CLASS SCHEDULE

The general structure of the class is that each week we will cover sources of Anglo American Law. One week will be used to discuss reference services in law libraries or legal information environments. Time will be reserved during the next to the last class meeting for review of the course for the final examination. During the last class meeting each student will give a ten-minute presentation of their legal information pathfinder and a panel of law librarians will discuss legal research in diverse law library environments.

The class will meet on the following Saturdays:

September 19, 1988

Introduction to the Class

Introduction to Anglo-American Law

Federal Case Law

October 3, 1998

Regional and State Case Law

Digests and Case Finders

October 17, 1998

Case Verification and Updating

Legislative Law

October 31, 1998

Legislative History

Administrative Law

Computer Assisted Legal Research
(LEXIS and the Internet)

November 14, 1998

Secondary Sources

Court Rules

December 5, 1998

Texas Law

Information Access in Legal Information Organizations

*December 12, 1998

Presentation of Term Projects

Class will meet from 9:00 - 1:30

*The pathfinders/homepages will be due on this date. The class will meet during the scheduled examination period for presentation of your term projects.

**December 18, 1998

Take Home Final Examination DUE

** The take home final examination will be due in my office-Room 217-B by 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 18, 1998.

Legal & Law Related ListServs

Required Textbooks