Multi-jurisdictional statutory research can present many challenges, including trying to account for variations in terms. It is not always intuitive what words appear in the code books for a jurisdiction. For instance, if you wanted to compare real property recording statutes for a handful of states, you may not find all the pertinent provisions by …
Have you been hearing all the buzz about legal analytics on Westlaw Edge and Lexis Advance? Don’t forget that you also have access to legal analytics platform Lex Machina! Lex Machina , a LexisNexis research tool, provides litigation and business data for legal professionals. The tool harvests data from a variety of resources to enable …
Do you need to search criminal cases from the 1800s? Or find state statutes from 1903? What about an old English treatise on contract law? Tracking down historical legal materials can be difficult, but there are a number of online sources available to aid your research. An impressive number of old legal texts, reporters, and …
Frustrated by receiving an error message when clicking on a link to a document or a website? Sometimes documents have been taken down from websites and website URLs “break.” But, there is a tool you can try that may help you recover the past. The Internet Archive is a nonprofit organization that provides free access …
UNC School of Law offers a course in the spring semester titled “Land Use Control” (Law 290) that covers the “authority for and basic structure of land use regulations (including zoning districts and permits, subdivision, and innovative development review schemes).” Students interested in real property and commercial transactions have found the course to be particularly …
The NC Office of Archives and History (OAH) and State Library of North Carolina are housed within the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which is the department charged with “building the social, cultural, educational, and economic future” of the state. The OAH and State Library preserve many archival materials and government records that …
Students: Have you ever finished reading an assigned case and realized you didn’t understand the legal issue involved or the holding? Don’t worry; we’ve all been there. Part of legal education is learning how to understand the central issue or issues in a dispute and extrapolate a rule from the court’s discussion of the case. …
Students: Writing a paper for a WE or RWE course? Planning to participate in the joint journal competition after classes end? In your writing you will be citing to scholarly sources as well as primary law. Depending on how robust your footnotes are you may feel overwhelmed with managing all your references. As you probably …
This is the last post in the three part series highlighting the various resources available from the School of Government (“SOG”), and why the SOG can provide invaluable guidance for those researching North Carolina law. The School of Government publishes a wide range of judicial materials that are designed to assist judicial officers, including district …
This post is Part II of a three part series that describes the various resources available from the School of Government (“SOG”), and why the SOG can provide invaluable guidance for those researching North Carolina law. An important feature of the SOG’s mission is to train state and local government officials. Many government employees must …
