Research Assistant Program
Along with individual work study faculty research positions, the law school has a program for training a cohort of research assistants (RA). Each year a new group of RAs are invited into the program based upon the student's academic standing throughout his or her first year and the student's expressed interest. The Legal Research Center provides training for the RAs toward the end of the 1L Spring semester as well as support on an individual basis for every RA throughout the student's time as an RA.
RAs apply for the program through the School of Law Office for JD Student Affairs, Contact: Assistant Dean for Law Student Affairs, Emily Keehn.
If you have been invited to apply to the Research Assistant Program, please complete this application form by the designated deadline.
RA Research Training Materials
- Using USD research tools (PDF)
- Editing and Citechecking (PDF)
- Case research (PDF)
- Journal and article research (PDF)
- Statutory and Administrative Law Research (PDF)
- Finding Reliable Web Content (PDF)