Legal Research Demystified: A Step-by-Step Approach

The third edition of Legal Research Demystified guides law students through eight steps to research common law issues and ten steps to research statutory issues. These research steps are demonstrated through hypotheticals and visual aids, including updated screen captures and charts on Shepard's and KeyCite. The new edition also includes a chapter on generative AI tools; the chapter covers crafting instructions to produce effective AI responses (prompt engineering) and discusses the benefits and risks associated with AI tools for legal research.