Advanced Legal Research: Transactional

This course aims to prepare students to research as a transactional lawyer, including the analysis, search process, information evaluation, and reasoning necessary to ethically research transactional law problems and advise clients on transactional law matters. The course purpose is to broaden your knowledge of the methods, databases, sources, and materials that you will encounter when conducting transactional law research; and to increase your familiarity with common transactional law issues and the research requests that typically accompany those issues. Students' learning objectives are to develop best practices for research strategies, identify sources, and enhance their research skills related to several common transactional law research problems, including corporate formation and organization; SEC filings; and precedent documents and forms. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Class Participation, Written Assignments.