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Researching State Case Law & Managing Research Results
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Agenda
• Review Research Process
• Find relevant Secondary Sources
• Find relevant Case Law
• Shepardize™ to ensure authority is good law
• Managing your Research Results
• Follow-up Exercises
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Identifying the Components of the Legal Research Process
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Step 1: Secondary Sources
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Step 2: Primary Authority
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Step 3: Validate and Expand Your Research
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Research Assignment
TO: Summer AssociateFROM: Senior Partner
I need your help on the Johnson v. Salinas Rodeo case. Mr. Johnson, Ms. Morris, and Ms. Morris’s son, Brandon, have filed a complaint as a result of an accident that occurred during the 2011 Salinas Rodeo. Brandon was seriously injured while participating in a “mutton busting” competition during the rodeo. Mr. Johnson is Ms. Morris’s fiancé and both he and Ms. Morris were present at the time of the accident. I anticipate that the Defendants will want to challenge the validity of Mr. Johnson’s negligent infliction of emotional distress claim on the basis that Mr. Johnson was not “closely related” to Brandon Morris. Please prepare a memo addressing this NIED elements and close relationship requirement of Mr. Johnson’s claim under CA. law.
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Lexis Advance™
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Pre-Search Filters
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Search Box
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Results – Content Tabs
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Treatise - TOC
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California Torts Treatise
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Law Reviews
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Cases Tab – Post Search Filters
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Cases Tab – Narrow By
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Case Display
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Topic Summaries
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LexisNexis Headnotes
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Save to Folder
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Shepard’s® Appellate History
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Shepard’s® – Still Good Law?
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How to effectively and efficiently manage your research results on Lexis Advance
Managing Search Results
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Set a Client
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Save a Selection
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Create a New Folder
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History
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Work Folders
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Highlight & Annotate
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Legal Research Process Components