Legal Writing & Research

Students will be able...

1. to find relevant caselaw for a given legal issue using the Notes of Decisions for a statute.
2. to collect additional relevant caselaw using West Topic and Key Numbers and Lexis Topic/Subtopics from one relevant case.

1. Preliminary Information
   • Jurisdiction: California
2. Issue statement
   • Does what Sydney did count as a credible threat for criminal stalking in California?
3. Search Terms
   • credible threat
   • criminal stalking
4. Secondary Sources
   • e.g., 6 California Criminal Defense Practice § 142.11A (2024)
5. Primary Sources

To be continued next class...