Conducting legal research and preparing memoranda for paralegals
Subtitle: beyond the basics
By: Mary M. Flaherty [chair]
Contributors: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (1982- )
Publisher: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston, MA (Ten Winter Pl., Boston 02108-4751)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Legal research; Legal assistants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Section 1: Paralegals and the Community of Legal Discourse: Legal Analysis and the TRAAC Method; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: The Case for Teaching Paralegals Legal Analytic Writing From Reading to Writing: Legal Analysis through the TRAAC Method.; title: Conclusion: TRAAC in the Classroom; title: Section 2: Researching Law and Finding Facts; title: Kenneth J. Withers; title: Comparing the Internet to Proprietary Online Services; title: What's Available on the Internet; title: Law; title: Facts; title: Navigating the World Wide Web.; title: What Is the World Wide Web?,; title: Web Browsers; title: Uniform Resource Locator (URL); title: Customizing Your Web Browser; title: Turning Off the Graphics Option; title: Creating Bookmarks of Favorite Web Sites; title: Searching Within a Web Document; title: Customized Web Sites; title: Searching the Web,; title: Introduction; title: Where to Start Your Search; title: Subject Directories; title: Search Engines; title: Meta-Search Engines; title: Web Subject Directories; title: Web Search Engines; title: Overview; title: How Do They Work?; title: How Many Documents Are Actually Searched?; title: What Are Their Limitations?; title: General Search Tips; title: Finding People on the Internet; title: Other Internet Research Tools; title: Gopher; title: Telnet; title: File Transfer Protocol (FTP); title: General Tips for Using FTP; title: Further Reading; title: Books; title: Periodicals; title: Exhbits; title: 1: Troubleshooting the Web,; title: 2: A Guide to Web-Based Search Engines; title: 3: How to Retrieve U.S. and Massachusetts Primary Legal Materials.; title: Section 3: The Legal Research Process; title: Steven M. Barkan; title: A General Approach to Legal Research; title: The Internet; title: Section 4: Synthesizing Cases and Authorities,; title: Andrea B. Yelin and Hope Viner Sanborn; title: Synthesis; title: Types of Synthesis; title: Step-by-Step Process to Synthesizing Legal Rules; title: Examples of Case Synthesis; title: Section 5: Legal Drafting; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: Litigation Documents; title: Transaction Documents; title: Section 6: How to Read a Case; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: What Is a Case?; title: The Parts of a Case.; title: Learning to Read; title: Section 7: Introduction to Legal Analysis: Common Law Analysis; title: and the TRAAC Method; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: Common Law Analysis; title: The TRAAC Method; title: Section 8: Case Briefing Materials; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: Suggestions on the Briefing of a Case; title: Sample Case: Slocum v. Food Fair Stores Inc., 100 So. 2d 396; title: (Fla. 1958); title: Sample Brief; title: Section 9: Elements of a Legal Memorandum.; title: Mary M. Flaherty; title: What's a Legal Memo?; title: How Do I Write One?; title: Section 10: Sample Student Memoranda; title: Submitted by Mary M. Flaherty; title: Memo Assignment; title: Student Memoranda.