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Nov. 21, 2005.
Kristy Moon, editor.
Past Exams
It’s that time of the year. The exam period is around the corner (December
12-17) and some of you may find that looking at old exams motivates you to
study harder or helps you to study smarter.
The Law Library keeps an exam archive on its Web site,
http://lib.law.washington.edu/exams/exams.html, organized by professor’s
name and course title. These exams are restricted to UW users, so you’ll need
to log in with your UW Net ID.
For exams from law schools other than UW, see a previous Law Library News
column at
http://lib.law.washington.edu/news/2001/April162001.html or
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/exams.htm.
Professor William Andersen has created an interactive online tutorial,
"Writing Better Law School Exams: The Importance of Structure," available at
www.cali.org. The CALI website also has many
subject-specific lessons including all the first-year courses and many upper
division courses. To obtain the CALI password, contact the Reference Office
(543-6794,
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/askform.html) or Computing Services
(lawhelp@u.washington.edu).
What Do You Want to Know?
-- Mary Whisner
Do you want to get some information? Maybe the Law Library staff can help.
Reference librarians can help you with all sorts of research, not just legal
research. Of course, we aren’t specialists in other disciplines such as
medicine, economics, or engineering, but we know how to find and use
appropriate databases and we can also refer you to other libraries on campus.
(By the way, we’re pretty good at legal research, too.)
Stop by the Reference Office or call 543-6794 – there’s someone on duty 60
hours a week. And whether the Reference Office is open or not, you can always
send us your question by email. Just click on the link in the lower left corner
of the Library’s homepage. There is
also a link from the Law
School’s website.
Maybe others have looked for the same sort of thing you’re looking for and
we’ve already prepared a research guide. Check out the
list of legal research guides -- there are
over 100 of them!
Suppose you want to get some information about legal careers or one
particular employer. Take a look at Getting
the Scoop on Jobs and Careers.
What if you’re trying to come up with ideas for a major paper? See
Writing for and Publishing in Law Reviews.
And if you’re interested in keeping up with a particular legal field, try
Resources for Keeping Up and Staying
Current.
Book of the Week: Washington Legal Research
--Robyn Hagle, Reference Intern
There is a brand new resource for legal research in Washington State.
Washington Legal Research, by Julie A. Heintz, takes a process-oriented
approach to legal research and offers a logical guidance on how to approach
legal problems.
The content of Washington Legal Research is similar to that of the
Washington Legal Researcher’s Deskbook, a publication of the Gallagher Law
Library staff. Both cover:
- the process of legal research, including strategies and organization
- online and print sources of Washington State law
- statutes and constitutions
- case-finding tools
- administrative law
- practice materials
- legislative history
- common acronyms and abbreviations
Having a hard time deciding which resource to use?
The inclusion of chapters on Indian Law, non-legal sources, historical and
archival sources, and managing your library remain unique to the Gallagher
publication. Discussions of civil procedure, the hierarchy of the U.S. court
system, and other basics of the American legal system make Washington Legal
Research a helpful choice for those new to legal research or in need of
more context and background information. The small size of Washington Legal
Research makes it suitable for every day use on the run. However, it is the
Washington Legal Researcher’s Deskbook that offers the most thorough
coverage and a clear step-by-step strategy for nearly every aspect of
Washington State law. Because of this, it remains the go-to source for
trustworthy and reliable guidance for legal research.
Washington Legal Research by Julie A. Heintz. KFW75 .H45 2005 at
Reference Area & Reference Office.
Washington Legal Researcher’s Deskbook 3d, Penny A. Hazelton et al.
KFW75 .W37 2002 at Reference Area & Reference Office. | 