Michigan Legal Research, Third Edition, is a concise, yet thorough, guide to conducting legal research in Michigan. Importantly, it also includes references to federal legal resources. In addition to updating all sources discussed, this edition, more so than previous editions, focuses on free legal resources, including current commercial and government sources. For the free online sources, this edition includes directions on how to navigate the website to make it easy for the reader to find the relevant information. Where applicable, references to new and established subscription-based resources are juxtaposed against those resources that are available for free. The goal is to help the reader make an informed decision regarding when to use a fee-based service as opposed to a free legal resource. This edition continues to draw upon the authors' years of experience teaching legal writing and research by providing the tools for conducting efficient and effective legal research, as well as discussing the interplay between legal research and legal analysis.

Michigan Legal Research (Legal Research Series)

Lockwood, Cristina

Lysaght, Pamela

Legal Education

Carolina Academic Press

Product Description 
The primary audience for this book is first\-year law students but also includes practitioners, paralegals, and college students, who need to become familiar with researching Michigan resources. The text comprehensively covers the sources of Michigan law and gives strategies for effective and efficient research of Michigan legal issues. It is supplemented with information regarding legal research in the federal system. It has numerous charts and screen shots of resources to help the reader visualize and better understand the material. It addresses the authoritative value of the legal sources and includes brief discussions of legal analysis to demonstrate the intersection between the process of research and writing. It also gives a method for systematically keeping track of the research process.\nSeveral tools have been added to this edition to enhance the reader’s learning of the material. Each chapter starts with “The Big Picture” to give the overarching concepts covered in that chapter. Readers can keep these concepts in mind while assimilating the details. “Added Advice” boxes have been expanded. They give information, which the author has learned from her students in 25 years of teaching legal research and writing, that has helped students with a particular topic. There are also comprehension questions that test whether the reader understood several related topics just read. These questions have been transferred to note cards, which are public through Brainscape. Lastly, throughout the book, information from earlier chapters is reintroduced and related to the current material as a way to reinforce learning of that information through spaced repetition.\nAbout the Author 
Cristina Lockwood is an Assistant Professor of Law and Chair of the Writing Program at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

Michigan Legal Research, Second Edition, focuses on the process of researching Michigan law and on how to research effectively and efficiently in the context of solving legal problems. In addition to a comprehensive discussion of the research process, Lysaght and Lockwood cover enacted law; judicial law; secondary sources; case-finding tools; and legal citation. In covering these sources, particular attention is devoted to integrating free online sources with print sources into an overall research strategy. To assist students and new practitioners with understanding research concepts and strategies in light of judicial constraints, the book includes references to, and discussions of, researching federal law. This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Suzanne E. Rowe, Director of Legal Research and Writing, University of Oregon School of Law.

Law Practice

This work is a practical legal analysis and writing handbook. Designed for first-year students, it is also a valuable refresher text for more advanced students, and for practitioners. This easy-to-read book features fundamental advice on how to communicate written and oral legal analysis from a problem-solving perspective. It features illustrative examples and templates. The fourth edition includes additional examples and models, created in collaboration between one author with recent practice experience and one who has been teaching for over twenty years. It also incorporates professional ethical considerations throughout, while providing learning objectives for each chapter.

Successful Legal Analysis and Writing: The Fundamentals (Coursebook)

Soper, Christopher

Clary, Bradley

West Academic Publishing

This work is a practical legal analysis and writing handbook. Designed for first-year students, it is also a valuable refresher text for more advanced students, and for practitioners. This easy-to-read book features fundamental advice on how to communicate written and oral legal analysis from a problem-solving perspective. It features illustrative examples and templates. The fifth edition includes additional examples and models, and appendices with practice exercises and sample answers, all created in collaboration between one author with recent practice experience and one who has been teaching for over twenty years. It also incorporates professional ethical and technological considerations throughout, while providing learning objectives for each chapter.

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Michigan Legal Research (Legal Research Series)

Michigan Legal Research (Legal Research Series)

Michigan Legal Research (Legal Research Series)

Successful Legal Analysis and Writing: The Fundamentals (Coursebook)

Successful Legal Analysis and Writing: The Fundamentals (Coursebook)