​Legal Writing and Research

Videos for LWR Courses

• Introduction to the Legal Research Center
• The Research Plan
• Navigating Lexis and Westlaw
• Legal Encyclopedias and ALR
• Treatises and Practice Guides
• Journals Online
• Researching Statutes
• Researching Cases: Court Structure and Case Citations
• Researching Cases: Finding Cases
• Key Numbers and Headnotes
• Citators

LWR Training Materials & Handouts

2019-2020

• Spring: LLMC Legal Research on Westlaw and Lexis (pdf)
• Spring: Research Refresher (pdf)
• Spring: Procedural Research (pdf)
• Fall: Advanced Search & Citators Handout (pdf)
• Fall: Introduction to Legal Research Part 1 Slides (pdf)
• Fall: Introduction to Legal Research Part 1 Handout (pdf)
• Fall: Introduction to Legal Research Part 2 Slides (pdf)
• Fall: Introduction to Legal Research Part 2 Handout (pdf)

2018-2019

• Spring: Successful Research in Your Summer Job - slides (pdf)
• LLMC: Researching for Seminar Papers (pdf)

More Resources

Research Resources for summer work: Tips and Tools (pdf)

Lexis Student Certification: Legal Research Certification (contact our USD Lexis Rep to learn how to start the follow-on Professional Research Certification)

Westlaw Student Certification: Westlaw Certified Instructions

Free or Low-Cost Legal Research Resources for LWR (pdf, 1MB)

Print Research Tools - short videos on individual print research tools like Digests, Encyclopedias, the American Law Reports system, and code services.