library resources for 1ls foundations for legal study
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Library Resources for 1Ls Foundations for Legal Study. September 2010. Do You Have?. Westlaw password sheet LexisNexis activation code card CALI DVD Information about other online research products ( CaseMaker , VersusLaw ). Goals. Get you started on LexisNexis and Westlaw - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Library Resources for 1LsFoundations for Legal Study
September 2010
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Do You Have?
Westlaw password sheet LexisNexis activation code card CALI DVD Information about other online research
products (CaseMaker, VersusLaw)
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Goals
Get you started on LexisNexis and Westlaw Learn how to read a legal citation Retrieve cases and law review articles by
citation Find books in the Law Library to help you
prepare for classes
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LexisNexis and Westlaw
Register your Passwords and IDs LexisNexis
http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ Westlaw
https://lawschool.westlaw.com/
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Legal Citation
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 19th ed. (KF245.U5 2010 in
Reference Area) legalbluebook.com ($)
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
(free)
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Common Pattern:
Name of Something,volume # Name of Pub. page # (date)
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Case Citation Format
U.S. Oil & Ref. Co. v. Dep’t of Ecology, 96 Wash.2d 85, 91, 633 P.2d 1329 (1981).
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Case Citation Format
U.S. Oil & Ref. Co. v. Dep’t of Ecology,
96 Wash.2d 85, 91,
633 P.2d 1329
(1981).
Party 1 v. Party 2Volume Number
Reporter NamePage Number
Pinpoint a Particular Page
Parallel Citation
Year of Decision
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Law Review Article Citation Format
Mark B. Greenlee, Kramer v. Java World: Images, Issues, and Idols in the Debate Over Tort Reform, 26 Cap. U.L. Rev. 701 (1997).
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Law Review Article Citation Format
Mark B. Greenlee,
Kramer v. Java World: Images, Issues, and Idols in the Debate Over Tort Reform,
26 Cap. U.L. Rev. 701
(1997).
Author Title of Article Volume Number
Journal Title
Page Number
Year
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Use citation to look for a volume...
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... or retrieve document online
Get a Document on LexisNexisFind on WestlawEJournals list
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Langan v. Valicopters, Inc., 88 Wash. 2d 855, 567 P.2d 218 (1977)
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).61 Yale L.J. 1172
110 Yale L.J. 333
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Preparing for Class:Save Time & Improve Comprehension
Legal Dictionaries Hornbooks Nutshells Commercial Outlines Legal Encyclopedias
Find them in the Library’s Reference Area
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Black’s Law Dictionary
What’s a “certified question”?
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Hornbooks
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Nutshells
Briefly, how do torts relate to environmental law?
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Commercial Outlines
What are the of elements ofprivate nuisance?
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Legal Encyclopedias
Examples:– Corpus Juris Secundum(CJS)– American Jurisprudence
(AmJur)– Washington Practice– on Westlaw, Find amjur
nuisances 179– on Lexis, Get am jur 2d
nuisances @179
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Finding Books in the Library
Law Library Catalog– http://lib.law.washington.edu/
Bookmark
Guide to Reference Area
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CALI
Over 700 online law school tutorials and podcasts– available via DVD or website (http://www.cali.org) – Includes first-year class subjects
Register on website with the UW Law School Authorization Code– see blue handout
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Need Help?
Ask a Reference Librarian!
– Visit the Reference Office– Call (206) 543-6794– Click on Ask Us! link
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The fine print…
Gallagher Law Library
University of Washington School of Law
Box 353025
Seattle WA 98195-3025
http://lib.law.washington.edu
We are happy to have our guides used by other libraries, librarians, and legal researchers.
Before copying or adapting one of our guides, please contact Cheryl Nyberg (cnyberg at uw.edu) to obtain permission. Then give appropriate attribution, such as: "Adapted from a guide by Cheryl Nyberg at the Gallagher Law Library website."