LEID 104 - Legal Research and Writing II (W)

3 Credit(s)

Required course for bachelor’s and associate’s degrees and all legal certificate programs.
This course continues with the fundamentals of legal research. Students learn to use and locate primary sources not covered in Legal Research I, namely, administrative law and legislative history, and most secondary legal authorities, including digests, annotated law reports, periodicals, and encyclopedias. Additional attention is given to case analysis and the techniques of legal writing, which culminates in a self-directed research project and office memoranda. This is a legal specialty course. This is a writing enriched course. Students must attain a minimum grade of C for this class.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Law or Introduction to Legal Nurse Consultant and Legal Research I.