Legal Research and Analysis

Learn the fundamental tools and skills involved in legal research and analysis. This course outlines the steps necessary to solve problems in California and Federal law through research. These steps include locating legal authority, reading and comprehending statutes and court decisions, interpreting legal authority and applying it to factual situations, and presenting the results in a memorandum of law.

Note: Prerequisite: Legal Communications.

Required Course Material: LexisNexis Online Research Tool Subscription $45.00. Please email Nicole Mitchell at nmitchell@ucsd.edu for directions on how to pay the fee and receive your LexisNexis Access ID.
 

Course Number: LAW-40003
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Paralegal Studies (ABA Approved)

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4/11/2023 - 6/13/2023

$525

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• SECTION ID:

  171514

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Ensz, Bethany

  Bethany recently worked as a corporate paralegal and office manager for Breakwater Law Group, LLP. Prior to joining Breakwater, Bethany was with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. She started her legal career with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (now Dentons). Bethany graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology, and earned a Master of Science in Legal Studies from the University of San Diego School of Law.  She earned her paralegal certification from UC San Diego Extension, where she was inducted into the LEX Honor Society.  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  The Little Book on Legal Writing 2nd
  by Dworsky
  ISBN / ASIN: 0837705606

  Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals 9th
  by D. Bouchoux
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781543801637

  
  SUGGESTED

  The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation 21st
  by Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Yale Law
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780578666150

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 4/14/2023.
  

• NOTE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published dates and times. Attendance is required for all meetings. You will have access to your online course on the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears under Online Provider.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
4/11/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
4/18/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
4/25/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
5/2/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
5/9/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
5/16/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
5/23/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
5/30/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
6/6/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
6/13/2023	Tue	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.