Strong legal research skills are an essential asset for paralegals and legal assistants, forming the foundation of effective legal analysis and writing. This comprehensive session equips participants with practical techniques and strategies to make legal research more efficient, accurate, and purposeful. You’ll learn how to identify and frame the key questions underlying a legal issue, locate relevant laws and supporting authority, and evaluate whether their research remains current and reliable.

The session also provides a clear overview of primary and secondary legal authorities, including how and when to use each effectively. Our engaging presenter emphasizes what you need to do to develop a systematic research approach that saves time, reduces errors, and produces results that you can confidently incorporate into legal arguments and written work.