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Fundamentals of Federal Legal Research
Finding the Law
Learn
how to find and use cases, statutes, rules and
regulations.
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This course and any combination of it's
topics are currently available only as custom on-site training for
your organization. We have tailored this course for
engineers, scientists, and many people new to
Washington. For
more information about how this training can help your
members and staff, please contact
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Please see our Research Skills for the Real World for
introductory legal and regulatory research training.
This full-day course is
for you if your work requires that you
- Rapidly find and use
legal information
- Efficiently locate case
law, statues, rules and regulations
This program will focus on how
to find and use legal documents quickly and effectively.
- The fastest ways
to find and use legal documents--in
print or online
- Different types of cases
(state-federal, trial-appeal), primary and secondary
sources, and citators explained (the focus will be
federal, not state, law)
- The case citation
system--will be demystified
- Our expert faculty will
share their secrets and tips.
- Please note: the
focus of this course is on federal law
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"The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation,"
by Harvard Law Review (2005).
"Let's be honest. A lot of people felt that Bluebook had fallen off. After that award show confrontation with ALWD and the concealed weapons charges, Bluebook looked like they were on the ropes. That only makes this 18th edition more triumphant for the Bluebook. A stunning return to the form that made them such an irresistible bunch of ragamuffins to begin with, Bluebook has a sure answer to the naysayers who thought they couldn't adapt to the electronic movement--a blistering tribute to Internet citation." - an Amazon reader
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"The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style,"
by Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson (West 2006).
The Redbook provides a comprehensive guide to the essential rules of legal writing. Unlike most style or grammar guides, it focuses on the special needs of legal writers, answering a wide spectrum of questions about grammar and style – both rules as well as exceptions. The Redbook also gives detailed, authoritative advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, footnotes, and citations, with illustrations in legal context. Designed for law students, law professors, practicing lawyers and judges, the work emphasizes the ways in which legal writing differs from other styles of technical writing. The "how-to" sections deal with editing and proofreading, numbers and symbols, and overall document design.
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Space is limited.
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Agenda |
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Basic overview of the U.S. Legal System and Secondary
Sources
10:15 Break
10:30 Statutory and Code Research
Constitution, Public Laws, U.S. Code, Online
Sources for Statutory Research
12:00 noon Lunch on your own
1:00 Case Law Research
Supreme Court, Appeals Courts, Trial Courts, Other Federal
Courts (Bankruptcy, Claims, Tax, Military), Online
Resources for Case Law Research
2:45 Break
3:00 Regulatory Law Research
Federal Register, CFR, Administrative Decisions, Online
Resources for Regulatory Research
4:15 A Working Example
4:45 Conclusion and evaluations
Online Tutorials, Legal Listservs, Current
Awareness Notification
5:00 Complete Evaluations and Conference Concludes
This is a sample agenda: the
actual program may differ slightly. A detailed sample program
agenda is available: (as
a custom program) on the web, and as
a pdf
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Do you need a training
course we
don't offer or coverage of an additional topic in this
course?
If you have suggestions for courses or topics you would like to see us offer, please contact us or complete our
online suggestion form.
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Suggested
Prerequisites |
Basic
research skills or completion of Research
Skills for the Real World: Going Beyond GoogleTM.
If
you need help deciding which courses you should take based
on your work experience or training, please contact
us:
email: registrar -at- TheCapitol.Net
phone: 703-739-3790
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Faculty |
This
course will be taught by two faculty
members. One has more than 20 years experience
as a legal and legislative research specialist, and
the second is an attorney who served government and
public clients as a legal reference specialist
for ten years and has instructed seminars on legal
research and legislative history research for
congressional staff for more than 10 years.
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Rave
Reviews |
"Research ability
increased. Love
the
links @ 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
See
more testimonials about this program.
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Time
and Dates |
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Location |
Other dates: Location
in Washington, DC will be announced
before course.
Many of our courses are held at
these locations:
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American Trucking
Associations, 430 First Street SE, Washington, DC (Capitol South Metro)
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Cannon House Office Building (HOB), First and C Streets, SE,
Washington, DC (Capitol South Metro)
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Capitol
Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington,
DC (directly across the street from the
Capitol South Metro) Our map
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DC Bar
Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW,
Washington, DC (Metro Center station)
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Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001 (Gallery Place /
Chinatown Metro stop) Our map
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The Liaison Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
(2 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro)
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Longworth House Office Building (HOB),
New Jersey Ave. and C Streets, SE, Washington, DC
(one block west of the Capitol South Metro stop)
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National
Democratic Headquarters, 430 So. Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC
20003 (Capitol South Metro) Our map
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Rayburn House Office Building (HOB),
Independence Ave. SW and South Capitol Street
(two blocks west of the Capitol South Metro stop)
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Course
Materials |
Course
materials include your personal copy of The
Process of Legal Research, and a course
manual of over 200 pages that includes
Internet
Resources.
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Registration Fee |
$
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Discounts |
** Group Discount! When 4 people from the same
organization register and pay together, the 4th person is
free! When 8 people from the same organization register and
pay together, the 4th and 8th persons are both free! See complete
details here.
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Policies |
For this course, substitutions, cancellations, and transfers must be submitted in writing to us. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.
** Transfer and Cancellation Fee
For all registrations received on or after September 1,
2007 |
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Time Before Course |
Substitutions Allowed |
Transfer Fee |
Cancellation Fee |
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More than 4 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
None |
None |
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2 to 4 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
25% of tuition |
50% of tuition |
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3 days to 2 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
50% of tuition |
75% of tuition |
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1 to 2 days |
Yes, in writing |
75% of tuition |
100% of tuition |
day of program
(no refunds to no-shows) |
Yes, in writing |
100% of tuition |
100% of tuition |
No refunds for no shows. We reserve the right to
change this fee and time period.
TCN
reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of
insufficient registrations.
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FAQs |
FAQs
about our training
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703-739-1195.
Mail the completed form to us at
TheCapitol.Net, Inc., PO Box 25706, Alexandria, VA
22313-5706
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Related
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Related
Training |
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Available as custom, on-site training? |
Yes.
This
program can be tailored
for on-site agency, association and corporate training.
Please call 703-739-3790 for information.
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more information? |
Phone:
703-739-3790
Email: registrar -at- TheCapitol.Net
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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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Last updated:
June 29, 2008
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