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  • Legal Research: Transactional Law Research
    2013
    Co-Authors: Shawn G. Nevers
    Abstract:

    The Legal Research curriculum in law schools has traditionally focused on litigation-based Research. There is, however, a significant portion of the law student population that will become transactional lawyers and conduct a different type of Legal Research. Written for Student Lawyer magazine, this column introduces students to some key Research resources used by transactional lawyers. These resources include EDGAR, in-house precedents, Practical Law Company, and Bloomberg Law. This column also encourages students to explore the many other resources used by transactional lawyers today.

  • Legal Research: Lexis Advance
    2012
    Co-Authors: Shawn G. Nevers
    Abstract:

    LexisNexis recently released the newest iteration of its Legal Research system, Lexis Advance. Written for Student Lawyer magazine, this Legal Research column examines some of the new features of Lexis Advance with an eye towards what law students need to know.

  • Legal Research: Becoming a Better Online Researcher
    2012
    Co-Authors: Shawn G. Nevers
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    Online Legal Research is a critical skill in today's law practice. The nature of Legal controversies requires Legal Researchers to go beyond simple searches and employ a more thorough and thoughtful search process. Written for Student Lawyer magazine, this column offers tips on becoming a better online Legal Researcher.

  • The Practitioners’ Council: Connecting Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal Research Practice
    2011
    Co-Authors: Shawn G. Nevers, David N. Armond
    Abstract:

    The ivory tower is the home of academic law librarians who teach Legal Research. But, because of the practical nature of Legal Research, Legal Research professors must make sure they reach outside of the ivory tower to connect with contemporary Legal Research practice. This connection to the “real world” allows Legal Research professors to better prepare law students to Research in the “real world.” This desire to stay connected to current Legal Research practice outside of the academy led the authors to form the Practitioners’ Council. This Council, made up of seven practicing attorneys, acts as an advisory board regarding current Legal Research practice and provides “real world” insight and experiences that enhance Legal Research instruction. This connection has helped the authors improve their Legal Research curriculum, better motivate students, and align Legal Research instruction with current Legal Research practice.This article explores the need for academic law librarians teaching Legal Research to connect with contemporary Legal Research practice and examines how the Practitioners’ Council meets that need. It also details the creation and use of the Council, including the benefits derived from the Council. Finally, the authors offer tips for running a successful Council and other ways in which they plan to use the Practitioners’ Council in the future.

  • The Practitioners’ Council: Connecting Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal Research Practice
    Law Library Journal, 2011
    Co-Authors: David N. Armond, Shawn G. Nevers
    Abstract:

    In order to better prepare law students to perform Legal Research outside of academia, Legal Research instructors must connect with contemporary Legal Research practice. A desire to make such a connection led the authors to form an attorney advisory board known as the Practitioners� Council to discuss Legal Research practice. The authors discuss the process of making the Practitioners� Council a reality and how it has improved their Legal Research instruction.

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P. Ishwara Bhat - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Idea and Methods of Legal Research - Introduction: Legal Research Methodology, Purposes, and Footsteps
    Idea and Methods of Legal Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: P. Ishwara Bhat
    Abstract:

    The first chapter introduces the subject by explaining key words like Research, Legal Research, method, and methodology. By linking knowledge with Research, it brings out the purposive character of knowledge influencing Research. It lists various objectives of Legal Research such as exploration, description, historical explanation, law reform, prediction, and publication, briefly explaining each. It traces the historical development of Legal Research in India thorugh ancient, medieval, colonial, and modern times. It finds that Legal Research became systematic and wide spread only along with orderly growth of Legal education. Finally, it catalogues diverse methods of Legal Research under the categories of doctrinal, non-doctrinal, and integrated methods of Legal Research. Reader gets a basic idea about Legal Research, its past, present, and future potentiality and a glimpse of its wider canvas.

  • Idea and Methods of Legal Research
    2020
    Co-Authors: P. Ishwara Bhat
    Abstract:

    Legal Research examines subject matter enshrouded in social circumstances in order to conceptualize theories and prepare a future course of action. This dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and labyrinthine character of Legal Research requires Researchers to be fluid, eclectic, and analytical in their approach. Idea and Methods of Legal Research unearths how the thinking process is to be streamlined in Research, how a theme is built on the basis of comprehensive and intensive study, and the paths through which notions of objectivity, feminism, ethics, and purposive character of knowledge are to be understood. The book first explains the meaning, evolution, and scope of Legal Research, and discusses objectivity and ethics in Legal Research. It engages with the requirements, advantages, and limits of various doctrinal and non-doctrinal methods and tools, and the points to be considered in selecting a suitable method or combination of methods. It highlights analytical, historical, philosophical, comparative, qualitative, and quantitative methods of Legal Research. The book then goes on to discuss the use of multi-method Legal Research, policy Research, action Research, and feminist Legal Research and finally, reflects on Research-based critical Legal writing, as opposed to client-related Legal writing. This book, thus, is a comprehensive answer to key questions one faces in Legal Research.

  • Idea and Methods of Legal Research - Qualitative Legal Research: A Methodological Discourse
    Idea and Methods of Legal Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: P. Ishwara Bhat
    Abstract:

    Qualitative Legal Research aims to study things in their natural settings, understand and interpret their social realities and provide inputs on various aspects of social life. It focuses on people’s feelings, perceptions, and experiences. It differs from quantitative Research in matters of nature of data, theoretical basis, and kinds of tools employed for data collection. The combination of two methods brings synergy. Worthy features of qualitative Legal Research consist of description of social setting, interpretation of social data, verification of assumptions, and evaluation of policies. Its steps include framing of specific questions, choice of data collection tools, sampling, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. This method allows for a mature understanding of the problematic world.

  • Idea and Methods of Legal Research - Methodology of Feminist Legal Research
    Idea and Methods of Legal Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: P. Ishwara Bhat
    Abstract:

    Feminist Legal Research involves an integrated method of Research focusing on the problems of women in relation to law and Legal system. It brings to the surface the subjugated knowledge about women’s experience, asks the woman question, raises consciousness for social transformation and initiates remedial action. The goal of feminist Legal Research is serving the interests of women by using inductive reasoning. It has historical background which became intensive since 1970s. A sound understanding of feminist perspective supports this kind of Research. Various steps include asking the woman question, feminist practical reasoning, consciousness-raising action, and building of feminist knowledge. The latter in turn entails methods of rational empirical position, standpoint feminism, and post modernism. Since truth is a matter of one’s position and differs from person to person, various viewpoints should be considered. Reading between the lines, interdisciplinary approach and use of multi-method help this kind of Research.

  • Idea and Methods of Legal Research - Thinking Process in Legal Research: Diverse Models
    Idea and Methods of Legal Research, 2020
    Co-Authors: P. Ishwara Bhat
    Abstract:

    The second chapter discusses the way and means of carrying out the thinking process in Legal Research. Thinking is always in response to memory or a situation that the mind comes across. The three important processes of thinking laid down by scholars are: reflective thinking, epistemological steps, and the scientific method. Each poses central Research questions in response to problematic situations or difficulties and tries to find answers by expanding the thinking process. The formulation of a tentative answer called hypothesis, working about its viability in light of exhaustive collection of data, and drawing inferences are the phases of the Research process. There are subtle differences and common features amidst these approaches, which the present chapter closely compares and contrasts. It also discusses the relation between fact and theory, the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning, and the method of correlating and applying them in the course of Legal Research.

David N. Armond - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Practitioners’ Council: Connecting Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal Research Practice
    2011
    Co-Authors: Shawn G. Nevers, David N. Armond
    Abstract:

    The ivory tower is the home of academic law librarians who teach Legal Research. But, because of the practical nature of Legal Research, Legal Research professors must make sure they reach outside of the ivory tower to connect with contemporary Legal Research practice. This connection to the “real world” allows Legal Research professors to better prepare law students to Research in the “real world.” This desire to stay connected to current Legal Research practice outside of the academy led the authors to form the Practitioners’ Council. This Council, made up of seven practicing attorneys, acts as an advisory board regarding current Legal Research practice and provides “real world” insight and experiences that enhance Legal Research instruction. This connection has helped the authors improve their Legal Research curriculum, better motivate students, and align Legal Research instruction with current Legal Research practice.This article explores the need for academic law librarians teaching Legal Research to connect with contemporary Legal Research practice and examines how the Practitioners’ Council meets that need. It also details the creation and use of the Council, including the benefits derived from the Council. Finally, the authors offer tips for running a successful Council and other ways in which they plan to use the Practitioners’ Council in the future.

  • The Practitioners’ Council: Connecting Legal Research Instruction and Current Legal Research Practice
    Law Library Journal, 2011
    Co-Authors: David N. Armond, Shawn G. Nevers
    Abstract:

    In order to better prepare law students to perform Legal Research outside of academia, Legal Research instructors must connect with contemporary Legal Research practice. A desire to make such a connection led the authors to form an attorney advisory board known as the Practitioners� Council to discuss Legal Research practice. The authors discuss the process of making the Practitioners� Council a reality and how it has improved their Legal Research instruction.

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