{"id":90268,"date":"2022-05-20T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=90268"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:20:24","slug":"legal-research-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/libraries\/research\/legal-research-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Research Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The legal information\u00a0librarians 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/jd-student-resources\/curricular-requirements\/experiential-learning-requirement\/\">experiential learning requirements<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/course-descriptions\/\">Fall 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Legal Research: LAW JD 879 (2 credits) Thurs. 8:30-10:30am with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/brian-flaherty\/\">Brian Flaherty<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Immigration Law Research: LAW JD 769 (1 credit) Tues. 10:40-12:40pm with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/brian-flaherty\/\">Brian Flaherty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/kristin-mccarthy\/\">Kristin McCarthy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>International Legal Research: LAW JD 707 (1 credit) Thurs. 2:10-4:10pm and Fri. 10:30-12:30 <em>Sept. 4th &amp; 5th to Oct. 17th &amp; 18th 2025<\/em>\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/lawlibrary\/meet-the-staff\/stefanie-weigmann\/\">Stefanie Weigmann<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/aaron-hc-black\/\">Aaron Black<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/offices\/registrar\/schedules-upper-class\/\">Spring 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical Legal Research: LAW JD 797 (3 credits) Weds. 8:30-10:30 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/ronald-e-wheeler\/\">Ron Wheeler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/anna-lawless-collins\/\">Anna Lawless-Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Health Law Research: LAW JD 717 (1 credit) Tues. 8:30-10:30 <em>March 3rd to April 21st<\/em> 2026 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/jenna-fegreus\/\">Jenna Fegreus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Intellectual Property Law Research: LAW JD 733 (1 credit) Mon. 8:30-10:30\u00a0 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/brian-flaherty\/\">Brian Flaherty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/faith-sapp\/\">Faith Sapp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tax Law Research: LAW TX 985 (1 credit) with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/lawlibrary\/meet-the-staff\/stefanie-weigmann\/\">Stefanie Weigmann<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Transactional Law Research: LAW JD 718 (2 credits) Thurs. 10:40-12:40am with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/brian-flaherty\/\">Brian Flaherty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/kristin-mccarthy\/\">Kristin McCarthy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Upper-class Legal Research: LAW JD 703 (1 credit) Thurs. 8:30-10:30am with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/kate-cochrane\/\">Kate Cochrane<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Certificate in Legal Research Skills for Practice<\/h2>\n<p>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<a href=\"https:\/\/bu-law.libapps.com\/libguides\/admin_c.php?g=14885&amp;p=4189984\"> one-hour classes<\/a>\u00a0on various legal research topics taught by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlibraryguides.bu.edu\/c.php?g=14885&amp;p=80528&amp;preview=3b0d3daba54531a126460f0ae25c4f9b\">legal information librarians<\/a> 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 &amp; 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\u2019s office,\u00a0which will issue a certificate attesting to that completion.<\/p>\n<p>This program provides an opportunity for law students to review and improve their research skills to increase their proficiency and confidence in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.bu.libcal.com\/calendar\/researchtraining?cid=575&amp;t=d&amp;d=0000-00-00&amp;cal=575&amp;inc=0\">Register for classes here<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Research Training Calendar<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"600\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/api3.libcal.com\/embed_calendar.php?iid=287&amp;cal_id=575&amp;w=800&amp;h=600&amp;dv=month&amp;st=0&amp;we=0&amp;hl=prev%2Cnext%20today&amp;hc=title&amp;hr=basicWeek%20agendaDay%2CagendaWeek%2Cmonth&amp;hd=dddd%2C%20MMM%20D%2C%20YYYY&amp;hw=MMMM%20D&amp;hm=MMMM%20YYYY&amp;cd=dddd%20M\/D&amp;cw=ddd%20M\/D&amp;cm=ddd&amp;ta=h%28%3Amm%29a&amp;td=h%28%3Amm%29a&amp;tm=h%28%3Amm%29a&amp;fh=08%3A00%3A00&amp;mi=00%3A00%3A00&amp;ma=24%3A00%3A00&amp;ts=00%3A30%3A00&amp;eo=0&amp;el=4&amp;hf=0&amp;sp=1&amp;c1=%23000000&amp;c2=%23FFFFFF&amp;c3=%230099FF&amp;c4=%23D0D0D0&amp;c5=%23000000&amp;cam=&amp;cat=&amp;tar=0&amp;set=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" title=\"Research Training Calendar\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legal information\u00a0librarians teach legal research classes each year that focus on advanced research skills. 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