Legal Research Instruction Program, Suffolk University Law Library, Boston, MA
Posted March 8, 2019
Once again, the Law Librarians of New England are offering a six week Legal Research Instruction Program taught by professional librarians from law school and law firms in and around Boston. It is a great opportunity to learn legal research – and also a great opportunity to meet practicing law librarians in the Boston area.
The program is six weeks of hands-on instruction in the fundamentals of legal research, including:
- Overview of the US legal system
- Introduction to legal research methods, including using secondary sources
- The role of case law, the courts and case finding tools, such as digests
- The organization of statutes and conducting a legislative history
- Finding regulations and geting an understanding generally of administrative law
- Finding transactional law documents
- Finding information about businesses and people
- Putting everything together with legal research strategy
The course will run six weeks, starting on March 27th – the classes are held at Suffolk University law School on Tremont Street, conveniently located at the Park Street Station.
The registration fee is $150.
To register, go to https://llne.org/legalresearchinstruction/
Please email Brian Flaherty, [email protected], or phone him: 617-353-1106, with any questions about the program.