Learn the skills to help you perform computer-assisted legal research using the searchable archive called LexisNexis® (sometimes simply called "Lexis"), the world's largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal news, and business information. Lexis® derives its content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents, and other printed sources.
The ability to effectively use Lexis® is an important research skill for lawyers, legal assistants, law students, journalists, and academics.
Learning Objectives In Penn Foster’s Legal Research: LexisNexis Certificate Program, you’ll learn to:
Research techniques for both traditional and online libraries.
Evaluate the credibility of information found online.
Become effective in finding and utilizing information from libraries and multiple electronic sources.
Understand key concepts which include: describing sources, using basic citation procedures, locating cases and statutes using appropriate sources, reading and briefing a case, using lexis.com for legal research, searching and retrieving primary and secondary legal sources, locating and profiling people and businesses, and using the Internet to perform factual business and legal research.