Segment B
 Volume 2, Chapters 1, 2, and 3

 

A Foundation in Research and Writing

 

 
Getting Started
 
 
 
 
 
 

Introduction
Now that we have laid a foundation in legal terminology, and understand the court system, we can begin the process of developing skills that require knowledge related to those areas. Specifically, legal research and legal writing.
 

 

Assignments for Segment B

As students progress through this Segment, they will have the following assignments that must be completed before continuing to Segment C:

Demand Letter
A letter demanding specific compensation by a specific time from the potential defendant.

Client Correspondence
A letter informing your client that the demand letter has been sent.

Interoffice Memorandum
Students must prepare an Interoffice Memorandum. While students will prepare the memorandum as though it relates to their client, no research is required. The issues are provided in the assignment and all the cases and statutes needed are in the appendix in the back of the Volume.

Students will also be expected to complete the exercises provided for in Chapter 2 in the law library and by using Westlaw and Lexis, but these assignments are not turned in. In addition, students must keep track of their billable hours while working on any research and writing assignments, and turn in billable hour sheets with the written assignments.

What You Will Learn in Segment B . . .

The objectives for Segment B are as follows:

• To be able to identify various forms of authority

• To properly be able to cite and locate case law and statutory authority

• To learn the IRAC system of legal analysis

• To be able to prepare a legal memorandum

• To learn how to read cases and statutes

• To be able to utilize legal encyclopedias, and have a general understanding of the law library, Westlaw, and Lexis

• Begin to understand the system of legal research

 

Chapters Covered in Segment B . . .

VOLUME II

Chapter 1. The Foundations of Authority
Chapter 2. The Foundations of Legal Research
Chapter 3. The Foundations of Legal Writing

 

   

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