Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course provides the student with a working knowledge of the essential techniques used to research legal issues. Students will learn to find, select, and begin utilizing appropriate sources of law in the library and in online databases such as Westlaw and Lexis. The course covers primary sources of law such as federal and state constitutions, statutes, cases, and regulations, as well as secondary sources that include legal dictionaries, encyclopedias, digests, summaries, and articles. Students will learn how to update statute and case law using tools such as KeyCite and Shepard's citation indices. The course will include basic legal analysis and writing assignments which draw upon research results. 