Introduction to legal research what are we going to cover introduce you to an important skill for law students and lawyers law is always changing legal research is never done need to update your research as the law evolves dont find out your research is obsolete from opposing counsel 3 ss of legal research 14 start with secondary sources support with primary sources shepardize . Research support topic guides course guides more search tools system status login my account feedback reporting from message your name your email stanford users can avoid this captcha by logging in send cancel check system status report wrong cover image search catalog all catalog articles website more in one search catalog books media more in the stanford libraries . This text introduces first year law students to the new kind of research required to study and to practice law it seeks to demystify the art of legal research by following a source and process approach first the text introduces students to the major sources of american law and describes the forms the various authorities traditionally took in print after establishing this base the . Introduction to legal research basic conceptual issues according to the oxford advanced learners dictionary research means a careful study of a subject especially to find or discover new facts about it research therefore involves gathering information for a purpose and it is the purpose that usually determines the type of research undertaken and how it is conducted legal research . This text introduces first year law students to the new kind of research required to study and to practice law it seeks to demystify the art of legal research by following a source and process approach first the text introduces students to the major sources of american law and describes the forms the various authorities traditionally took in print after establishing this base the