Legal Research Classes
The legal information librarians teach legal research classes each year that focus on advanced research skills. These classes are 1 and 2 credits so that they fit easily into your schedule. They focus on areas of practice that are highly regulatory. The emphasis of these classes is to prepare you for the questions you will encounter in practice and they are heavily exercise based, so they count toward your experiential learning requirements.
- Advanced Legal Research: LAW JD 879 (2 credits) Thurs. 8:30-10:30am with Brian Flaherty
- Immigration Law Research: LAW JD 769 (1 credit) Tues. 10:40-12:40pm with Brian Flaherty and Kristin McCarthy
- International Legal Research: LAW JD 707 (1 credit) Thurs. 2:10-4:10pm and Fri. 10:30-12:30 Sept. 4th & 5th to Oct. 17th & 18th 2025 with Stefanie Weigmann and Aaron Black
- Critical Legal Research: LAW JD 797 (3 credits) Weds. 8:30-10:30 with Ron Wheeler and Anna Lawless-Collins
- Health Law Research: LAW JD 717 (1 credit) Tues. 8:30-10:30 March 3rd to April 21st 2026 with Jenna Fegreus
- Intellectual Property Law Research: LAW JD 733 (1 credit) Mon. 8:30-10:30 with Brian Flaherty and Faith Sapp
- Tax Law Research: LAW TX 985 (1 credit) with Stefanie Weigmann
- Transactional Law Research: LAW JD 718 (2 credits) Thurs. 10:40-12:40am with Brian Flaherty and Kristin McCarthy
- Upper-class Legal Research: LAW JD 703 (1 credit) Thurs. 8:30-10:30am with Kate Cochrane
Certificate in Legal Research Skills for Practice
The Certificate in Legal Research Skills for Practice is a non-credit skills-based program for current JD and LLM students at the School of Law taught during the Spring Semester. Students take 6 or more of 16 free and voluntary one-hour classes on various legal research topics taught by the legal information librarians over a two-month period each spring. Each class requires the completion of a short assignment. If a student attends the class and completes the assignment, he or she receives credit toward the certificate; classes are tracked by the Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries. Upon completion of six or more of these classes, the library will submit the necessary information to the Office of the University Registrar, via the Law Registrar’s office, which will issue a certificate attesting to that completion.
This program provides an opportunity for law students to review and improve their research skills to increase their proficiency and confidence in the workplace.
