Federal Legislative History (5 module hours) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER REQUIRED
Instructor - Ms. Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Covers the federal legislative process, legislative intent, the relative weight of authority of codified laws versus public laws.

Federal Administrative Research (3 module hours) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER REQUIRED
Instructor - Ms. Passmore, passmore@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Discusses methods and materials for researching federal administrative law. Explains how to identify and locate sources of rules and regulations of federal executive agencies, as well as the legislative authority governing these agencies. Covers print and electronic formats of these sources.

Federal Government Documents (2 module hours)
Instructor - Ms. Williams, jw6@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Explains identification and location of publications of the federal government. Describes the Superintendent of Documents classification system, the Monthly Catalog, and gives a general overview of government printing and resources in print and electronic formats. Students will read text, visit web sites, and conduct research in print materials. Assignments and assessments will be conducted electronically. There are no deadlines for assignments within the semester. Students must complete all assignments to pass this module.

Internet Legal Research (2 module hours) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER
Instructor - Mr. Powell, powell@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Students will learn how to effectively evaluate legal web resources, become familiar with the positive and negative aspects of engaging in internet legal research, and examine current legal information resources on the Web.

Introduction to CaseMaker (1 module hour)
Instructor - Ms. Souare, souare@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Introduces usage of CaseMaker, a product that is made available for free by the Ohio State Bar Association to its members. Membership is free to law students and the cost is low for paralegals and attorneys. CaseMaker provides access to federal materials, to Ohio and all state materials.

Introduction to Loislaw (1 module hour)NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER
Instructor - Ms. Souare, souare@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: Introduces usage of Loislaw, a low-cost Web-based subscription or pay-as-you-go legal service provider. Loislaw provides the researcher with an alternate way to retrieve state and federal case law, statues/codes, administrative law, court rules, the US Constitution and other sources.

Ohio Legislative History (2 module hours)
Instructor - Ms. Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: This module covers the Ohio legislative process and locating Ohio legislative history materials. Students will begin with a fact scenario and then research for Ohio legislative materials in LexisNexis, Westlaw, an independent subscription based web site and free state government web sites.

Patent Searching (2 module hours) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER
Instructor - Ms. Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: This module is meant for students who are currently taking or who have already taken, the basic Patent Law course or Introduction to Intellectual Property course. Students will learn about the types of patent searches, how to conduct a basic patent search and they will learn about the many different patent databases available. This module should be useful for students studying intellectual property.

LexisNexis - Shepard's (1 module hour)
Instructor: Ms. Passmore, passmore@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: This module, worth one credit hour, will focus exclusively on the Shepard's citator service. Students will learn how to use Shepard's for both validation and research with case law and statutes. Features covered include the Shepard's Summary, Table of Authorities and other research strategies involving Shepard's.

Westlaw Graphical Keycite (1 module hour)
Instructor: Ms. Passmore, passmore@uakron.edu
Web Course on TWEN
Description: An indepth look at Graphical Keycite and how it can benefit your legal reasearch.