Solomon, and Andra Zeppelin,Point / Counterpoint: The Court of Appeals' No-Citation Policy for Unpublished Opinions, 39- Colo. Law. 71 (November 2010).
Power Point: Publication, Current Awareness & Dockets (currently unavailable)
A Few Selected Websites for Current Awareness:
Court Listener
This is a free and competitive real time alert tool for the U.S. judicial system from the Information School at the University of California, Berkeley. The site has daily information regarding all precedential opinions
issued by the 13 federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. Every day, the site also posts the non-precedential opinions from all of the Circuit courts except the D.C. Circuit. The databases are updated daily, and custom alerts go out every evening.
BNA International Trade Reporter.
[Note: To access this title from off-campus you must activate the CU VPN client on your computer (VPN information is available on the CU OIT website.)].
American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insights
These 2-3 page articles on topics of current interest are written by international law experts.
BNA Family Law Reporter
The current guide to federal and state cases, legislation, trends, and issues in Family Law. Includes court cases, legislative and regulatory news, and other developments in key areas of family law. Covers state and federal issues. Published weekly every Tuesday.
[Note: To access this title from off-campus you must activate the CU VPN client on your computer (VPN information is available on the CU OIT website.)].
Free BNA Current Awareness Alerts on corporate law and business; employment and labor law; environment; health and safety; health care services; human resources; intellectual property; and litigation.
The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. It researches pending tax issues, and will e-mail its newsletter on request.
Blogs:
The Tenth Circuit Blog: A blog for criminal
defense attorneys practicing in the Tenth Circuit.
The 10b-5 Daily: A blog for news and events about securities class action litigation.
SCOTUSblog: A blog discussing recent developments in Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Dockets:
Public Access to Court Records
Free Court Case Docket Monitoring
PACER
Bloomberg Law
Justia Dockets & Filings
RECAP is a free extension for Firefox that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts. Cases downloaded on PACER are redacted for privacy and then posted for reuse on RECAP.
- [+/-] February 19 - Finding Articles and Using Indexes
BNA Index Study
Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text
Power Point: Indexes
- [+/-] 12: February 21 - Transactional Research
First Assignment Due TODAY; Drop a copy off at the Records Office AND post a copy on the TWEN class drop box by 5:00 p.m. today. Use your exam number.
The Group Secondary Sources Assignment will be handed out today. Group presentations will be given in class on February 26th.
Class today will focus on secondary sources for transactional work.
Group Secondary Source Assignment Part One
Group Secondary Source Assignment Part Two
Tina L. Stark, Thinking Like a Deal Lawyer, 54 J. Legal Ed. 223 (2004) WestlawNext
- [+/-] February 26 - Presentations for Secondary Sources
The focus of this class will be on student presentations covering each of the assigned secondary sources. Each group has 12 minutes for their presentation.
[See assignment (currently unavailable)]. Be prepared to answer questions on your topic.
Assigned Reading:
FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL RESEARCH, Barkan, Mersky & Dunn, 9th ed., 2009 (Chapter 16 "Legal Encyclopedias" / Chapter 17 "American Law Reports" / Chapter 19 "Treatises, Restatements, Uniform Laws, and Model Acts"). There are 2 copies on Course Reserve in the law library (ask at the Circulation Desk - call # KF 240 .J3 2009).
Weblinks:
Uniform Law Commissioners - Final Acts and Legislation
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts
American Law Reports Westlaw | Lexis
Class Presentation Materials:
- [+/-] February 28 - Federal Statutes
Assigned Reading:
Take a look at this opinion from the Supreme Court, issued February 26, 2013.
Practitioner's Guide to the Tenth Circuit
On Second Thought, Court Finds, a Law 'Makes No Sense', New York Times (December 7, 2004). Lexis
Lost Laws: What We Can't Find in the United States Code, Will Tress, 40 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 129 (2010).
Weblinks:
Thomas (Library of Congress) - provides access to bills and public laws
Govtrack - Follow the status of pending federal Legislation.
The Sunlight Foundation has a legislative language tool, Scout (http://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/), that allows the user to set up email alerts for key phrases or follow a particular bill. It covers Congress, regulations across the whole executive branch, and legislation in all 50 states.
United States Code from FDsys - U.S. Government Printing Office, Federal Digital System
Database of Federal Statute Names form Yale Law School
United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources
- [+/-] March 5 - Federal Legislative History
Assigned Reading:
Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't. of Justice, 471 F. 3d 315 (2nd Cir. 2006). Find out what courts do with legislative histories, and be prepared to discuss the case.
Federal Legislative Histories on a Shoestring: USCCAN Finding Chart, Diane Gleason, 18 Legal Ref. Serv. Q. 93 (2001).
Government: How Our Laws Are Made and How a Bill Becomes Law
Enactment of a Law: Procedural Steps in the Legislative Process
Compiling a Federal Legislatve History: Research Guide
Weblinks:
Years of the 1st through 112th Congresses (1789-2012)
Chart of the Legislative Process
Proquest Congressional
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U.S.C.C.A.N (Westlaw)
Statutes at Large (Lexis)
FDsys - U.S. Government Printing Office, Federal Digital System
USCS citation: LexisNexis® 42 U.S.C.S. 1973gg-5 (Lexis)
USCA citation: 42 U.S.C.A. 1973gg-5 (Westlaw)
Legislative Insight
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Updating Legislation:
GovTrack.us - legislative update service
OpenCongress.org - legislative update service
CQ Roll Call Daily Briefing - Congressional Quarterly brings you daily stories about legislation and news on Capitol Hill.
CapitolHearings.org is C-Span's website linking you to real-time Congressional hearings.
CQ Today is fee-based full service daily reportage on Congressional news. Westlaw
Database of Federal Statute Names form Yale Law School
- [+/-] March 7 - Federal Regulations
Sign on to TWEN and check for quizzes.
Assigned Reading:
A Brief Overview of Rulemaking and Judicial Review, Congressional Research Service, January 4, 2011.
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources, Congressional Research Service, August 31, 2012.
Weblinks and Books:
Federal Regulatory Directory, KF 5406 .A15 F4 2010 (Law Reference)
GPO Access - Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (Up-to-date but not official)
Regulations.gov
Docketwrench is provided by the Sunlight Foundation. The interface lets you delve into the depths of the federal rulemaking system, monitoring comments from 10,000 organizations across 300 federal agencies.
Reginfo.gov The Office of Management and Budget's dashboard for the regulatory process.
US Government Manual
govpulse.us An intuitve interface for the Federal Register.
LII CFR - an alternative free resource, with very useful linking features. See the videos from Cornell's LII at http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text.
The Sunlight Foundation has an administrative and legislative language tool, Scout (http://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/), that allows the user to set up email alerts for key phrases or follow a particular bill. It covers Congress, regulations across the whole executive branch, and legislation in all 50 states.
FDsys - U.S. Government Printing Office, Federal Digital System
Federal Register Online Index
Power Point: Federal Regulations (currently unavailable)
Handouts:
The Reg Map
Group Regulatory Assignment
- [+/-] March 12 - Federal Regulations [in class problem solving]
No quiz.
- [+/-] March 14 - Federal Regulations - [Agency presentations]
No quiz.
Homework Assignment Two will be online after class and is due March 21, 2013 in the Records Office by 5:00 p.m., AND must be posted on the class TWEN page by 5:00 p.m. on March 21, 2013
- [+/-] March 19 - Colorado Statutes
No Quiz
Weblinks:
Colorado Revised Statutes
How to Find Colorado Statutes
Session Laws of Colorado (1993 - 2011)
Red Book (sections affected by each legislative session; found at the end of each year's session information)
State Legal Sources on the Web (online access to the bills, codes, session laws, regulations, and attorneys general
opinions of the fifty states)
Legiscan: Bringing People to the Process. Legiscan has current bill information for all fifty states, presented in a dynamic interface. Bills can be searched by bill number or keyword. The public can get free email alerts for one state and Congress by registering.
Govtrack.us now has bill tracking for all 50 states.
Power Point: State Statutes
- [+/-] March 21 - Colorado Legislative History
No quiz.
Assigned Reading:
Colorado Legal Research, Robert Michael Linz,, 2011, 69-75.
Researching Legislative History, Office of Legislative Legal Services,Colorado General Assembly
People v. Rockwell, 125 P.2d 410 (Colo. 2005) (Westlaw)
Grant T. Sullivan, John R. Webb, Consistency in Statutory Interpretation, 38-Jun Colo. Law 67 (2009)
Weblinks:
How a Bill Becomes Colorado Law
Colorado General Assembly (official website)
The Colorado Legislative Council
Colorado Legislative Council Reports
The Colorado Legislative Council's Interactive District Map
Glossary of Legislative Terms [pdf]
House and Senate Journals
Legislative History Research Guides (online access to guides for the fifty states)
Power Point: Colorado Legislative History 2012
- [+/-] April 2 - Local Government
Assigned Reading:
Home Rule in Colorado: Evolution or Devolution. John E. Hayes, Kristy M. Hartl, 22 Colo. Law. 61 (Jan.2004). (Westlaw)
Weblinks and resources: Colorado
Colorado Department of Local Affairs Information on municipal matters, including links to information about Colorado counties and municipalities.
Colorado Municipal League (The League is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides advocacy, information and training for Colorado cities and towns).
2011 Colorado Local Government Handbook (a resource guide).
Local Governments - Colorado (Municipalities, Counties, Special Districts)
Colorado Municipal League, Matrix of Home Rule Charters (2008). KFC2231.9 H6 M38 2008 Law Stacks 2nd Floor.
Colorado Municipal League, An Overview of Municipal Home Rule: A Handbook for Municipal Officials,
(2006) KFC2231.9 H6 O854 2006 Law Stacks 2nd Floor.
Weblinks: Municipal Codes and Organizations
Local Codes Online Municipal Code Corporation - Code Library
Local Codes Online American Legal Publishing Corporation
Local Codes Online Sterling Codifiers
Administrative Codes and Registers - Lexis (selected codes from 34 states).
State Statutes, Codes & Regulations LexisNexis Academic
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Westlaw has forms related to municipal law in AmJur Legal Forms Municipal Law .
The federal government's USA.gov web site has a page of Resources for State and Local Employees, developed to give state and local government officials and employees easy access to federal information on the Internet. It includes links to the National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and International City/County Management Association. There is also a page of useful links to statistics at the state and local level.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors allows you to search its Best Practices of City Government site. You can keyword search recent issues in municipal government, which may include references to the enabling ordinances.
Public Technology, Inc. (PTI), is the non-profit technology organization for all cities and counties in the United States. The National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International City/County Management Association, three primary local government associations, provide PTI with its policy direction, while a select group of city and county members conduct applied R&D and technology transfer functions.
The Urban Institute investigates social and economic problems confronting the nation and analyzes efforts to solve these problems. The Institute seeks to increase Americans' awareness of important public choices and improve the formulation and implementation of government decisions. Much of its research is available to the public at their web site.
Weblinks: State and Local Resources
Attorney General Opinions
Colorado Attorney General Opinions from 1984 to current are available at the Office of the Attorney General Website. There is an index of opinions, and a box to keyword search the opinions.
The website has this disclaimer:
The Attorney General provides opinions on the interpretation of Colorado law at the request of state officials and departments. These opinions were based on the law as it existed at the time the opinions were issued. They may have been superceded by changes in constitutional, statutory, or case law.
Colorado Attorney General Opinions from 1889 to 1966 have been digitized by the William A. Wise Law LIbrary and are available at the Colorado Digital Collections
State and Local Governments is a comprehensive index of state and local government information on the Internet that is maintained by the Library of Congress. The index has links to the best and most comprehensive collections of state and local government information currently available on the Internet.
State and Local Government on the Net, although not maintained by a local or state government agency, includes links to a wide variety of state and local agency web sites, and can be a useful place to look when you are looking for out-of-state information.
State and County QuickFacts is a source of comparative information on local government, with an easy to use subject guide.
The Council of State Governments, a nonpartisan organization that promotes excellence in state government, maintains an index of state web pages available on the Internet.
The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network is a site developed by a partnership of organizations, including the National Association of Counties, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the Air & Waste Management Association, and the Public Entity Risk Institute. The site provides environmental planning, management, funding, and regulatory information for local governments.
The Government Innovators Network is hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University. The site has news and resources on a variety of topics of interest to local and state governments, including economic and community development, health and social services, public infrastructure, and finance.
The National Conference of State Legislatures Internet site includes information, research, and publications on critical state issues. You can track legislation in the states at National Conference of State Legislatures Bill Tracking.
BillTrack 50 lets you track federal and state bills for free, if you sign up.
Stateline is operated by the Pew Center on the States, a research organization administered by the University of Richmond, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. It was founded in order to help journalists, policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed about innovative public policies.
National Governors Association (NGA) is a policy organization for state governors. The NGA develops policy reports on various state programs, and maintains the NGA Center for Best Practices, which focuses on state innovations and best practices on issues that range from education and health to technology, welfare reform, and the environment.
NationMaster.com is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics.
StateMaster.com is a statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. It compiles information from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. The site allows you to create pie charts, maps, graphs and scatterplots. We also have thousands of map and flag images, state profiles, and correlations.
EveryBlock.com is a multi-city municipal information "mash-up." Pick your city, put in the address and see, on one page, arrests, permits, zoning agendas, inspections, reviews and other targeted information.
Comparative State Law
Book of the States: 2012. (Published by The Council of State Governments) Law Reference 2nd Floor JK2403.B6.
Council of State Governments (CSG) State Directories.
Directory I - Elective Officials - 2012.
Law Reference 2nd Floor JK 2403 B6112
Directory II - Legislative Leadership, Committees & Staff - 2012.
Law Reference 2nd Floor JK 2403 B6212
Directory III - Administrative Officials - 2012.
Law Reference 2nd Floor JK 2403 B6312
State Legislative History Research Guides and State Legislatures on the Web. This site is a guide to the web-based resources available to perform legislative histories in each of the fifty states. It is available online at http://www.law.indiana.edu/lawlibrary/research/guides/statelegislative/index.shtml.
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Annually updated by Lexis editors. The Law Digests provide summaries of the laws of the United States, Canada, and 73 other nations. Available on Lexis. Go to Find a Source and use "martindale-hubbell" as your search term, then choose the jurisdiction you need.
National Center for State Courts. Microforms 1986- current. KF8736 A16 N372f. Recent publications are available online at the National Center for State Court's on the Topics page
(http://www.ncsc.org/information-and-resources/browse-topics-a-z.aspx).
National Survey of State Laws.6th ed. 2008. Richard A. Leiter, editor. Detroit : Thomson/Gale Law Reference 2nd Floor KF386 N38.
State Legislative Sourcebook 2013: A Resource Guide to Legislative Information in the Fifty States. Lynn Hellebust. Topeka, Kan.: Government Research Service. Law Reference 2nd Floor JK2495 S689 2013.
Subject Compilations of State Laws. Cheryl Rae Nyberg, editor. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1981- current. Available through Hein-on-Line.
Municipal Law Treatises and Reference Works
Krane, Dale, Home Rule in America: a Fifty State Handbook. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001. KF 5305 .Z95 K73 2001 (Law Reference 2nd Floor).
Matthews, Thomas and Bryon Matthews, Municipal Ordinances: Text and Forms, 2nd ed. S t Paul, MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan). A guide to the law and drafting of municipal ordinances.) Available on Westlaw at MUNIORD.
McQuillin, Eugene, The Law of Municipal Corporations, 3d ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 1978- (20 vols. with annual pocket supplements; definitive work in the field of municipal corporation law.) KF 5305 .D5 1873 ; Law Stacks 1st Floor. Also available on Westlaw; the database identifier is MUNICORP.
Stevenson, Sandra, Antieau on Local Government Law, 2nd ed. Available on Lexis.
Singer, Norman J., Statutes and Statutory Construction, 7th ed. Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2007- (4 vols. with annual pocket supplements. This is the latest edition of Sutherland Statutory Construction and is the leading treatise on the subject.) KF425.S8 2007 Law Stacks 2nd Floor. Also available on Westlaw; the database identifier is SUTHERLAND.
The International Municipal Lawyers Association, or IMLA, hosts a blog about local government issues. IMLA's Model Ordinance Service is now only available by subscription. It is a "comprehensive collection of model ordinances, editor's comments, annotations, and drafting guidelines covering a variety of current local government topics."
Ordinance Law Annotations. (St Paul, MN: Thomson/West) (Volumes with an annual softbound cumulative supplement.) "a comprehensive digest of American cases that interpret or apply city and county ordinances." KF5313.S54. Law Reference 2nd Floor.
Power Point: Local Government Law
- [+/-] April 4 - Colorado Regulations
Guest Lecturer; Robert Linz
Weblinks:
Permanent Rulemaking Process in Colorado
Colorado State Organizational Chart
Code of Colorado Regulations
Code of Colorado Regulations Department/Agency List
Colorado Register
Colorado Sub State Agency - Index
Colorado Office of Administrative Courts
Video: Colorado Regulations
- [+/-] April 9 | Web Presence | Google and Beyond for Lawyers
Web Presence
Google and Beyond for Lawyers
Google for Lawyers | Other Search Engines | The Wayback Machine | Evaluating Internet Resources
Assigned Reading:
The Dirty Little Secrets of Search, New York Times: 2-12-2011
Anne Klinefelter, When to Research is to Reveal; The Growing Threat to Attorney and Client Confidentiality from Online Tracking. 16 VA. J L. & Tech. 1 (2011)
Exploring a 'Deep Web' that Google can't Grasp, New York Times: 02-23- 2011.
- [+/-] April 11 - Google and Beyond: Hands on Research: Advanced Web Surfing
Google and Beyond: Hands on Research: Advanced Web Surfing
Court Rules & Briefs
Assigned Reading:
Robert J. Ambrogi, 47 Res Gestae 48, A Brief Summary: Free Briefs on the Web (2003), available on Westlaw.
Michael Whiteman, The Impact of the Internet and Other Electronic Sources on an Attorney's Duty of Competence Under the Rules of Professional Conduct, 11 Alb. L. J. Sci. & Tech. 89 (2000). Lexis | Westlaw
J. Thomas Sullivan, The Perils of Online Legal Research: A Caveat for Diligent Counsel, 29 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 81 (2005). Westlaw
Pamela D. Pengelley, Fessing Up to Facebook: Recent Trends in the Use of Social Networking Websites for Insurance Litigation, http://ssrn.com/abtract=1352670 (Click on download when you get to the web page to read the article).
Weblinks:
SmartRules
LLRX Court Rules
LII Court Rules
State and Local Government on the Net
Google and Beyond 2013(PowerPoint)
- [+/-] April 16 - Competitive Business Intelligence
Guest Speaker: Professor Jennie Gerke, William M. White Business Library, University of Colorado.
- [+/-] April 18 - International Law
Guest Teacher:
Professor Jane Thompson, Assistant Director for Faculty Services and Faculty Services Librarian
Power Point: Researching International Law (currently unavailable)
Weblinks:
e-ISIL : Electronic Information System for International Law (ASIL)
e-RG : Electronic Resource Guide for International Law (ASIL)
E.U. Law @ Europa
GlobaLex: International and Comparative Law Research Guides
U.N. Treaty Collection
U.S. Treaties in Force
- [+/-] April 23 - Foreign Law
Print Sources, Online Sources, Translations and More
Guest Teacher:
Professor Jane Thompson, Assistant Director for Public Services and Faculty Services Librarian
Power Point:
Foreign Law Research (not available at this time)
Weblinks:
Background Research
World Legal Systems
Primer on the Civil-Law System [pdf]
Research Guides
Cornell's Legal Research Engine
Columbia Law School's List of Foreign Legal Research Guides
LLRX Research Guides
GlobaLex (NYU)
Online Foreign Law Guide
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Summaries of Foreign Law
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digests
Enter "Law Digest" followed by the name of the jurisdiction you are looking to find into the keyword search field. For example, "Law Digest Spain".
Foreign Law Research Portals
Foreign Collections by Jurisdiction (NYU)
Web Resources: Foreign Law (Harvard)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Global Legal Information Institute (GLIN) (Law Library of Congress)
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
Intute Law Gateway (University of Bristol Law Library)
Regional & Country Sites
Eyes-only
Usually
Keenly
FINLEX
LegiFrance
Subject Specific Portals
Constitutions of the Countries of the World - includes Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories
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WIPO's Collection of IP Laws
ILO's NATLEX Labor Law Collection
International Humanitarian Law at the National Level
Collections of Case Law
Global Courts
WorldLII Courts and Case Law
Refugee Case Law
Constitutional Case Law
English Translations
Austrian Laws in English (Government website)
Finland Laws in English (FINLEX)
German Law Archive (Free subscription service)
German Translations (Government website)
Institute for Transnational Law (University of Texas)
Laws of Cambodia
Judicial Assistance (U.S. Department of State)
Expert Help
GlobaLaw
- [+/-] April 25 -Knowledge Management - Research Strategies Revisited
Homework Problem Final: Due May 9 at 5:00 p.m. in the Records Office AND in the TWEN Dropbox. The timestamps matter. No late assignments can be accepted. Final Assignment Exhibit
Knowledge Management
Assigned Reading:
Giving Legal Research Assignments to Others
Guest Speakers:
Andrea L. Hamilton, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Power Point (not available at this time)
Margi Heinen, Sherman & Howard LLC, Power Point (not available at this time)
Handouts
Research Plan Handout
Case Checklist
