Prerequisite for ALR: Legal Analysis Research and Writing (LARW I) (9200-619), taught by Professor Cohen.

Instructors of record for ALR: Lynn Lenart and Kyle Passmore.

Grade Method: Credit/No Credit

Students who started law school beginning with Fall semester 2001 are required to complete Advanced Legal Research (9200:618) in order to graduate. Students must formally register and pay for ALR before they can begin ALR coursework. ALR is offered in modules and students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 14 module hours to earn credit for the course. There are two required ALR modules. The two required modules are Federal Legislative History, worth 5 module hours, and Federal Administrative Research worth 3 module hours. Students must satisfactorily complete the two required modules during the semester in which they initially register for ALR. ALR students then must complete at least 6 additional hours of ALR elective modules prior to their graduation in order to complete the minimum of 14 module hours necessary to earn the one-hour course credit for ALR. ALR students will receive a grade of "In Progress" until they complete the required minimum of 14 module hours necessary to earn credit for the course.

Students can register for ALR and complete the required modules in either the fall or spring semester. While students cannot begin ALR in the summer, a limited number of ALR elective modules are offered during the summer for continuing ALR students.

ALR students will receive module sign up information and instructions at the beginning of each semester. During the module sign up period at the beginning of each semester ALR students will select the module(s) they will take that semester. While students do not have to complete all of the requirements of ALR in one semester, once they sign up for a module they MUST complete the module that same semester.

This method of instruction serves two primary purposes: first, it permits students to learn research skills at the times those skills will be most useful for assisting class or other research and therefore, is most likely to be meaningful and retained; second, it permits tailoring, as students select the most helpful kinds of advanced instruction throughout their upper class years. Students can contact a librarian to discuss appropriate modules for their needs and interests.