Document Type
Article
Media Type
text
Publication Title
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Abstract
Legal research is typically taught in a predictable, traditional way, but this doctrinal approach does not provide the skills and techniques needed for research in support of social justice efforts. This essay discusses a legal research course that I teach called Research for Social Justice, which incorporates critical and alternative methodologies that are not usually taught in legal research classes. After describing the content of the course, I focus on explaining what alternative legal research would entail, including a discussion of some alternative methods and strategies that I teach in my course with the goal of introducing students to a wide variety of potential skills and tools that they may have never previously connected with legal research.
First Page
248
Last Page
264
Publication Date
6-1-2023
Department
College of Law
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Tanya M.
(2023)
"On Bringing Alternative Methods to Legal Research Instruction,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 43:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
Suggested Citation
Tanya M. Johnson, On Bringing Alternative Methods to Legal Research Instruction, 43 N. Ill. Univ. L. Rev. 248 (2023).
