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Legal Writing & Research

Material for in-class librarian research sessions.

Procedural Research

April 1, 2025

Learning Objectives

Students will...

1. Explain the importance of procedural research.

2. Answer a federal procedural research question using federal procedural practice guides.

3. Compare research results for a procedural research question using a generative AI based tool and traditional California procedural practice guides.

4. Locate court rules that apply when given an issue to research in a specific court.

Class Exercises

  1. What is procedural research, and why is it important?
  2. Using Federal Procedural Practice Guides
  3. Researching California Procedural Rules
    1. Gen AI
    2. Lexis Practice Guide
  4. Researching Court Rules