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Available week of Jan. 15 FACTUAL RESEARCH
Instructor KATIE CRANDALL
Available Monday, Jan. 15 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Jan. 22 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Specialized Research and Practice-Ready Research certificates.
Before you can know what law applies, you need to fully understand the facts of a situation. This means as attorneys we must sometimes channel our inner Sherlock Holmes. From locating public records to professional licenses, learn how to successfully accomplish your fact-finding mission. After this workshop you will be exclaiming “it’s elementary, my dear Watson!”
Available week of Jan. 22 FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Instructor KAT KLEPFER
Available Monday, Jan. 22 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Jan. 29 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Florida Research and Specialized Research Certificates.
Learn how to locate sources for Florida’s administrative rule-making process and the decisions made by administrative agencies based on those rules. This workshop will focus on free resources available online.
Available week of Jan. 29 ADVANCED GOOGLE SEARCHING
Instructor JUSTIN PETERS
Available Monday, Jan. 29 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Feb. 5 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Specialized Research certificate.
Unless you’re especially tech-oriented, you’ve probably only used Google in its simplest form. In this presentation, you will learn a few techniques that will bring your research to another level. Learn how to utilize Google to dig deeper, quicker, and for better results.
Available week of Feb. 5 ONE GOOD CASE
Instructor KATIE MILLER
Available Monday, Feb. 5 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Feb. 12 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Specialized Research and Practice-Ready Research Certificates.
Learn how to expand your research from one good case to find other relevant resources. This workshop is great for those students writing an open memo or students who will be working as a law clerk and want to learn efficient case law research techniques.
Available week of Feb. 12 TECH TOOLS FOR WRITING
Instructor ELIZABETH FARRELL CLIFFORD
Available Monday, Feb. 12 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Feb. 19 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Practice Ready Research certificate.
Legal writing is one of the most common activities in legal practice. In this presentation, you’ll go beyond basic spell check by exploring legal writing tools that will aid your writing process and increase your productivity.
Available week of Feb. 19 "GOOD LAW" & RED FLAGS
Instructor DYLAN DUNN
Available Monday, Feb. 19 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Feb. 26 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Specialized Research certificate.
When using legal citators like Shepard’s or KeyCite, signal indicators (such as stop signs or red flags) can be a handy tool for finding out which cases are “good law” – but they don’t tell the whole story. This workshop will discuss how citators work, provide some historical context, and go over the subjectivity inherent in determining “good law.”
Available week of Feb. 26 DOCKET RESEARCH
Instructor KAT KLEPFER
Available Monday, Feb. 26 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Mar. 4 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Florida Research and Practice-Ready Research certificates.
In law school, we study the rules of procedure for criminal and civil cases, but all the motions, briefs, and complaints are filed into a chronological case file called a docket. This workshop will discuss the kinds of filings that are put into a court docket and how to research pending court cases. Using existing briefs and other filings as a template for your own drafting is a huge time saver, so learning to find these materials will be a help when you practice.
Available week of Mar. 4 COST-EFFECTIVE LEGAL RESEARCH
Instructor AMY LIPFORD
Available Monday, Mar. 4 @ 8am.
Quiz due Monday, Mar. 11 @ 8am.
Earns credit for the Florida Research and Practice-Ready Research Certificates.
Working over the summer and confused about what resources you can use? Want to find cost-effective substitutes for research materials you need? Attend this workshop to get a better understanding of how and when to use resources for your summer job or internship.
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