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1. Finding the Law

   And more about citations!
2. What are they? A citation is a way to find something the writer is relying on in making his/her argument. It can be primary law (e.g., a statute) or secondary source of law (e.g., Corpus Juris Secundum) or non-legal piece (e.g., The New York Times).
3. What are they?
4. Recognizing Citations (Cites are Citations)
5. The Purpose of a Cite Allows the reader to find the source of their interpretation so s/he can read it and not just rely on the writer’s interpretation of that law or other things relied on in making the argument. We will be concentrating on citations for primary sources of law.
6. Quick Review on Primary Law
7. What is Primary Law? Constitutions (Supreme Law of the Land) Statutes Administrative Law Rules and Regulations Case Law Common Law Interpretative Case Law
8. Primary Laws
9. Reading the Citations
10. Reading The Cite
11. SYMBOLS
12. Looking at Cites
13. Examples
14. Case Cites Formulas Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966) First Part is the case name Second Part is the cite
15. Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966)
16. Case Cites Formulas People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115 (1986) First Part is the case name Second Part is the cite
17. People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115 (1986)
18. Where to Find the Law
19. Where To Find The Law TWO PLACES Libraries On Line
20. LIBRARIES Law Office Courthouses State Supreme Court Public Law Schools Public Libraries
21. ON-LINE Westlaw Lexis Government Websites Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School (http://www.law.cornell.edu/)
22. Constitutional Law
23. Statutory Law
24. Administrative Law
25. Federal Case Law
26. NYS Case Law
27. NYS Case Law
28. NYS Case Law
29. NYS Case Law Review
30. Reading Case Cites
31. Reading Case Cites
32. Understanding Case Series First, 2d and 3d
33. Federal Cases Series
34. New York Cases Series
35. New York Cases Series
36. Identifiers
37. Federal Case Identifiers
38. Federal Cases Examples
39. Federal Cases Examples
40. Federal Cases Examples 1st Cir 2d Cir 3d Cir 4th Cir 5th Cir 6th Cir 7th Cir 8th Cir 9th Cir 10th Cir 11th Cir DC Cir Fed Cir
41. New York Case Identifiers
42. New York Cases
43. New York Appellate Division Cases 1st Dept 2d Dept 3d Dept 4th Dept
44. Supreme Court Family Court Surrogate’s Court Court of Claims Civil Court Criminal Court NYS Trial Courts Identifiers Misc Misc 2d Misc 3d
45. New York Cases
46. New York Cases
47. New York Supreme Court Cases
48. New York Family Court Cases
49. New York Surrogate’s Court Cases
50. New York Court of Claims Cases
51. New York City Civil Court Cases
52. New York City Criminal Court Cases