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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
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