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Fall 2020
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LAW756
AS (RE)SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE
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Course Description
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This is a short research course designed for aspiring movement lawyers and students interested in social justice issues. Topics covered include the legal research process and its limitations, critical approaches to conducting legal research, critical legal scholarship and how to find it, and emerging legal research technologies and their shortcomings. The capstone of this course will be an annotated bibliography of a contemporary justice issue or an area of critical legal scholarship of interest to the student. This bibliography may serve as the foundation for a law review note.
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Course Schedule
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None
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Course Frequency
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Course Information
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Credits:
1
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Pass/Fail Option:
No
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Prerequisite:
None.
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Corequisite:
None.
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Method of Evaluation:
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Graduation Requirements Fulfilled By Course:
Skills Requirement
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Special Attributes:
Distance Learning
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Course Delivery:
Online (all asynchronous)
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Special Restrictions:
None.
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Law Track(s):
None
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Bar Subject(s):
NEW YORK SKILLS
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Concentration(s):
None
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Course Book(s):
Textbook Required:
No
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First Class Assignment(s):
-
Assignment:
The first module in this course is an overview/review of the traditional legal research process you learned in LComm and likely used in internships and clinics. This is a great opportunity to solidify your understanding of that process.
The reading for the first module is chapters 1–3 (§ 1–1 through § 3–6) of Kent Olson’s Legal Research in a Nutshell. If you want to get a head start on the reading, you can access it at the link below. Let me know if you have any trouble accessing it!
Material:
https://daytona.law.miami.edu:2087/Book/Detail/26121
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