Introduction to Legal Informatics from Florida State University

National CAE Designated Institution

Classroom
Online, Instructor-Led

Students are introduced to legal resources and their use for legal research. Upon completion of this course, the student will understand how legal information is organized and structured, and be able to retrieve laws and regulations from many sources. This course is designed to enable a student to function effectively as an information management professional in any type of legal setting, including a law library.

Learning Objectives

Locate pertinent materials of both a law and law-related nature, and recognize their importance and relevance to the issue at hand.
Summarize the relationships among branches and levels of governance in terms of both the substance and procedural aspects of law.
Develop a thorough understanding of the processes by which law is created and applied to a given problem or situation.
Demonstrate some knowledge of the legal professions and the public to appropriately address the legal information needs of the population being served.
Develop a working vocabulary of legal terminology, and a facility with legal citation and abbreviations.
Develop knowledge of the literature of the law in its various formats.
Facilitate the use and dissemination of information in ways that are both ethical and legal, and in keeping with generally accepted professional standards and practices.