Wolters Kluwer
legal education

About the Book

Basic Legal Research Workbook

Third Edition

Amy E. Sloan
University of Baltimore

Steven D. Schwinn
John Marshall Law School

2007. 216 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6955-3. With Teacher's Manual


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Covering all the key print and electronic research sources, the practice questions in this workbook progress from introductory to more complex.  Whether accompanying Amy Sloan’s Basic Legal Research coursebook or any other legal research text, these exercises provide hands-on practice that will serve students well throughout their course and into their careers.

Featured in the Third Edition

  • Updated exercises that reflect changes in research sources, including developments in electronic research
    A balance of both print and electronic source problems
  • A logical organization that covers all the main research sources studied in the typical first-year course
  • Graduating levels of difficulty, from basic source exercises to others that require advanced research skills
  • Both print and electronic sources in each chapter
  • Multiple fact patterns in the assignments that can be worked in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources

Preface / Sample Chapters