University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

LAWS-5646 (1) Foundations of Legal Research

Moves students from the brief introduction to legal research offered in the first-year legal writing classes to the sort of problem-centered research students will perform starting in the summer after their first year. Provides students with a conceptual understanding of the organization and connectivity of legal authority and with instruction in research methodology at both the project and resource levels. Prerequisites: Restricted to Professional Year 1 Law students only.