Introduction to
Paralegal
Studies
Chapter
16
Chapter
16
focuses on the issue of primary and secondary sources of law. You
will need to keep in mind authorities that are mandatory as opposed
to the ones that are merely persuasive (even though primary).
Remember, secondary sources are
finding aids and help explain the meaning of the primary sources.
They are of great value when beginning your research but you are really
looking for
primary mandatory authority. You will not be tested on the
trivia of the chapter. I don't care if you memorize what books
are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. or little trivial details about each
source. Know the name of the source, whether it is primary or
secondary, official or unofficial, when it is mandatory and when
persuasive, and what you will find when using that source. For the next
three chapters you may find the following information helpful. I
come from the website of a criminal justice professor. Part of it
was sent to you by email.
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I have replaced the information that was here before because the links were broken. Here are some new links. |
| Introduction to Basic Legal Citation |
| Writing Student Briefs |
| The following are sample memorandums. I would not expect anything you wrote to be this detailed at this point in your paralegal education. However, they do show what a Legal Memorandum should be like. |
| Sample Memorandum |
| Another Sample Memorandum |
| These Memorandums are illustrations to show you the format of a Memorandum of Law. Later, in the Research and Writing classes (and others) you will actually write Memoranda. This is the beginning course so when you are asked to write a Memorandum of Law I would expect nothing of this caliber. Do the best you can following the format and using the research that you have retrieved. |
|
Requirements |
| Read: | Chapter 16, pages 569- 628. |
| Review: | Key Terms and Concepts, page 621. |
| Know: | Chapter Summary, pages 621 - 624. |
| Use: | Chapter
16 Review Sheet PowerPoint Chapter 16 and 17 (New 9/28/2003) |
| Complete: | The Legal Research assignment called Primary Sources. |
| Insert: | The answer into the appropriate section of your Paralegal Reference Manual. |
| Complete: | The Legal Research assignment called Secondary Sources. |
| Insert: | The answer into the appropriate section of your Paralegal Reference Manual. |
| Take: | Chapter Quiz (20 questions) |
| Send:
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a copy of all work completed in this chapter (including the extra credit) to the instructor upon completion of Module 3. Interactive students will turn in the work on a weekly basis. All work must be received prior to the deadline listed in the Syllabus schedule and must be delivered based on the instructions listed in the Syllabus (Work Delivery Instructions.) |
|
Extra
Credit |
|
| Complete: | Using Internet
Resources #1, page 628. |
| Insert: | Write an Informal Memorandum summarizing the information you retrieved and place it in the Legal Research Section of the Paralegal Reference Manual. |
| Complete: | Using Internet
Resources #2, page 628. |
| Insert: | Write an Informal Memorandum summarizing the information you retrieved and place it in the Federal Statutory Law Section of the Paralegal Reference Manual. |
| Send: | a copy of all work completed in this chapter (including the extra credit) to the instructor upon completion of Module 3. Interactive students will turn in the work on a weekly basis. All work must be received prior to the deadline listed in the Syllabus schedule and must be delivered based on the instructions listed in the Syllabus (Work Delivery Instructions.) |
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