LAW 7454 — U.S. Legal Research
2 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Designed to prepare law students for research in practice, clerkships, and legal scholarship. Explores how to evaluate legal research sources and use them effectively, expand skills in primary and secondary U.S. legal sources, become aware of nonlegal information resources that could be useful to legal practice, and presents an overview of public international law and foreign legal research. Since learning legal research requires a hands-on approach, requires students to complete assignments and in-class exercises. Emphasizes cost-effective research, including print and internet sources. The topics covered in this survey course vary from year to year and may include immigration law, tax law, business law, environmental law, and cultural property law, among others.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 80% | 5.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 45% | 11.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 31% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (69% of sections), W (31% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Margaret Purdy (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Craig Eastland (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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