LEGAL SOURCES
Overview of the institutions and entities that create legal documents in the U.S.; how these documents are organized and found in a law library; introduction to common law case analysis. Open only to Law LLM students or Visiting International students in the Law LLM Pathway.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Consent of instructor Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the sources of law in the U.S. legal system and how they are organized. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the structure and relationship between state and federal court systems. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how to analyze cases and statutes and how to apply them to resolve legal issues. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand how to write a predictive analysis in memorandum format regarding the research and resolution of a legal issue. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how to use standard research tools to find primary and secondary legal authorities, and how to evaluate the weight of these authorities. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Understand when and how to cite legal authorities. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the sources of law in the U.S. legal system and how they are organized. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the structure and relationship between state and federal court systems. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how to analyze cases and statutes and how to apply them to resolve legal issues. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand how to write a predictive analysis in memorandum format regarding the research and resolution of a legal issue. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how to use standard research tools to find primary and secondary legal authorities, and how to evaluate the weight of these authorities. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Understand when and how to cite legal authorities. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027