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Law School Course

Advanced Legal Research

LAW 611 | 2-3 Hours

This course teaches students how to research sophisticated tax law issues using the three main tax law databases. The first is Bloomberg Law which previously had a separate platform, BNA with its portfolios. Second, "Cheetah" is a product made available by Wolter Kluwer (formerly " CCH Intelliconnect"). The third digital platform for researching tax issues, is Thomson Reuter's "RIA Checkpoint." Students will not only learn the methodology for researching using the respective databases but also learn the various resources available within databases.