CALI Lesson: Validating Cases Using Online Citators

  • Due Oct 2 by 9:59pm
  • Points 10

Complete the following CALI Lesson:  

https://www.cali.org/lessonlink/858/LWR36/13200/jq

This lesson teaches students how to use online citators to confirm that a case is still "good law"--meaning, the case still represents existing law. This lesson focuses on the online citators of Shepard's on Lexis+ and KeyCite on Westlaw. The lesson assumes students know how to use digests and how to create a research strategy.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Define citators and explain what they do.
2. Identify the different parts of a Shepard's (Lexis+) and KeyCite (Westlaw) report.
3. Validate relevant cases using Shepard's and KeyCite.

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