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Fundamentals of Legal Research: Finding the Law
Find and Use Cases, Statutes, Rules and Regulations
(Our public research course)

This custom training program shows your staff how to efficiently locate and use legal information including case law, statues, rules and regulations. This program teaches your staff to locate and use legal documents quickly and effectively. They will learn:

The fastest ways to find and use legal documents in print or online
Different case types (state-federal, trial-appeal), primary and secondary sources, and citators

The case citation system

More Information
Sample Agenda	Audience Level	Course Materials	Fee	Related Training	Related Resources

Custom Training Information
Sample Agenda	Welcome and Introduction Basic overview of the U.S. Legal System and Secondary Sources Statutory and Code Research Constitution Public Laws U.S. Code Online Sources for Statutory Research Case Law Research Supreme Court Appeals Courts Trial Courts Other Federal Courts (Bankruptcy, Claims, Tax, Military) Online Resources for Case Law Research Regulatory Law Research Federal Register CFR Administrative Decisions Online Resources for Regulatory Research A Working Example Conclusion and Evaluations Online Tutorials Online Legal Groups and Blawgs Current Awareness Notification Lunch and breaks scheduled as appropriate All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.
Sample Agendas	Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available. As part of 1-day research program "Tracking Legislation, Regulations and the Law" for a federal agency See our Sample Agendas page for more.
Audience Level	Basic research skills.
Audience Size	This program is most effective for between 15 and 30 attendees.
Previous Clients	Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Course Materials	Course materials can include copy of The Process of Legal Research, and a course manual of over 50 pages that includes Internet Resources for each attendee.
Length and Location	Usually requires 1 day. This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States.
Fee	The fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information. If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, you can still train your staff at our public research skills course.
What is included in the fee?	TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives. The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose. Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.
FAQs	See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
Payment	Payment methods we accept for custom training include checks and EFT/ACH.
Related Custom Training	Tracking and Monitoring Legislation How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories Research Tools and Techniques for Analysts: Refining Your Online and Offline Resarch
About Us	TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation. We are registered with CCR. See our Capability Statement and our About Us page for more details. FEIN: 54-1917701 DUNS: 04-273-5071 CAGE: 1K5S4
Related Resources	Internet Resources handout from our Legal Research course Congressional Documents Online Legal Reference and Research Tools Legislation and Legislatures, including national and state and local links Legislative History Reference and Research Tools Online Regulatory Research Resources Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials Real World Research Skills, Second Edition
Need more information?	Phone: 703-739-3790 Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net Complete our online custom program information request.
Non-Partisan	TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan firm, and the opinions of its faculty, authors, clients and the owners and operators of its vendors are their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net.

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Custom On-Site Training

All custom training from TheCapitol.Net is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.

Public Course

If you don't have enough staff for a custom, on-site training program, you can still train your staff at our public course.

Rave Reviews

"Research ability increased. Love the links at the end of the presentation: I'm going to go back and use them!"
-- Director, Government Affairs, Appraisal Institute

"When I'm presented with a project involving legal research, I will know where to look."
-- Legal Technician, FBI

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This course is taught by faculty with a minimum of 10 years of legal research experience.

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