GRADING POLICY
EVALUATION
40% Question Sets, Internet Scavenger Hunt Workbook, Shepard's Assignment, and ListServe Diary
30% Term Project - Annotated Bibliography/Pathfinder
20% Final Examination
10% Class Attendance and Participation
Question Sets
Forty percent of your grade will be determined by the completion of the weekly excercises, and the Internet Scavenger Hunt Workbook. There is only one way to learn about law books and computer assisted legal research and that is to use these resources. Lectures alone make legal literature abstract and dull.
You will be asked to complete problem exercises that will require using legal materials and research techniques in a law library. The weekly assignments are DUE AT THE END OF THE CLASS SESSION FOR WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED. No credit will be given for unexcused late assignments. You must complete all of the weekly assignments in order to satisfactorily complete the course.
Shepard's Workbook
How To Shepardize - Your Guide to Complete Legal Research Through Shepard's Citations
http://www.shepards.com/helpcite/tutorial.htm
http://www.shepards.com/citeseer/howtoshep/howframe.htm
Complete the Quizzes
Download the How To Shepardize on CD-ROM file
The Shepard's Assignment is DUE on October 31, 1998
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Internet Scavenger Hunt: During each class session we will work in the laboratory examining legal research sites on the Internet. We will talk about the sites in class.
The Internet Scavenger Hunt Workbook is due December 12, 1998
Bibliography/Pathfinder
Thirty percent of the course grade will be based upon the project -the annotated legal bibliography or pathfinder that each student is required to write. Students should meet with the instructor by the third class meeting to discuss the possible topic. A list of suggested bibliography topics is included in the Coursebook.
The bibliography/pathfinder is due by the end of class in the instructor's office on the Saturday, December 18, 1998.
Final Examination
Twenty percent of the grade in the course will be determined by the final examination covering the entire course.
The final examination will be a take home examination designed to test your understanding of the tools and techniques involved in legal research and your understanding of legal publishing and bibliography in general. It will be composed of some combination of objective, short answer and essay questions as well as legal research problems. The take home final examination is due by 5:00 p.m. in the instructor's office on Friday, December 18, 1998.
Class Participation
Ten percent of your final grade will be based upon your class attendance and participation.
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