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This guide provides supplemental resources for students working on the LRW writing projects and should be used in conjunction with the Legal Research Strategy Guide and the reading materials posted in your Canvas Course modules.

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To learn more about the different legal research platforms visit:

Research Strategy

Research Strategy

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Handouts

Organization

The following can be used to help organize your research:

Secondary Sources

Locating Secondary Sources on Westlaw


Running Time: 2 minutes 47 seconds

Locating Secondary Sources on Lexis

Dictionaries


Running Time: 12 seconds

Treatises


Running Time: 13 seconds

American Law Reports


Running Time: 12 seconds

Primary Authority

Statutes

Case Finding

Westlaw & Lexis Handouts

Advanced Searching

Westlaw & Lexis Handouts

Tips for Specific Advanced Search Functions

Updating Your Research

Ask Your Librarian

Librarian Instructors

Feeling stuck?  Contact your library instructor.

Section 1 

Mindy Kent

 mkent@law.harvard.edu  

Section 2

Kyle Courtney

 Kyle_Courtney@harvard.edu  

Section 3 

Michelle Pearse

 mpearse@law.harvard.edu  

Section 4 

Christine Park

 cpark@law.harvard.edu   

Section 5

Deanna Barmakian

dbarmakian@law.harvard.edu

Section 6 

Debbie Ginsberg

 dginsberg@law.harvard.edu  
  

Section 7 

Catherine Biondo

 cbiondo@law.harvard.edu  

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