This page links to mind maps that Prof. Murley used for Lawyering Skills legal research classes during the spring and fall semesters of 2006. To view the maps in .mmap format, you will need the free MindManager viewer; to view them in .pdf format, you will need the free Adobe reader. You may need to right click on the .mmap and .pdf file links and save the files to your computer.
Lawyering Skills I
- Introduction to Legal Research (8/24/06)
- Introduction to Authority | Secondary Sources (8/31/06)
- Types of Secondary Sources (9/7/06)
- Statutory & Regulatory Research (9/14 & 9/21/06)
- Statutory-Regulatory-Research.mmap
- Statutory-Regulatory-Research.pdf
- Statutory-Regulatory-Research-2p.pdf (2-pages for larger print)
- Introduction to Case Law (9/28/06)
- Finding Cases (10/5/06)
- Updating Cases with Citators (10/12/06)
- Effective Full-Text Searching (10/17/06)
- Research Plan used throughout Lawyering Skills I
Lawyering Skills II
- Review of Lawyering Skills I: topics covered first semester (1/26/06)
- Review: Secondary Sources (1/26/06)
- Review: Primary Authorities (1/26/06)
- Researching Administrative Law (2/2 & 2/9/06)
- ResearchingAdministrativeLaw.mmap
- ResearchingAdministrativeLaw.pdf
- ResearchingAdministrativeLaw-2p.pdf (2-pages for larger print)
- Electronic Legal Research (2/16/06)
- Legislative History (3/2/06)
- LegislativeHistory.mmap
- LegislativeHistory.pdf
- LegislativeHistory-2p.pdf (2-pages for larger print)