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Choose from our standard modules or ask us to tailor a module to your needs.
Module 1: Online legal content
In this module, participants learn:
- where to find legal information on the Internet (legislation, case law, secondary sources, and foreign legal materials)
- the differences between free content and subscription-based content and the strengths and weaknesses of each
- the differences between authoritative and non-authoritative online legal information
- how to evaluate online legal information
Module 2: Online research methods
In this module, participants learn:
- methods for researching online legal information
- the differences between online methodologies and traditional research methodologies
- how to update legislation, note-up cases, find commentary on a specific topic, and research comparative foreign law
Module 3: Online research techniques
In this module, participants learn:
- Internet search techniques needed to find relevant information
- ‘operators’, different database types, and catalogues
- indexing, file types, and site construction
- search engine design and operation
Module 4: Legal research methodology
In this module, participants learn an innovative 10-step methodology for solving legal problems. Briefly, the 10 steps involve:
- Fact collection
- Fact analysis
- Identification of legal questions
- Search term development
- Methodical legal research
- Issue decomposition
- Application
- Resolution
- Presentation
- Review
By the end of the module, participants will:
- know how to approach legal problems in an organized, not ad hoc way
- be more confident that you can identify all the relevant facts and issues
- be less likely to overlook a winning argument
- work more efficiently
Module 5: Persuasive argumentation
This module explains the three ways to persuade judges: logic, emotion, and credibility. The trainer then applies these persuasion tools to 3 specific tasks:
- how to cue the judge to want to find in your client's favour (for example, by using a ‘storytelling’ structure)
- how to show the judge that the law permits, even requires, the outcome you urge (for example, by using
‘cable-like’ arguments rather than ‘chain-like’ arguments)
- how to communicate your proposed solution in the most persuasive way (for example, by choosing the right words)
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