Web Based Tutorials and Instructional Research Guides
Contents
- Introduction
- Legal Writing
- Legal Research: Overview Resources and Materials
Legal Research: Secondary Resources and Materials
Legal Research: Primary Resources : General and Caselaw
Legal Research: Primary Resources: Legislation and Legislative Histories
Legal Research: Primary Resources: Administrative Law
Legal Research: LexisNexis / Westlaw
Legal Research: Updating Resources and Materials / Citation Research - Topical Areas of Law
Introduction
Web-based tutorials and instructional research guides help students learn new topics and skills, as well as refresh lessons learned in the classroom. They provide opportunities for convenient, individualized, self-paced instruction. This web site offers links to a selection of law-related tutorials and instructional research guides produced by many organizations.
Please note the following key points when connecting to any of the tutorials or instructional research guides:
* For the purposes of this list, tutorials are defined as instructional research guides accompanied by questions or exercises.
* Note the date of the production of the tutorial or instructional research guide. Remember that current versions of print and electronic research materials may differ in content and format from that presented by a tutorial or instructional research guide.
This Web site lists numerous tutorials from the CALI Library of Lessons. The full Library includes over 300 tutorials covering 28 legal education subject areas. Designed to augment traditional law school instruction, and written by law faculty and librarians, these tutorials are reviewed and revised on a regular basis. You must subscribe to CALI, and register a personal password, to access its tutorials. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has a subscription to CALI for College of Law Students and Faculty. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Faculty member, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Faculty click here. All others will need to access CALI via their own organization's subscription or individually subscribe to CALI.
This Web site lists several LexisNexis tutorials. You must subscribe to LexisNexis, and register a personal ID, to access these tutorials. This web site also lists several Westlaw tutorials. To access some of these guides, you must subscribe to Westlaw and register a personal password. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has subscriptions to LexisNexis and Westlaw for College of Law Students and Faculty. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Faculty member or Student, and do not have a LexisNexis ID or Westlaw password, contact Laura Ray, Educational Programming Librarian (laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu). All others will need to access LexisNexis and Westlaw via their own organization's subscription or individually subscribe to LexisNexis and Westlaw.
Legal Writing
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Writing
Scroll through list to select 12 tutorials: ALWD Citation Form; Citation Form for Briefs and Legal Memoranda; Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods; Drafting Contracts Using "Shall," "May," or "Must"; Drafting with "And" and "Or"; How to Brief a Case; Issue Statements for Memos and Briefs; Learning Legal Analysis Through Its Components: Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion - IRAC; Punctuation and Grammar Basics for Law Students; Starting Facts: Objective and Persuasive Approaches; Using IRAC to Develop an Objective Memorandum of Law; Writing Better Law School Exams: The Importance of Structure - Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - Resources for Legal Drafting
- University of Chicago Law Library - Citation and Style Manuals
Legal Research: Overview Resources and Materials
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Overview Resources: Scroll through list to select 10 tutorials: Anatomy of a Case; Decision Point: State or Federal?; Evaluating Web Sites; Hold 'em, Fold 'em , Walk Away or Run: When to Stop the Search; Internet Legal Resources - Free Resources; Introduction to Foreign Legal Research; Legal Research 101: The Tools of the Trade; Legal Research Methodology; Researching Uniform and Model Laws; Using the Restatements of the Law
- Cornell University Law Library - tutorial - Finding the Law: Where to Start : Overview
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Legal Research on the Web
- University of Denver Westminster Library - tutorial - Basic Legal Research
- University of Illinois College of Law- tutorial - Finding Legal Information on the Web
- University of Maryland University College - tutorial - Legal Research
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law Library - tutorial - Legal Research
- University of Utah College of Law - tutorial - Legal Research
- West Virginia College of Law Library - tutorial - Internet Tutorial for Legal Research
- Boston College Law Library - Reading Legal Citations
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library - How to Read a Legal Citation
- Boston College Law Library - Legal Sources for Non-Law School Courses
- University of Akron School of Law Law Scout Pathfinders and Guides: Links to research guides and bibliographies published/produced by over 130 law school libraries, court libraries, state/county law libraries, and other law-related associations. Includes brief descriptions. Arranged by authoring organization.
- University of Utah College of Law Library - Legal Research on the Internet
- Virtual Chase - Legal Research Guide: See links under "Legal Research." Includes Case Law, Statutory Law, Regulatory Law, State Law, Legal Subjects, Foreign Law, International Law, Civil Court Records, Court Dockets, and Criminal Records.
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library - Ohio Legal Research Guide
Legal Research: Secondary Resources and Materials
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Secondary Sources
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Secondary Resources: Scroll through list to select 6 tutorials: American Law Reports; Company Research; Introduction to Secondary Resources; Legal Encyclopedias; Mastering Looseleaf Services; Periodical Indexes and Library Catalogs.
- Boston University Law Library - Using Legal Encyclopedias to Start Your Research
- Boston University Law Library - Finding Cases Using American Law Reports
- Boston College Law Library - Using Law Reviews
- Boston College Law Library - Using Looseleaf Services
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - Secondary Sources: Legal Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopedias, Legal Periodicals and Treatises, American Law Reports, Restatements, and Pattern Jury Instructions
- Harvard Law School Library - Restatements of the Law
Legal Research: Primary Resources: General and Case Law
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Primary Resources: General and Case Law: Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: How To Find Case Law Using The Digests; Researching Canadian Law: Case Approach
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Primary Sources - Cases and Digests
- Boston College Law Library - Finding Cases
- Boston University Law Library - Finding Cases Using the West Key Number Digests
- Boston University Law Library - Strategies for Finding Court Documents
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - Case Reporters and Digests
- Duke University School of Law Library - Court Rules
- Boston University Law Library - Federal Law Research Guide
Legal Research: Primary Resources: Legislation and Legislative History
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Primary Resources: Legislation and Legislative History: Scroll through list to select 6 tutorials: Codification; Finding Statutes; Forms of Federal Statutory Publication; Introduction to State and Federal Statutes; Researching Canadian Law: Federal Statute Approach; Researching Federal Legislative History
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library- tutorial - Legislative History
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Legislative History
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Statutory Research
- LexisNexis - tutorial - Legislative History Research on LexisNexis
- Boston College Law Library - Using Statutes
- Boston College Law Library - Federal Legislative Histories
- Boston University Law Library - Federal Legislative History Research
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - Statutes, Regulations, and Uniform and Model Laws
- Duke University School of Law Library - Federal Legislative History
- University of Chicago Law Library - Tracking Federal Legislation
- University of Chicago Law Library - Federal Statutes and Legislative History
- University of Chicago Law Library - Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet
- University of Chicago Law Library - Federal Legislative Histories
- University of Utah College of Law Library - State/Utah Legislative History
Legal Research: Primary Resources: Administrative Law
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Primary Resources: Administrative Law: Scroll through list to select 7 tutorials: Attorney General Materials; Introduction and Sources of Authority for Administrative Law; Researching Federal Administrative Regulations; Researching Federal Executive Orders; Researching Federal Administrative Regulations; Researching Federal Executive Orders; Rulemaking: Federal Register and CFR
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Administrative Law
- Boston College Law Library - Regulations Research
- Saint Louis University Law Library - Finding Federal Regulations
Legal Research: LexisNexis / Westlaw
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - LexisNexis
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - Westlaw
- LexisNexis - Tutorials & Tours: Requires LexisNexis ID. Organized by year in law school, area of law, and LexisNexis task. Includes
- University of Illinois College of Law - tutorial - Introduction to Online Legal Research (Westlaw & Lexis)
- Mississippi State University Libraries - I Found the Law: Introduction to Legal Research Using Lexis-Nexis
- Westlaw - Westlaw Training: May require Westlaw password. Includes "Basic Westlaw Tutorials" as well as "Certification & Seminars." [The Westlaw tutorials here are not accompanied by questions or exercises.] See also Westlaw Training on the Web, free lessons that cover fundamental skills, statutes, and cost-effective research.
Legal Research: Updating Resources and Materials / Citation Research
- CALI - 2 tutorials - Legal Writing & Research - Legal Research: Updating Federal and State Statutes:Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Updating Federal and State Statutes; Updating/Validating Case Law Using Citators.
- LexisNexis - tutorial - Basic Caselaw Validation with Shepard's Citations Service [Requires LexisNexis ID]
- University of Utah College of Law Library - How To Update Almost Anything
- Westlaw - Key Cite Tutorial [Look under "Basic Westlaw Tutorials" list.]
Topical Areas of Law
Administrative Law
- CALI - 9 tutorials: Basic Structure of the Administrative Procedure Act; Constitutional Placement of the Administrative Process; Ex Parte Communications in Administrative Law; Hearing Procedures Required by Due Process - The Basic Analysis; Introduction and Sources of Authority for Administrative Law; Questions about Agency "Guidance Materials"; Ratemaking by Administrative Agencies; Scope of Judicial Review of Agency Decisions; Three Models of Agency Decision Making
Arbitration
- CALI - tutorial - Arbitration Exercises [single tutorial]
Banking and Commercial Law
- CALI - 8 tutorials - Commercial Transactions: CANINE: The Complete Article Nine (2006 version); CANINE: The Complete Article Nine (2005 version); Documents of Title Under Article 7 of the UCC; ITT v. TX: An Interactive Exploration of Article 2; The Law of Equipment Leasing: Article 2A of the UCC; New Ranch: Perfecting a Security Interest; UCC Remedies: An Introduction; Understanding Fixtures: Section 9-334 of the Uniform Commercial Code
- Duke University School of Law Library - Uniform Commercial Code
- Boston University Law Library - Banking Law
Business Associations / Corporations/Securities
- CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Agency & Authority: Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials: Authority: Actual, Apparent, and Inherent; Introduction to Agency: Defining Agency Relationships; Liability of Agent to Third Parties: On the Contract and Warranty of Authority; Master and Servant Relationships; Ratification
- CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Business Judgment Rule:Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: The Business Judgment Rule; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder Derivative Litigation I: Demand Upon the Board; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder Derivative Litigation II: The Special Litigation Committee
- CALI- tutorials - Business Associations: Conflict of Interest:Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Judicial Review of Director's Conflicting Interest Transactions; What is a Director's Conflicting Interest Transaction?
- CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Partnership:Scroll through list to select 7 tutorials: Are You My Partner? Is this a Partnership?; Authority of Partners to Bind the Partnership; Management and Financial Rights of Partners; Partnership Dissociation; Partnership Dissolution and the Article 7 Buyout Obligation; Partnership: Winding Up, Partnership Accounts, and Distribution of Profits and Losses; Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Shares and Shareholders:Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials: Issuance of Shares I; Issuance of Shares IIA; Issuance of Shares IIB; Issuance of Shares III; Shareholder Agreements under RMBCA Section 7.32; Shareholder Appraisal Rights; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Shareholder Inspection Rights; Shareholder Voting: Straight vs. Cumulative
- CALI- tutorials - Business Associations - other issues:Scroll through list to select 13 tutorials: Business Financing and the Federal Securities Laws; The Capital Asset Pricing Model; Corporate Distributions; Corporate Opportunity Doctrine; Delaware's Judicial Review of Board Action in Transactions Involving Corporate Control I: UNICOL; Delaware's Judicial Review of Board Action in Transactions Involving Corporate Control II: REVLON and BLASIUS; Introduction to the Federal Regulation of Proxy Solicitation; Mechanics of Incorporation and Defective Incorporation; Piercing the Corporate Veil; The Ultra Vires Doctrine; Types of Business Combinations; Types of Securities; Valuation: Basic Skills; Voting Trusts and Voting Agreements.
- University of Chicago Law Library - Corporations and Securities Research
- University of Chicago Law Library - SEC EDGAR Filings
Civil Procedure
- CALI - 18 tutorials - Civil Procedure-Analysis of a Diversity Case; Buffalo Creek: A Game of Discovery (Initial Disclosure Version); Demurrers and Judgments; Drafting a Complaint; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Evidence for Procedure Students; An Exercise in Civil Procedure; An Interpleader Primer; Joinder of Claims and Parties; Judgments as a Matter of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; Jurisdiction Over the Person; Preclusion; Randolph County: A Game of Discovery; A Review of Joinder Concepts; Summary Judgment; Waiver Under Rule 12; Woburn: A Game of Discovery
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Civil Procedure
Civil and Human Rights
Constitutional Law
- CALI - 4 tutorials - Constitutional Law: Scroll through list to select 11 tutorials: Abortion; Constitutional Aspects of Family Law; Constitutional Placement of the Administrative Process; Constitutional Powers and Structures Review for Family Law; Constitutional Rights Review for Family Law; Dormant Commerce Clause PodCast; Federal Commerce Power and Other Restrictions on State Regulatory Power; Hearing Procedures Required by Due Process - The Basic Analysis; Ripeness and Mootness; Injunctions Against Speech III; Same-Sex Relationships.
- CALI - 2 tutorials - Federal Courts: Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Eleventh Amendment; Federal Habeas Corpus.
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Constitutional Law
Contracts
- CALI - tutorials - Contracts - Drafting: Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods; Drafting Contracts Using "Shall," "May" and "Must"; Drafting with "And" and "Or"
- CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Formation:Scroll through list to select 27 tutorials: Acceptance; Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts; Consideration: the Basics of Consideration and the Bargain Theory; Contract Formation I & II; Defenses; Duration of Offers; Duress and Undue Influence; Express and Implied Contracts; Formation of Contracts under UCC Article 2; Fraud and Misrepresentation; Illegal Promises; Invitations to Negotiate and Other Expressions that Are Not Offers; Lack of Capacity; Letters of Intent and Other Formal Preliminary Agreements; The Mailbox Rule; Mutual Assent; Mutuality of Obligation; Offer; Option Contracts and Firm Offers; Satisfaction Clauses; The Seal; The Statute of Frauds; Statutes Dispensing with Consideration; Unjust Terms (Unconscionability); Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts; Written Agreement Contemplated v. Written Memorialization
- CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Performance and Breach:Scroll through list to select 16 tutorials: Accord and Satisfaction; Anticipatory Repudiation and Assurances of Performance; Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207); Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207) PodCast; Conditions; Contract Tutorials on Damages; Good Faith; Implied Terms; Indefiniteness; Interpretation; Misunderstanding and Mistake; Modification; The Parol Evidence Rule; The Parol Evidence Rule PodCast; The Pre-Existing Duty Rule, Contract Modification, and Accord & Satisfaction; Warranties
- CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Remedies: Scroll through list to select 17 tutorials: Certainty; Cost of Completion; Contract Tutorials on Remedies; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Expectation Damages; Foreseeability; An Introduction to Contract Remedies; ITT v. LTX: An Interactive Exploration of Article 2; Liquidated Damages; Mitigation; Reliance Damages; Restitution; Specific Performance; Substantial Performance; UCC Remedies: An Introduction; UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller Is in Breach; UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer Is in Breach
- CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - other issues: Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials: Assignment and Delegation; Exploring a Contract; Overview and Sources of Contract Law; Third Party Beneficiaries
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Contracts
Criminal Law
- CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Constitutional Limitations:Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Constitutional Limitations: 8th Amendment; Constitutional Limitations: Legality
- CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Excuses-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake; Excuses II: Insanity and Infancy; Justification Defenses: Excuse Defenses Distinguished
- CALI - tutorial - Federal Courts - Federal Habeas Corpus-Scroll through list to select the "Federal Habeas Corpus" tutorial.
- CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Mens Rea-Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials: The Mens Rea of Attempts; The Mens Rea of Knowledge; The Mens Rea of Negligence; The Mens Rea of Purpose; The Mens Rea of Recklessness
- CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Mistake-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: Mistake as to the Law Defining the Offense; Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Defenses; Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Elements of Offenses
- CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - other issues-Scroll through list to select 17 tutorials: Actus Reus; Ambiguous Culpability Requirements; Battered Woman's Syndrome; Causation; Concurrence; Consent; Defense of Others; Duty to Retreat; Introduction to Homicide; Minimum Culpability Requirements Under the Model Penal Code; Plea & Discovery; Pre-indictment & Charge; Presumption of Innocence (Burden of Proof and Presumptions); Punishment: Theories; Self-Defense; Sources of Criminal Law; Suspendatur!
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Criminal Law
Employment and Labor Law
- CALI - 2 tutorials - Employment Discrimination-Bottom Line Defense; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- CALI - 2 tutorials - Labor Law-Recognitional Picketing I & II
Environmental Law
- CALI - 15 tutorials - Environmental Law-Citizen Suits Under the Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act Stationary Sources and Criteria Pollutants; Clean Air Act Stationary Sources and Hazardous Air Pollutants; Clean Water Act Jurisdiction; Clean Water Act Jurisdiction PodCast; Clean Water Act Permitting Basics; ESA Basics; Introduction to International Law for Environmental Law Students; NEPA Basics; RCRA Hazardous Wastes; RCRA Solid Wastes; Regulated Sources Under the Clean Air Act; Statutory Interpretation; Superfund Basics; Wetlands Basics
- Duke University School of Law Library - Environmental Law
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- CALI - 9 tutorials - Professional Responsibility-Bases for Attorney Discipline; Choosing and Withdrawing from Representation; Client or Not?; The Defense Function; Fees; Law Governing Admission to Practice Law; Model Rules of Professional Conduct I: Preliminary Drill; Model Rules of Professional Conduct II: Questions and Problems; Sources of Law Regulating the Practice of Law
- Cornell University Law School Library - Legal Ethics
- Duke University School of Law Library - Legal Ethics
Evidence
- CALI - tutorials - Evidence - Hearsay-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials: The Concept of Hearsay; The Definition of Hearsay and the Federal Rules; Federal Rule 801(d) and Multiple Hearsay; Four FRE 803 Hearsay Exceptions: Availability Immaterial; Hearsay Exceptions: Rules 803 and 804; Hearsay from Square One: The Definition of Hearsay; The Hearsay Rule & Its Exceptions; An Overview of Relevance and Hearsay: A Nine Step Analytical Guide
- CALI - tutorials - Evidence - other issues-Scroll through list to select 6tutorials: Best Evidence Rules under the Federal Rules; Character Evidence Under Federal Rules; Expert and Opinion Evidence; Impeachment and Rehabilitation of Witnesses; Preliminary Factfinding Under Rule 104; Survey of Evidence
Foreign and International Law
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - tutorial - International and Foreign Law
- Georgetown University Law Center Library - tutorial - International Legal Research
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law - Individual guides include Human Rights; International Commercial Arbitration; International Criminal Law; International Economic Law; International Environmental Law; International Intellectual Property Law; International Organizations; Lists; Newsgroups & Networks; Private International Law; Treaties; United Nations
- Boston University Law Library - Foreign Law
- Boston University Law Library - International Law
- Columbia Law School Library - Foreign Legal Research
- Columbia Law School Library - Researching Public International Law
- Columbia Law School Library - Finding Foreign Law Resources on the Internet
- Cornell University Law School Library - Foreign and International Law Sources on the Internet
- Columbia Law School Library - Foreign Investment Research Tips
- Boston College Law Library - European Union Research
- Columbia Law School Library - European Union Legal Materials
- Boston College Law Library - United Nations Research
- Columbia Law School Library - United Nations
- Boston College Law Library - Treaty Research
- Columbia Law School Library - Treaty Research
- Columbia Law School Library - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Insurance Law
- CALI - 7 tutorials - Insurance Law-Car Insurance; Decisions on Insurance; Insurance Law Exercises I-IV; Liability Insurance
Intellectual Property
- CALI - 25 tutorials - Copyright-Abandonment; Acquired Secondary Meaning; The Adaptation Right; Architectural Works; Collective Marks and Certification Marks; Compilations; Contributory and Vicarious Liability; Copyright and the Open Source Movement; Copyright Formalities: Notice and Registration; A Copyright Primer; Copyrights in Sound Recordings; Distinctiveness; The Distribution Right; Fair Use and Parody; Fixation Requirement; Functionality; Fundamentals of Fair Use; Incontestability; Joint Works; Likelihood of Confusion; Limitations on the Distribution Right; Ownership of Copyright: Works Made For Hire; A Primer on Copyright Infringement; Rights of Public Performance and Display; Useful Articles
- Boston University Law Library - Intellectual Property
- ASIL Guide- International Intellectual Property Law
- University of Chicago Law Library - Researching International Intellectual Property Law - Internet Resources
Property Law
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Adverse Possession (AP)-Scroll through list to select 7 tutorials: AP: An Introductory Lesson; AP: Color of Title and Constructive Adverse Possession; AP: Continuous and Exclusive Possession for the Statutory Period; AP: Hostile Possession or Possession Under Claim of Right; AP: Open and Notorious Possession; AP: Related Doctrines; AP: Review Questions
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Landlord and Tenant (L&T)-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials: L&T: An Introductory Lesson; L&T: Constructive Eviction; L&T: Delivery of Possession and Title Covenants; L&T: Periodic Tenancy; L&T: Quiet Enjoyment; L&T: Statute of Frauds; L&T: Tenancy at Sufferance (Holdover Tenants); L&T: Tenancy at Will; L&T: Tenancy for Years;
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Rule Against Perpetuities-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials: Rule Against Perpetuities 1: Common Law Rule Against Perpetuities; Rule Against Perpetuities PodCast; Rule Against Perpetuities 2: Reforms: Cy Pres and Wait-and-See Doctrines; Rules Against Perpetuities 3: Reforms - Uniform Statutory Rules Against Perpetuities
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Covenants, Equitable Servitudes and Restrictions (CESR)-Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials: CESR 1: Creation; CESR 2: Determining the Validity and Scope; CESR 3: Who Has the Right to Enforce Covenants and Equitable Servitudes?; CESR 4: Against Whom May One Enforce the Promise?; CESR 5: Defenses to Enforcement
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Easements-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials: Easements Appurtenant and In Gross; Easements Defined; Easements Implied from Prior Existing Use; Express Easements; Implied Easements of Necessity; Licenses Contrasted: Easements by Estoppal; Negative Easements - In Contrast with Affirmative Easements; Prescriptive Easements; Termination of Easements
- CALI - tutorials - Property Law/Real Estate- other issues-Scroll through list to select 25 tutorials: Basic Future Interests; Contract for Purchase and Sale 1: Formation and Terms; Contract for Purchase and Sale 2: Remedies and the Merger Doctrine; Distinction Between Real Property and Personal Property; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Estate in Fee Tail; The Estate System; Fee Simple Absolute; Financing Real Estate Transactions: A Basic Introduction; Future Interest Rules; Gifts I: Inter Vivos Gifts; Gifts II: Testamentary Gifts, Causa Mortis Gifts and Gifts of Future Interests; Interpreting the Language of Conveyances; Joint Tenancy; Life Estate; Marketable Title Acts and Marketable Record Title Acts; Problems in Property Law Series 1-3; Real Covenants and Servitudes of Land PodCast; Recording Acts; Relations Between Co-Tenants; Remedies and the Merger Doctrine; Tenancy by the Entirety; Tenancy in Common
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Property
Remedies
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Overview-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials: Characterizing Remedies; Contempt Overview; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; History of Equity
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Damages-Scroll through list to select 11 tutorials: Adjustments for Present Value and Future Inflation; Compensatory Damages: Terminologies and Basic Concepts; Damages for Harms to Interest in Use and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property; Damages for Injuries That Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries; Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; Interests Protected; Non-Economic Damages: Proof and Argument
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Equitable Remedies-Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Equitable Discretion; Irreparable Injury
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Injunctive Relief-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials: Framing Injunctions; Injunctions: Crime & Criminal Prosecutions; Injunctions Against Civil Litigation; Injunctions Against Speech II; Injunctions Against Speech III; Judicial Orders (frequently Injunctions) & Speech; Modifying Injunctions; Preliminary Injunctive Relief
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Restitution-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials: Equitable Protection of Restitution I & II; Restitution: Unjust Enrichment; Tracing
- CALI - tutorials - Remedies - other issues-Scroll through list to select 13 tutorials: Contract Tutorials on Remedies; Defamation Remedies; Election of Remedies Doctrines; The Equitable Defenses of Laches; In Personam Remedies; Libel and Slander; The Policy Debate Over Attorney's Fees Rules; Recovery of Attorneys Fees; Ripeness and Mootness; UCC Remedies: An Introduction; UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller Is in Breach; UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer Is in Breach; Unclean Hands
Taxation
- CALI - 175 tutorials - Tax Law-Basic Federal Income Taxation: Assignment of Income (BFITAI): Assignment of Income: Property; BFITAI: Assignment of Income: Services; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Deductions (BFITD): Basic Depreciation, ACRS, and MACRS Concepts; BFITD: Below Market Loans; BFITD: Charitable Contribution Deductions: Basic Concepts and Computations; BFITD: Deductions for Income-Producing Activities; BFITD: Deductions for Taxes; BFITD: Education Expenses; BFITD: General Applicability of Deduction Limitations; BFITD: Interest Deductions; BFITD: Medical Expense Deductions; BFITD: Moving Expenses; BFITD: Personal Casualty Loss Deduction: Computation, Limitations; BFITD: Reasonable Compensation, Miscellaneous Business Deductions, and Business Losses; BFITD: Trade or Business Deductions; BFITD: Traveling Expenses; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Gross Income (BFITGI): Alimony and Alimony Recapture; BFITGI: Annuities and Life Insurance Proceeds; BFITGI: Claim of Right Doctrine; BFITGI: Damages and Related Receipts; BFITGI: Exclusion of Interest on Certain United States Savings Bonds; BFITGI: Gifts, Bequests, Prizes, and Donative Cancellations of Indebtedness; BFITGI: Indirect Transfers for Services; BFITGI: Realization Concepts in Gross Income; BFITGI: Receipt of Property as Compensation; BFITGI: Scholarships; BFITGI: The Taxability of Employment Connected Payments: Fringe Benefits, Meals and Lodging, Unemployment Compensation, and Social Security Benefits; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Property Transactions (BFITPT): Capital Asset Identification; BFITPT: Capital Gain Mechanics; BFITPT: Capital Loss Mechanics; BFITPT: Computation of Gain and Loss Realized; BFITPT: Exclusion of Gain on the Sale of a Principal Residence; BFITPT: Identification of Section 1231 Property; BFITPT: Section 1231 Mechanics; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Taxable Income and Tax Computation (BFITTITC): Claim of Right Mitigation Doctrine; BFITTITC: Dependent Care Credit; BFITTITC: Filing Status; BFITTITC: Personal and Dependency Exemptions; BFITTITC: Taxation of Minor Children's Income; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Timing (BFITT): Cash and Accrual Methods of Accounting; BFITT: Fundamentals of Installment Sales; BFITT: Installment Sales: Second Dispositions by Related Parties and Contingent Payments; The Concept of Gross Income; Corporate Taxation: Distributions (CTD): Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits; CTD: Consequences on the Disposition of Section 306 Stock; CTD: Defining Section 306 Stock; CTD: Distributions of Cash by C Corporations; CTD: Distributions of Interests by C Corporations; CTD: Distributions of Property by C Corporations; CTD: Section 306 Exceptions; Corporate Taxation: Formation (CTF): Formation of C Corporations: Advanced Issues; CTF: Formation of C Corporations: Basic Issues; CTF: Formation of C Corporations: the Effect of Liabilities; Corporate Taxation: Liquidations (CTL): Corporate Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders: Sections 331 & 334(a); CTL: Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations: Section 336; CTL: Subsidiary Liquidations: Section 332; Corporate Taxation: Redemptions (CTR): Consequences of Redemptions Under Section 302; CTR: Constructive Ownership of Stock; CTR: Redemptions in Partial Liquidations: Section 302(b)(4); CTR: Redemptions Not Equivalent to Dividentds: Section 302(b)(1); CTR: Redemption Through the Use of Related Corporations: Section 304; CTR: Redemptions Terminating Shareholder's Interests: Section 302(b)(3); CTR: Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions: Section 302(b)(2); Corporate Taxation: Reorganizations (CTRo): A Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: B Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: C Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: D Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: E Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: F Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: G Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: Tax Consequences of A Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of B Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of C Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of Acquisitive D Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of Divisive D Reorganizations; Introduction to Partnership Taxation; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Allocations (PTPA): Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Gain Property; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Loss Property; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Gain, Loss, and Characterization; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: General Principles; PTPA: At-Risk Limitations in the Partnership Context; PTPA: Passive Loss Limitations in the Partnership Context; PTPA: The Section 704(e) Allocation Rules; PTPA: The Section 704(d) Loss Limitation; PTPA: Special Allocations: Basic Issues; PTPA: Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Definition (PTPD): Partnership Classification: In General; PTPD: Partnership Definition: In General; PTPD: Partnership Definition: Investment Trusts; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Distributions (PTPDi): Basis Adjustments Arising from Distributions; PTPDi: Identifying Section 736 Payments; PTPDi: Identifying Section 751 Assets; PTPDi: Operating Distributions by Partnerships; PTPDi: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I-III; PTPDi: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions; PTPDi: Treatment of Section 736 Payments; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Formation and Liabilities (PTPFL): Partnership Formation: Basic Issues; PTPFL: Partnership Formation: Contribution of Services; PTPFL: Partnership Formation: Liabilities; PTPFL: Partnership Liabilities: In General; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Operation (PTPO): Partnership Entity Level Determinations; PTPO: Partnership Taxable Year; PTPO: Partnership Separately Stated Items; PTPO: Sales and Exchanges With Controlled Partnerships; PTPO: Transactions Between Partners and Partnerships; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Terminations (PTPT): Partnership Terminations: Causes; PTPT: Partnership Terminations: Consequences; Partnership Taxation: Sales of Partnership Interests (PTSPI): Basis Adjustments With Respect to Transferee Partners; PTSPI: Sales of Partnership Interests; S Corporation Taxation: Distributions: Distributions of Cash by an S Corporation; S Corporation Taxation: Formation and Qualification (SCTFQ): Eligibility as Small Business Corporation; SCTFQ: S Corporation Elections; S Corporation Taxation: Termination of the S Election (SCTTSE): The Post-Termination Transition Period of an S Corporation; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election: Causes; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election: Consequences; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election by Revocation; S Corporation Taxation: Taxation of the Shareholder (SCTTS): S Corporation Entity Level Determinations; SCTTS: S Corporation Separately Stated Items; S Corporation Taxation: Taxation of the S Corporation (SCTTSC): S Corporation LIFO Recapture Rules; SCTTSC: S Corporation Built-In Gains: Computation of the Tax; SCTTSC: S Corporation Built-In Gains: General; SCTTSC: S Corporation Tax on Passive Investment Income; Taxation of Business Entities: Definition and Formation (TBEDF): Formation of C Corporations: Advanced Issues; TBEDF: Formation of C Corporations: Basic Issues; TBEDF: Formation of C Corporations: The Effect of Liabilities; TBEDF: Partnership Classification; TBEDF: Partnership Definition; TBEDF: Partnership Formation: Basic Issues; TBEDF: Partnership Formation: Liabilities; TBEDF: Partnership Liabilities: In General; TBEDF: S Corporation Formation: Elections; TBEDF: S Corporation Formation: Eligibility; Taxation of Business Entities: Liquidations and S Election Termination (TBELSET): C Corporation Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders; TBELSET: C Corporations: Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations; TBELSET: C Corporations: Effects of Complete Liquidations; TBELSET: Partnerships: Termination Consequences; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination Consequences; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination of S Election: Causes; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination of S Election by Revocation; Taxation of Business Entities: Operating Distributions and Allocations (TBEODA): Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits; TBEODA: C Corporation Cash Distributions; TBEODA: C Corporation Distributions of Interests; TBEODA: C Corporation Property Distributions; TBEODA: C Corporations: Defining Section 306 Stock; TBEODA: C Corporations: Section 306 Exceptions; TBEODA: C Corporations: Section 306 Stock Dispositions; TBEODA: Partnership: At Risk and Passive Loss Limitations; TBEODA: Partnership: Section 704(d) Loss Limitation; TBEODA: Partnership: Section 704(e) Allocation Rules; TBEODA: Partnership Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary; TBEODA: Partnership Contributed Property Allocations; TBEODA: Partnership Operating Distributions; TBEODA: Partnership Special Allocations: Basic Issues; TBEODA: Partnership Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions; TBEODA: S Corporation Cash Distributions; Taxation of Business Entities: Operations (TBEO): Entity Level Determinations; TBEO: Partnership: Separately Stated Items; TBEO: S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Entity Level Determinations; TBEO: S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Separately Stated Items; Taxation of Business Entities: Redemptions and Partial Liquidations (TBERPL): C Corporations: Constructive Ownership Determinations; TBERPL: C Corporations: Redemption Consequences; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(1) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(2) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(3) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(4) Redemptions; TBERPL: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I-III; TBERPL: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions; TBERPL: Partnerships: Identifying Section 736 Payments; TBERPL: Partnerships: Treatment of Section 736 Payments; Taxation of Business Entities: Sales of Interests (TBESI): Partnerships: Identifying Section 751 Assets; TBESI: Sales of Partnership Interests
- Boston University Law Library - Federal Tax Research
- Duke University School of Law Library - Federal Tax
- University of Utah College of Law Library - Taxation
Torts
CALI - tutorials - Torts - Damages-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials: Damages for Harms to Interest in Use and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property; Damages for Injuries that Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries; Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; General Concepts of Damages in Torts- CALI - tutorials - Torts - Defamation, Libel, Slander-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: Basic Issues in Defamation and Privileges; Constitutional Issues in Defamation; Libel and Slander
- CALI - tutorials - Torts - Intent-Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials: Consent as a Defense to Intentional Torts; Intent One: The Use of Intent in Tort; Intent Two: Computer-Aided Intent Questions; Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress; Intentional Torts
- CALI - tutorials - Torts - Product Liability-Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Liability for Defectively Designed Products; Liability for Defectively Manufactured Products
- CALI - tutorials - Torts - Strict Liability-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials: Strict Liability and Animals; Strict Liability: Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous Activities; Strict Liability PodCast
- CALI - tutorials - Torts - other issues-Scroll through list to select 28 tutorials: Assault; Assumption of Risk; Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy; Battery Basics; Battery Puzzlers; Causation in Fact; Proof of Causation in Fact; Children and Others of Diminished Capacity; Civil and Criminal Statutes; Comparative Fault; Constitutional Issues in the Right of Privacy; Contributory Negligence and Last Clear Chance; Conversion; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; False Imprisonment; General Professional Standard; Intervening Cause; How to Prepare for the Study of Torts Law PodCast; Multiple Defendants; Negligence; Occupier's Liability to Invitees and Licensees; Occupier's Liability to Trespassers; Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. PodCast; Reasonable Person; Res Ipsa Loquitur; The Role of the Jury in Torts Cases; Sprague Case: Child Injury in Tort Law; Trespass to Chattels
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Web Tutorial - Torts
Trademarks
- CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Type & Subject Matter and Distinctiveness-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials: Acquired Secondary Meaning; Collective Marks and Certification Marks; Distinctiveness; Foreign Words and Personal Names as Trademarks; Functionality; Introduction to Trade Dress Law; Service Marks; Trademark Basics; Trademark Policy
- CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Registration, Exclusive Rights, & Ownership-Scroll through list to select 10 tutorials: Abandonment; Federal Trademark Registration: Bars to Registration; The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection; Incontestability; Initial Trademark Ownership; Likelihood of Confusion; Related Goods; The Role of "Use" in Trademark Law: An Overview; Trademark Assignments and Licenses; Trademark Exhaustion/First Sale
- CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Infringement, Dilution, & Remedies-Scroll through list to select 6 tutorials: Injunctive Relief for Trademark Infringement; Recovery of Damages for Trademark Infringement; Trademark Dilution: Defenses and Remedies; Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and Its Elements: Trademark Dilution: What Marks Are Eligible for Protection; Trademark Fair Use
- CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Other issues-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials: European Union Trademark Basics; Lanham Act Section 43(d): Cybersquatting; Registration and Section 44; Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics
Trial Advocacy
- CALI - 2 tutorials - Legal Concepts & Skills-The Appeal Game; Coase's Irrelevance Theorem
- CALI - 6 tutorials - Trial Advocacy-Character Evidence under Federal Rules; The Defense Function; The Hearsay Rule & Its Exceptions; Impeachment and Rehabilitation of Witnesses; ITT v. LTX: An Interactive Exploration of Article 2; Sprague Case: Child Injury in Tort Law
Wills and Trusts
- CALI - 5 tutorials - Wills and Trusts-California Interstate Succession; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; The Execution and Revocation of Wills Under the Uniform Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC); The Interpretation of Wills Under the Uniform Probate Code; Intestate Succession Under the Uniform Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC)
Non-Law Research
- Chicago-Kent College of Law Library - tutorial - Empirical and Non-Legal Research
- Using Statistics in Litigation - a Research Guide
- Statistical Information - via Cleveland Law Library
- Zimmerman's Legal Research Guides - Statistics
- Pace Law School Online Medical Library
- Zimmerman's Legal Research Guides - Medical Materials
- Virtual Chase - Legal Research Guide-See links under "Factual Research." Includes Agriculture and Vet Medicine, Drugs and Alcohol, Medicine and Health, Psychology, Finding Facts, Statistics, Language Tools, Maps and Weather, and News.
Web Searching
- CALI - tutorials - Legal Research-Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials: Evaluating Web Sites; Internet Legal Resources - Free Resources
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library - Web Searching
- Virtual Chase - Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Laura E. Ray, MA, MLS, Educational Programming Librarian
Jan Ryan Novak, JD, MLS, Assistant Director for Public Services
April 2006