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LRAC Legal Research Class Site (Gotschall)

Class 10.1 Objectives

The objectives for Class 10.1 are for students to:

  • Use different case finding methods to find cases on a specific topic
    • West Key Number system
    • Lexis Headnote/Topic system
    • "One good case" method
  • Explain what a headnotes is
  • Explain the organization of the Westlaw Key Number system
  • Explain how to use the Lexis graphical view to see the relationship between cases