Sources
of law – primary sources; statutory materials and judicial materials; secondary
sources: books and pamphlets, letters, speeches, interviews, periodicals, and
newspapers; foreign materials. Use
of source materials – law library and legal research, indexing and
identification of library materials, cases and citation of cases and reports;
opinions; analysis and note-taking; use of authorities in legal argument and
legal writing. Online research methods. Legal writing – methods and approaches
in essay writing; styles of writing; analysis of social and legal issues and
application of legal rules; division of topics into chapters, sections and
subsections. Professional ethics, and regulation of the legal profession.
- Teacher: Benjamin Terhile Torlafia