scholarly journals Synergistic Literacies: Fostering Critical and Technological Literacies in Teaching a Legal Research Methods Course

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Havemann ◽  
Jacquelin Mackinnon
Author(s):  
Vincent Kazmierski

Abstract This article addresses the teaching of legal research methods and doctrinal analysis within a legal studies program. I argue that learning about legal research and doctrinal analysis is an important element of legal education outside professional law schools. I start by considering the ongoing debate concerning the role of legal education both inside and outside professional law schools. I then describe the way in which the research methods courses offered by the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University attempt to reconcile the tension between “law” and legal studies. In particular, I focus on how the second-year research methods course introduces students to “traditional” legal research and doctrinal analysis within a legal studies context by deploying a number of pedagogical strategies. In so doing, the course provides students with an important foundation that allows them to embrace the multiple roles of legal education outside professional law schools.


1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-170
Author(s):  
William J. Froming

Author(s):  
Andrea Bresee ◽  
Joyce Kinkead

Abstract This article focuses on the progress of an undergraduate English major on the scholarship continuum outlined by Laurie Grobman (2009). The student engaged in authentic research in a research methods course for English majors, a class that also meets a university requirement of “quantitative intensive,” and she completed two research projects of note. Her journey has implications and significance for faculty in designing undergraduate research experiences.


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