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Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It, Fifth Edition guides students through a decidedly contemporary approach to legal research. Widely respected author Amy E. Sloan presents legal research as a process of efficiently filtering legal information to identify accurate and relevant content. Simply put, students learn how to locate and identify the most pertinent and authoritative information available with the greatest possible expedience. Sloan's clear, concise explanations of essential research sources are presented in a context that speaks to the way lawyers do research today, with a flexible approach that works in a rapidly changing research environment. Part I explains how to define a research question; pre-filter content before beginning a search; conduct research using a variety of search techniques; and establish post-search criteria for filtering results. Part II describes essential features of individual sources of authority and search strategies unique to each source. Part III contains research flowcharts to help students plan research strategy for different types of research projects. The Appendices address legal research with AI to give students a solid foundation in research with new technologies.

The promise of generative AI is awe-inspiring. Today, however, the questions about AI sometimes outnumber the answers. Using Generative AI for Legal Researchprovides a framework professors can use to introduce generative AI into the research curriculum.