LGL 125 Research Ch 1-2

Legal Research is usually performed in relationship to a specific factual question.

• True

• False

If you are a paralegal or law clerk you can give legal advice to a client, as long as you personally have done the research that forms the basis of the advice.

• True

• False

A case reporter is a source of primary law.

• True

• False

A code book is a source of secondary law.

• True

• False

A legal dictionary and a legal thesaurus are the same thing.

• True

• False

In some cases, both federal and state law can apply to a single research problem.

• True

• False

Constitutional law is found in federal legal sources only.

• True

• False

A Uniform System of Citation, sometimes called The Bluebook, is exactly the same as MLA.

• True

• False

The legal research process includes legal research, legal _______, and legal writing.

• analysis

• interpretation

• evaluation

• review

Legal researchers can read primary and secondary sources of law through online services such as Lexis Advance and _______________.

• Westlaw

• Wikipedia

• Legal Library

• Online Database