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NOTE TOPIC SELECTION

TRAINING HANDOUT

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1. TOPIC SELECTION - VARIOUS SOURCES FOR IDEAS

a) Practice Centers

i) SOURCE: Transactional Advisor > Environmental > Track Emerging Issues

ii) SEARCH: Examine the issues that are present, as they change frequently

b) News & Business Resources

i) SOURCE: News & Business > Combined Sources > News, All

ii) SEARCH: HLEAD (mail-order bride)

iii) Set-up an Alert on your News searches to stay current on your topic.

c) Circuit Splits to Research Potential Topics

i) SOURCE: Legal > Federal Court Cases, combined

ii) SEARCH: Circuit /2 split! or disagree!; date restriction - Previous year

iii) FOCUS™: school /2 pray!

d) Legislative Materials to Research Potential Topics

i) SOURCE: Legal > Legislation & Politics - U.S. & U.K. > U.S. Congress > Congressional Bills and Bill Tracking-Current Congress

ii) SEARCH: marriage

iii) SOURCE: Legal > Legislation & Politics > U.S. Congress>Congressional Bills Legislative Forecasts -Current Congress

iv) SEARCH: marriage

e) Proposed/ Recently Enacted State Legislation

i) SOURCE: States Legal, US > Indiana > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > IN Bill Tracking & Full Text Bills

ii) SEARCH: charity gaming

f) Supreme Court Case List

i) SOURCE: Legal > Federal Legal-U.S. > Supreme Court Cases & Materials > U.S. Supreme Court Case List > Review Most Current Documents

ii) SEARCH: Click To View U.S. List

iii) FOCUS™: age discrimination

g) Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases

i) SOURCE: Legal > Federal Legal-U.S. > Supreme Court Cases & Materials > Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases

ii) SEARCH: marriage /2 homosexual or gay

h) Supreme Court Briefs

i) SOURCE: Legal > Federal Legal-U.S. > Supreme Court Cases & Materials > U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

ii) SEARCH: marriage /2 homosexual or gay

i) Search by Topic or Headnote

i) SOURCE: Search > By Topic or Headnote > Option 1

ii) SEARCH: Gambling > Governments > Local Governments > Gaming & Lotteries

1) OPTION 1: Choose jurisdiction Indiana; Choose source Antieau on Local Government Law, Second Edition

2. PREEMPTION CHECKING

a) Step #1: Topical Preemption

i) Law Reviews

1) SOURCE: Search > By Topic or Headnote > Family Law > Marriage > Validity > Same-Sex Marriages

2) SEARCH: Choose jurisdiction All States & Federal; Select Sources US & Canadian Law Reviews, Combined

b) Step #2: Term Preemption (a.k.a., clearance check)

i) SOURCE: Legal > Secondary Legal > U.S. Law Reviews & Journals, Combined

ii) SEARCH #1: mail-order bride

iii) SEARCH #2: SUMMARY (mail-order bride)

iv) SEARCH #3: ATLEAST3 (mail-order bride)

3. ALERT TO STAY CURRENT ON YOUR TOPIC

a) SOURCE: Legal > Federal & State Cases, Combined

b) SEARCH: accounting and terror!

c) ALERT: Save as Alert, located at the top of the screen, just left of center

4. HISTORY

a) Automatically saves all your research from the last 30 days.

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