Doing It By the Book - How to Shepardize Without Using a Computer
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Instructional Goals

 

§    Students will learn to Shepardize a case using books rather than an on-line service.

§    Students will learn to evaluate whether or not a decision is still good law (validity).

§    Students will learn to evaluate how their case has been treated by other courts in their jurisdiction (persuasiveness).

§    Students will improve their legal reading comprehension skills by comparing case law

 

Learning Objectives

 

  • First Year Law Students will:

·         Successfully Shepardize their assigned case

·         Successfully evaluate the validity of their assigned case

·         Successfully evaluate the persuasiveness of their assigned case

 

Motivational Goals

 

§    Generate interest in the research process

§    Generate interest in doing research using books rather than an on-line service

§    Build confidence in evaluating case law for validity and persuasiveness

§    Promote satisfaction in search accomplishments

 


   
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