20-Minute Training – Legislative Histories – Fri. 2/22

11:15 to 11:35 am (or later) in Law 3650 
Get an introduction to legislative history, with lots of time for questions at the end.

Highlighted resources include the ones that do the work for you, i.e. sources of compiled legislative histories like:

Handout – Legislative History ]

 (This training is in response to a student request. Any UCI Law student is welcome to attend. Or request your own small-group training online!)

Legal Research Boot Camp 2011 – Materials

Thank you to all who attended our 2011 Boot Camp! Here’s a short summary of the program, with links to selected documentation.

  • Approaching New Research Projects: Preliminary Analysis and Secondary Sources. [Slides]
  • Off-campus access to UCI Law databases using VPN
  • Hands-on research examples [Note-taking template]
  • Lunch and panel. Panelists were: Jeremy Hufton, Dana Jones, John Seckinger, Christina Tsou, and Angela Yu.
  • Primary Sources
  • Common Summer Research Projects

Still have research questions? Remember that the UCI Law Library is open during the summer, and research librarians are available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PDT. We can be reached at the reference desk or by phone at 949-824-6746.

20-Minute Training – Legislative History – Tues. 4/5

12:20 to 12:30 pm in the Law Library Computer Lab
Get a brief overview of legislative history research, a common summer project.

Highlighted resources include the ones that do the work for you, i.e. sources of compiled legislative histories like:

[ Handout – Legislative History ]