Research methodology

Overview
Our methodology sees legal research, analysis, and writing as interdependent parts of a single exercise: real-world, persuasive legal problem-solving. In this module, your trainer will walk you through an award-winning 10-step methodology for solving legal problems.

Briefly, the 10 steps involve:

  • fact collection
  • fact analysis
  • identification of legal questions
  • search term development
  • methodical legal research
  • issue decomposition
  • application
  • resolution
  • presentation
  • review


Outcomes
By the end of the module, you will:

  • know how to approach legal problems in an organised, not ad hoc way
  • be more confident that you can identify all the relevant facts and issues
  • be less likely to overlook a winning argument
  • work more efficiently