Computer Assisted Legal Research
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Graded Project
CALR
CALR GRADED PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
Attorneys delegate legal research assignments to paralegals daily. Paralegals must be
able to use CALR systems, such as Lexis Advance, WESTLAW, and the Internet, to
quickly and efficiently retrieve legal information. This graded project will test your skills in
this critical area. Read the description of each legal research assignment and complete
each assignment using the Internet and Lexis Advance.
INTERNET
Use the Internet for Sections I, II, and III of this project.
Section I: Build a Judge Profile
Your firm has a case coming up for trial. Your supervising attorney needs you to profile
the judge using the Internet. The judges name is Kathleen OMalley, a federal district
judge in Ohio. Print your research results.
Section II: Perform Company Research
Your attorney has signed on a new client, Dell Computer Corporation, and wants
to learn more about Dells business operations. Print two company profiles from
independent sources.
Section III: Evaluate Internet Information
Quality
Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov and http://www.whitehouse.net and compare and
analyze the two websites. Write 2-3 paragraphs evaluating the content of the information
of the two sites.
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LEXIS ADVANCE
Use Lexis Advance for Sections IV, V, VI, and VII of this project.
Section IV: Formulate a Search Request
Your supervising attorney represents a drug manufacturer that developed a new arthritis
drug. During clinical trials, volunteers who took the drug experienced heart palpitations
and nervousness. The drug manufacturer asked your firm if it must disclose the side
effects of the drug to potential patients. The client needs an answer to this question as
soon as possible to determine if it should seek FDA approval to release the drug to the
public. Formulate two queries for the research assignment using (A) natural language
and (B) terms and connectors. Use federal and state case law as your sources. Print just
the first page of your research results in the cite list format for each search query. Be sure
your search requests are visible.
Section V: Search and Retrieve Primary and
Secondary Legal Materials
A. Retrieve and print the first two pages of the following case by citation: 17 Cal.
3d 425.
B. Retrieve and print the first two pages of any case involving the following party
name: Trump Wilshire Associates.
C. Retrieve and print the first two pages of the following case by docket number:
B018788.
D. Explain how to narrow your results and how to view the results.
E. Describe the types of secondary materials that are available on Lexis Advance, and
name five specific sources.
Section VI: Verify the Accuracy of
Case Law and Statutes
Your supervising attorney gave you the following citations:
QQ 217 B.R. 598
QQ 523 U.S. 574
QQ Fed. R. Civ. P. 26
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She wants you to validate the legal materials to find out if theyre still good law. Carry out
the assignment and print your research results. Its OK to print only the first few pages if
you get a lot of hits. (Note: For the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, select your first hit
and print the first page.)
Section VII: Conduct Company and
Financial Research
Locate the company headquarters, address, and telephone number for eBay, the online
auction house. Print samples of your research results.
A. Print the first two pages of the latest quarterly (10Q) report for Dell Computer
Corporation.
B. Please note, to ensure that youve included all the required assignments, label each
assignment with the appropriate roman numeral and letter if applicable. Paper clip
the papers for each assignment together.
Expectations for This Project
You should be able to perform factual, business, and legal research on the Internet;
understand how a paralegal uses the Internet in the legal environment; start a Lexis
Advance research session; formulate a search request; search for documents; search
and retrieve primary and secondary legal sources; verify the accuracy of citations using
Shepards citation service; locate, profile, and investigate companies; conduct financial
and business research; and find factual resources.
Grading Criteria for This Project
Content 100%
I. Build a judge profile 5%
II. Perform company research 5%
III. Evaluate Internet information quality 10%
IV. Formulate a search request 15%
V. Search and retrieve primary and secondary legal materials 25%
VI. Verify the accuracy of case law and statutes 25%
VII. Conduct company and financial research 15%
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Exemplary Proficient Fair Not Evident
Build a judge
profile
Provides a thorough
judge profile
Provides an
adequate judge
profile
Provides mini-
mal evidence of
a judge profile
No evidence of
a judge profile
Perform compa-
ny research
2 thorough company
profiles from inde-
pendent sources are
included.
2 adequate
company
profiles from
independent
sources are
included.
1 company
profile from
independent
sources is
included.
No evidence
of company
profiles from
independent
sources is
included.
Evaluate Inter-
net information
quality
Thorough para-
graphs evaluating
the content of the in-
formation in the two
sites are provided.
Adequate
paragraphs
evaluating the
content of the
information in
the two sites
are provided.
Minimal
evidence is
provided of
evaluating the
content of the
information in
the two sites.
No evidence
of evaluating
content of the
information
in the sites is
provided.
Formulate a
search request
2 or more queries
for the research
assignment using
(A) natural language
and (B) terms and
connectors are
provided.
2 queries for
the research
assignment us-
ing (A) natural
language and
(B) terms and
connectors are
provided.
1 query for
the research
assignment us-
ing (A) natural
language and
(B) terms and
connectors is
provided.
No evidence
of queries for
the research
assignment are
provided
Search and
retrieve primary
and secondary
legal materials
All 5 materials are
provided.
4 materials are
provided.
3 or fewer
materials are
provided.
No evidence
of primary or
secondary
materials is
provided.
Verify the
accuracy of
case law and
statutes
Thoroughly validates
the legal materials
Adequately val-
idates the legal
materials
Minimal
evidence of val-
idating the legal
materials
No evidence
validating the
legal materials
Conduct
company and
financial
research
Locates the compa-
ny headquarters, ad-
dress, and telephone
number for eBay,
the online auction
house. Provides
samples of research
results. Provides the
first two pages of
the latest quarterly
(10Q) report for Dell
Computer Corpo-
ration
Locates most
of the company
information and
provides quar-
terly reports
Locates mini-
mal company
information and
provides quar-
terly reports
No evidence
of company
information
or quarterly
reports
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SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECT
1. Go to http://www.pennfoster.edu and log on as a student.
2. Go to your Student Portal.
3. Click on Take Exam next to the lesson youre working on.
4. Enter your email address in the box provided. (Note: This information is required
for online submission.)
5. Attach your file as follows:
a. Click on the Browse box.
b. Locate the file you wish to attach.
c. Double-click on the file.
d. Click on Upload File.
6. Click on Submit Files.
Be sure to keep a backup copy of your completed work.
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