To meet the requirements of the Excellence in Legal Research Program, a student must complete twenty clock hours of instruction and assessment. Each class consists of one or two hours of lecture and demonstration and a skills assessment. The majority of class time is spent practicing practical skills that students will use in practice. In order to earn credit for each class, the student must satisfactorily complete the skills assessment.
Students may begin the program as early as the second semester of their first year of law school and complete the required number of hours any time before they graduate. Classes are offered every semester and during the summer session. Classes are conducted in print research, electronic research, and in general research topics.
When a student completes the program, he or she will receive a professionally-printed certificate suitable for framing and hanging on an office wall.
More details, including directions to register for the program, can be found in the Excellence in Legal Research Guide. For additional questions about the Excellence in Legal Research Program, please contact Professor Williams, at excellenceinlegalresearch.law@ttu.edu .
Contact a reference librarian to set up an independent research consult appointment for help on your journal comments, seminar papers, independent research papers, or other research projects.