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SJD Research Tips

The Judge Ben C Green Law Library's reference librarians provide research tips, based on their decades of legal research experience.

Major Treatises

Another research "shortcut" for U.S. legal research is to use a legal treatise by topic.

For most legal subjects, there is usually a treatise on the topic on either Lexis or Westlaw.

  • Written by experts.
  • Regularly updated.
  • Provide the relevant primary legal authorities and
  • Additional context and depth of treatment