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Foundations of Legal Research Certification

Understand the legal system and how to put a research plan into action.

An overview of the legal system, precedent and types of authority
Build effective research plans
Identify gaps in legal knowledge and overcome them
Construct legal arguments utilizing different types of legal authority

Essential Legal Research Certification

An introduction to Westlaw and the essential elements of legal research.

Create searches based on key terms and refine your search results
Utilize Secondary Sources
Learn the anatomy of cases and statutes
Employ annotations in cases and statutes to expand your research
Validate your cited authority using KeyCite

Advanced Legal Research Certification

Increase the depth, breadth and quality of your research.

Construct Terms & Connectors searches
Employ annotations in cases and statutes to expand research
Leverage the statutory indices and tables of contents
Research regulations and when to use them
Perform Legislative History research

Transactional Law Certification

An overview of the key tools used to construct and review agreements.

Locate checklists to aid in contract drafting
Find and adapt real-world examples of agreements
Leverage practitioner insight tools
Employ contract drafting tools, such as Deal Proof

Litigation Research Certification

Procedures and process to create professional motions and pleadings.

Formulate a litigation strategy
Employ sample documents to improve the drafting process
Utilize practitioner resources to enhance litigation comprehension

Prepare to Practice Certification

Preparing to practice goes beyond legal research.

Understand the business of law, and the role research plays
Utilize different methods of billing and tracking time
Employ practice tools to avoid conflicts and missed deadlines
Research both time-efficiently and cost-effectively

Demurrer

Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed.2014)

Demurrer: A means of objecting to the sufficiency in law of a pleading by admitting the actual allegations made by disputing that they frame an adequate claim. Demurrer is commonly known as a motion to dismiss.

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Restatement of Contracts 2d

Counter-offers

(1) A counter-offer is an offer made by an offeree to his offeror relating to the same matter as the original offer and proposing a substituted bargain differing from that proposed by the original offer.

(2) An offeree’s power of acceptance is terminated by his making a counter-off, unless the offeror has manifested a contrary intention or unless the counter-offer manifests a contrary intention of the offeree.

The answer and more can be found in the comments section of SS39 of the Restatement of Contracts 2d – Counter-offers

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What is common law and is it written by the courts of law?

Common Law
The origin of the Anglo-American legal systems. English common law was largely customary law and unwritten, until discovered, applied, and reported by the courts of law. In a narrow sense, common law is the phrase still used to distinguish case law from statutory law.

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Negligence defined

Restatement (Second) of Torts § 282

In the Restatement of this Subject, negligence is conduct which falls below the standard established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. It does not include conduct recklessly disregardful of an interest of others.

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