Rebekah K. Maxwell
Associate Director for Library Operations
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Contact Information
Room 107
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
v 803-777-1725
f 803-777-9405
rkmaxwel@law.sc.edu
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Courses
INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH, LAWS 537 (1 hour) Instruction in basic sources and research techniques of American law, with emphasis on developing an effective and efficient research strategy for locating primary law at the state and federal levels. Also includes instruction on the use of major secondary legal sources. Materials examined in traditional print format as well as online sources.
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH, LAWS 562 (2 hours) Purpose of the course is to teach methods of doing complex legal research, building on research training received in the student's first year. Focuses on the sophisticated use of primary legal materials (statutes, case law and regulations) and various research techniques and tools such as legislative histories, federal and state regulatory publications, looseleaf services, records and briefs, journals and treatises, including sources of international and foreign law.
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