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CLASS CALENDAR & OUTLINE
CLASS SCHEDULE
The general structure of the class is that each session we will cover sources of Anglo American Law. One session will be used to discuss reference services in law libraries or legal information environments. During the last class meeting each student will give a ten-minute presentation of their Term Project - a legal information pathfinder. The class will meet alternating Saturdays beginning on Saturday, September 4, 1999 through Saturday, December 4, 1999:
Saturday, September 4, 1999
Introduction to the Class
Introduction to Anglo-American Law
Supreme Court Case Law
Internet Lab Exercises
Library Assignment
Tour of the University of North Texas Government Documents Department
Saturday, September 18, 1999
Federal, Regional and State Case Law
Digests, Annotated Law Reports, and Case Finders
Internet Lab Exercises
Library AssignmentSaturday, October 2, 1999
Case Verification and Updating (Shepard's Exercise)
Legislative Law
Internet Lab ExercisesSaturday, October 16, 1999
Legislative History
Administrative Law
Internet Lab ExercisesSaturday, October 30, 1999
Secondary Sources
Court Rules
Computer Assisted Legal Research (LEXIS and Congressional Universe)
Internet Lab Exercises
Library AssignmentSaturday, November 13, 1999
Information Access in Legal Information Organizations
Types of Law Libraries
Elevator ExerciseSaturday, December 4, 1999
Final Examination
Presentation of Team Projects
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