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This guide includes resources, such as video tutorials and research guides, to help new legal researchers.
Reference librarians are available to provide additional research help. Contact us by Chatting with a Librarian or emailing the Reference Desk, or schedule a research consultation with a librarian to meet on-on-one or in small groups.
Summer interns and recent law grads are often assigned to research legislative history to help with statutory interpretation questions, or to conduct research on administrative law issues while working for administrative agencies or firms engaged in regulatory work. If these are unfamiliar research areas for you, the Law Library’s Prepare to Practice Series can help you learn (or refresh) skills in legislative history or administrative law research before you get your first assignment. Our Prepare to Practice Series can also help with tips to transition to researching in the workplace.
Register to attend one or more sessions in our Prepare to Practice Series. Each session will be recorded. For any questions or more information, please contact lawlibinstruction@georgetown.edu.
Westlaw, Lexis & Bloomberg Law also offer a number of online tutorials to guide users.
New students will receive an email from the Law Library during the week of January 11 with registration information for legal research platforms Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law. Please register immediately for all three services and always use your Georgetown email as the contact email. This email from the Law Library will be sent to your Georgetown email address. If you do not see the email in your inbox or spam folder, please contact us via Chat with a Librarian or email the Reference Desk.
Returning students with questions about their Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law accounts should contact us via Chat with a Librarian or email the Reference Desk.
For more information about use policies for the platforms during the school year or over the summer, please see our Lexis, Westlaw & Bloomberg Law webpage.
Check out our Legal Research Treatises. Looking for more study aids or treatises? Try our Treatise Finders. The Library has also subscribed to West Academic Study Aids and Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library for the 2020-2021 academic year.
You might find CALI lessons on legal research and writing (interactive legal instructional lessons) helpful for review or additional guidance. New students will receive an email from the Library during Orientation with a registration code. Students who do not receive a code or need a new one should go to CALI Lessons for Students.
The Writing Center offers many guides and handouts on research, writing, and citation.
Want more video tutorials? See our complete list of tutorials.
Want more research guides? See our complete list of research guides.
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