Legal Writing and Research
Videos and Handouts 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
- LLMC: Researching for Seminar Papers (pdf)
LWR Trainings
- Week 3: Secondary Sources - slides (pdf)
- Week 3: Secondary Sources - handout (pdf)
- Week 4: Citators - handout (pdf)
- Week 6: Boolean Operators - handout (pdf)
- Spring: Procedural Research - slides (pdf)
- Spring: Westlaw and Lexis Refresher - handout (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.