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Law 34 - Legal Research – Section 29029
This class is entirely online
Prof Henry Soledad, Esq. - Activities - Textbooks
Read Dear Online Student - Study Guide and Welcome Message
Instructor: Henry Soledad, Esq.
Office: Through Canvas
Office hours: Through Canvas
Email: henry.soledad@gmail.com
Activities http://lamission.org
Canvas https://ilearn.laccd.edu
Classwiki: http://legalresearch.pbworks.com/w/page/16128065/FrontPage
Legal Notes http://abogado.pbworks.com/legal-notes
Course Description: This course explores legal research. The student learns how to do legal research using primary and secondary legal resources and how to do federal and state law reporting.
Course Organization: Law 34 is organized into assignments, quizzes, a final legal research and writing project, and and forum discussions.
Distribution of Grades
Tests is 30% of your grade
Assignments are 30% of your grade
Final Legal Research Paper = 25 % of your grade
Team Presentations = 15% of your grade
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A = 90% or above
B = 80% or above
C = 70% or above
D = 60% or above
A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class
Week 1 - Due 4/15/18
Week 2 - Due 4/22/18
Week 3 - Due 4/29/18
Week 4 - Due 5/6/18
Week 5 - Due 5/13/18
- Read Finding Constitutions, Statutes, Regulations and Ordinances - http://profj.us/25sp/law34/finding.htm
- #13 case - Environmental Law case
- #14 case - Intestate Succession case
- Test #H case - Criminal Background Check
- post to discussion forum
- Read Finding cases - http://profj.us/legalnotes/findingcases.htm
- #15 case - Restaurant servers required to pool their tips
- #16 case - De Facto spouse alleges emotional distress
- Test #I - Dangerous Animals case
- post to discussion forum
Week 6 - Due 5/20/18
Week 7 - Due 5/27/18
- Read How to Write Legal Memorandums - sample
- #19 Software Developers Case
- #20 State Regulation of the Bedroom
- Test #M Post your footnotes - law34-footnotes for your Final Research Paper - you must include your cases and codes upon which you support your "thesis"
- post to discussion forum
- Read Citing Sources at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources
- post to discussion forum
Week 8 - Due 6/3/18
- Read How to Write an A+ Research Paper - http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html
- Test #N - Post your Final Research Paper along with footnotes (at least 5 cases/codes cited)
- post to discussion forum
- Take End of Class Survey
- What did you learn in Legal Research Class Forum
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
1. Brief law cases in including subject areas of the law from all of the other law classes in our paralegal program
2. Critically analyze and argue issues in case law, and learn the methods of finding and researching law cases. see http://abogado.pbworks.com/legal-notes
This includes the following:
1. Primary and Secondary Sources of the Law
2. Overview of legal research
3. Steps to take in Case Law Research
4. Intro to Basic Legal Citation
5. Statsky Carthwheel and developing "legal language"
6. Getting background information
7. Refining the statement of the "Legal Issue"
8. How to develop a legal argument
9. Finding constitutions, statutes, regulations, and ordinances
10. Improve your legal writing
11. Finding cases
12. Expand and update your legal research
13. How to write a legal memo - sample
14. Final Legal Writing and Research Paper
3. Prepare a final legal research and writing paper. See format of the paper at http://profjordan.pbworks.com/format . The final research paper will be in the form of a position or argumentative paper. It will train the student in legal analysis, finding of law cases, and improving legal argumentation. The paper will be graded by using the following grading rubric -http://missionparalegal.pbworks.com/rubric-finalpaper
Students will read various law cases and write a case brief demonstrating their understanding and application of the essential facts and rules of law and legal principles of the case. see case brief rubric athttp://missionparalegal.pbworks.com/briefing
Skill Level: College level reading and writing; ability to access the internet. Necessary skills include proficiency using a word processing program, including spell checker, using a web browser, sending and receiving email, saving documents as RTFs (rich text format), uploading and attaching documents.
Estimated Time per Week: 10 hours (see Carnegie Rule)
Class format: The class is a hybrid class. It meets weekly, Tuesday evenings, in CMS 005, from 8:15 pm to 9:55 pm. We use the canvas course management system. Carefully read our policies.
The class follows a weekly format. There are many opportunities for you to participate and earn points to attain a good grade.
Online classes require your attention and effort. If you fail to log into the class during the first two weeksyou will be excluded from the class. There are activities and assignments each week; you will need to log into the class several times a week.
To be a successful online/hybrid student, you need to do schedule a regular time for studying, read and complete on line activities, and more.
Technical Requirements: The minimum computer requirements are: Computer, either a Macintosh or IBM compatible; modem, minimum 28.8, broadband or high speed internet access is preferred and is required to view the videos. Software: Web browser software, preferably Firefox 3.5 or Internet Explorer 8, an e-mail address and a word processing program.
Get Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Get Google Chrome - http://chrome.google.com
Get a free email account at: www.mail.google.com
Students who do not have regular computer access may use computers in the campus Learning Resource Center. Be sure to save all your papers and assignments on a flash drive.
Course Login: https://ilearn.laccd.edu
Contacting Your Instructor: I check my email several times a day and respond to emails within 24 hours. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions; email me at: henry.soledad@gmail.com i . I am also available in-person or by telephone or before or after classes on
EXPECTATIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK:
VOCABULARY - You are expected to read and understand the material presented in the assigned text and articles you locate.
FORMAT - Papers submitted should be written in accordance with the APA, Bluebook, or other recognized formatting style.
GRAMMAR - Use active voice in your writing. Also use the spelling and grammar check feature of your Word Processor before submitting your papers.
Homework Assignments: Assignments require you to read and brief law cases. Read the information on"briefing law cases".
Students who plagiarize will receive zero credit on the assignment.
Quizzes: The class is divided into weekly quizzes (which is primarily finding law cases) which are submitted under etudes (they are not timed quizzes like other classes). This is 30% of your grade.
Assignments: This includes performing legal research and finding law cases. This is 30% of your grade.
Final Writing and Research Paper. You will follow the format for your paper at . This is 25% of your grade.
Team Presentations/Class Discussions is 15% of your grade.
Dropping your class/Exclusion: See Academic Calendar for specified dates to drop the class with a "W"
College regulations state that a student may be excluded from a course following accumulation of absences equal to a week of course work. The 12th week of class is the last date a student may drop a class with a "W". (or the 8th week in a "Late Start" class). Thereafter, the student must receive a grade in the class.
If a student has a accumulated score of 50 or below in the 12th week (or the 8th weeek in a "Late Start" class) , it is deemed that the student has accumulated absences in excess of a week of course work, and the instructor MAY, but is NOT required to DROP the student from class, with or without notice. It is the sole responsibility of the student, and not the instructor, to drop the class.
In addition, students who fail to login and post their introduction to class within the first (ten) days of class may be dropped from their online class.
Points will be posted on the class website after each activity closes.
Reasonable Accommodation: For students requiring accommodation the DSPS office provides special assistance in areas like: registering for courses, specialized tutoring, note-taking, mobility assistance, special instruction, testing assistance, special equipment, special materials, instructor liaisons, community referrals, and job placement. The phone number for the Office of Students with Disabled Student Programs and Services is: (818) 364-7732. There website is http://lamission.edu/dsps
Cheating. Unauthorized material used during an examination (including electronic devices), changing answers after work has been graded, taking an exam for another student, forging or altering attendance sheets or other documents in the course, looking at another student’s paper/answers/essay/computer or exam with or without their approval is considered cheating. Any student caught cheating will receive a zero for the assignment/exam and referred to the Department chair and/or Student Services for further disciplinary action.
Plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as the act of using ideas, words, or work of another person or persons as if they were one’s own, without giving proper credit to the original sources. This includes definitions found online on Wikipedia, materials from blogs, twitter, or other similar electronic resources. The following examples are intended to be representative, but not all inclusive:
✓ Failing to give credit by proper citations for others ideas and concepts, data and information, statements and phrases, and/or interpretations and conclusions.
✓ Failing to use quotation marks when quoting directly from another, whether it be a paragraph, a sentence, or a part thereof
✓ Paraphrasing the expressions or thought by others without appropriate quotation marks or attribution
✓ Representing another’s artistic/scholarly works such as essays, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures or similar works as one’s own.
For the first offense, you will receive a zero for the assignment in question. Any further offenses may result in expulsion from the class, as determined by the disciplinary action from the Office of Student Services.
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SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
If you require special accommodations for a disability, religious holiday, or any other reason please inform your instructor(s) within the first week of the course and we will accommodate you if at all possible. For accommodations due to disability, you must consult with the Disabled Students Programs and Services Office after which we will abide by their recommendations.
“MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH:
As a student, not only do you have the pressure of succeeding in school, you may also be contending with work, financial issues, relationships, managing time effectively, getting enough sleep, etc. The staff and faculty of Los Angeles Mission College are here to provide support that will help you to be successful in your academic pursuits. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential student services offered on campus, including counseling and mental health services, by either visiting the Student Health Center (SHC), which is currently located in the Bungalow just west of the Collaborative Studies Building*, checking out the SHC webpage at: https://www.lamission.edu/healthcenter/ or calling: 818 362-6182.
I also encourage you to enter the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number (1-800-273-8255) into your cell phone in case you or someone you know is in distress and needs someone with whom to talk.
*Please note that the SHC is slated to move into its new location, between the President’s Office and Administrative Services, in the spring 2016 semester.”
COLLEGE RESOURCES FOR LAMC STUDENTS
see http://lamission.edu/de/student-services
updated:2/28/18
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