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PL203 Basic Legal Research

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  • CRN: 21544
  • Credits: 3
  • Locations, days, times, and instructors:
    • Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
      From March 31 through June 14, 2025, Tami M Gierloff

Class materials

Textbooks

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Open educational resources (OER)

The following free or inexpensive materials are used for this class:

Details about this class

Welcome! For Spring Term 2025, Basic Legal Research will be offered as an online course. This means there will be no live Zoom lectures. You will be responsible for checking the Course D2L three times a week to read the lessons, watch video tutorials, post discussion comments, and complete assignments and exercises. The weekly modules and lessons begin on Mondays and assignments are due on the following Sunday (except for the Discussion Topics which are due on Fridays). Please note that in addition to the books available in the bookstore, and the free OER textbook, there is an online resource that must be purchased separately for a $29 subscription fee.

Required Texts for PL 203 Basic Legal Research: 

  • Available from the 不良研究所 Bookstore: The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation, 21st ed. or Online Bluebook access at www.legalbluebook.com.
  • Available from the 不良研究所 Bookstore: Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook, 4th Ed.(Carolina Academic Press, 2020).
  • You will also need an open source legal research textbook (free) available from the CALI website.
    • You will need to register with CALI first as a 不良研究所 paralegal student. 
    • Instructions on this process will be available in the D2L course information folder.

Additional online learning tool ($29 subscription fee):

  • Mastering the Bluebook Interactive Exercises (MBIE):  Legal citation is a critical skill required of all legal professionals and is an important part of this course. To ensure that you are armed with the citation skills you need, we will be using the Bluebook (21st ed.) and the text Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (4th Ed.). Additionally, we will be using the online learning tool Mastering the Bluebook Interactive Exercises (MBIE), to learn and practice citation form. To begin using MBIE, you will complete a two-step process once class begins. Details will be available in D2L.

Let me know if you have any questions about the books or online resources we will be using or if you have any other questions about the course.

Technology

There is no additional technology required for this class.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class. It is important to log in as soon as the class starts to see what the participation requirements are.

Online technical requirements

Please be sure to read the quick guide to Online Learning technical requirements.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.

Prerequisite for online classes

Before you take your first online class at 不良研究所, you must complete the start guide. The start guide will help you decide if these classes are right for you. Once you complete the start guide, you will be able to register for these classes.