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LIS 7908 LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marie Erickson & Carla Pritchett
SPRING 1997
Louisiana State University
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Course Syllabus
Text: M. Cohen & K. Olson, Legal Research in a Nutshell, 6th ed., St.
Paul: West, 1996.
Office hours by appointment
Marie Erickson: Phone: (504) 568-5701(New Orleans) or 800 820-3038
Fax: 504 568-5069
Email: merickso@lasc.org
Carla Pritchett: Phone: 504 861-5548 (New Orleans)
Fax: 504 861-5895
Email: pritchet@loyno.edu
Fine pp.1-27 (T. Fine, American Legal Systems: A Resource And Reference
Guide, Cincinnati: Anderson, 1997, on Reserve at LSU Library and
Information Science Library, LSU Law Library and Loyola Law Library).
If possible, please this read before coming to the first class:1. Jan. 24 Introduction, Jurisdiction, Primary and secondary
Sources/Mandatory and persuasive authority. Read: Cohen pp.121-159
(Fine pp. 47-50) for 1/31/98.2. Jan. 31 Statutes. Pick up assignment #1, which is due 2/7/98. Read:
Cohen pp.160-191 (Fine pp. 51-54) and the handout material on
legislative history for 2/7/98.3. Feb. 7 Legislative History, Federal and Louisiana. Pick up assignment
#2, which is due 2/14/98. Read: Cohen pp. 192-220 (Fine pp. 55-60) for
2/14/98.4. Feb. 14 Administrative regulations and decisions, Presidential
documents, municipal ordinances, court rules. Pick up assignment #3,
which is due 2/28/97. Read: Cohen pp. 16-70 (Fine pp. 29-46) for
2/28/97.5. Feb. 21 Mardi Gras - NO CLASS
6. Feb. 28 Cases/Digests. Pick up assignment #4, which is due 3/7/98.
Read: Cohen pp. 70-79 and 269-314 for 3/7/98.7. March 7 Treaties. Case verification. Pick up assignment #5, which
is due 3/14/98. Read: Cohen pp.80-97 and 221-228 (Fine pp. 9-12) for
3/14/98. (GUEST LECTURER JANICE SHULL - Cataloging legal materials)8. March 14 Encyclopedias, ALR, Restatements, Dictionaries. Pick up
assignment #6. ASSIGNMENT #6 COVERS THIS AND THE NEXT CLASS, so it's
due 4/4/98. Read Cohen pp.238-256 for 3/21/989. March 21 Treatises, Looseleafs, ULA, Practice Books, Form Books. Read
Cohen pp.98-120 for 4/4/98.10. March 28 Spring Break - NO CLASS
11. April 4 Lexis & Westlaw, Legal resources on the Internet, Legal
self-help for the non-lawyer. Law Librarians and unauthorized practice
of law. (GUEST LECTURER CATHY LEMANN - Legal research on the Internet)12. April 11 Easter/Passover - NO CLASS
13. April 18 Lexis training THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD IN THE TRAINING LABS
AT LOYOLA Law Library and at LSU Law Library.14. April 25 Westlaw training. THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD IN THE TRAINING
LABS AT LOYOLA Law Library and at LSU Law Library. Read Cohen
pp.228-237 for 5/2/98.15. May 2 Periodicals & Indexes, and Legal Serials.(GUEST LECTURER
TRINA ROBINSON) Pick up assignment #7, which is due 5/9/98.16. May 9 Law Librarianship. Research strategy, or how do I know when
I'm done? Review.17. May 16 FINAL EXAM (Time and place to be announced).
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Carla Downer Pritchett
Reference/Documents Librarian
Depository Library #0221A
Loyola Law Library
7214 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 861-5548
Fax: (504) 861-5895
Email: pritchet@loyno.edu