What is legal research all about? There are more steps than you may think, and in this course you will discover all of them. You will explore how the skills of legal research and legal analysis fit into every lawyer's work. You'll then examine the particular features of legal information that make it unique and applicable in specific legal situations, including legal jurisdictions and the implications of where legal information originates.

By exploring terminology specific to legal information, such as primary sources of legal information or legal authority and secondary legal information, you will identify how these kinds of legal information relate to each other. You'll also consider how a lawyer would choose to use different information sources and why. Through this knowledge, you'll be able to understand the valuable skill of strategizing legal research as well as the way lawyers develop efficient legal research strategies to achieve accurate results while staying within timelines and budgets.