Many students fulfill their upper-level writing requirement by writing a research paper for a seminar course. However, this type of research and writing may be new to you! After all, it’s very different than the research you do for your LP classes and out in your clerkships.
We have a number of resources here in the library that can help!
- Our Scholarly Research Resources research guide. It has information on resources for picking a hot topic that will appeal to those selecting articles to be published–and if you’re going to spend a whole semester on it, why not try to get it published? There’s also information on how to run a preemption check to make sure no one else has taken your exact approach to a topic, on the scholarly research process and the parts of a scholarly paper, and how to avoid plagiarism.
- Attend our Scribes Student Legal Writing events–especially our write-in on Saturday, October 28th. We’ll provide breakfast and lunch, and Professors Baker and Drake will be on hand to help you with any problems you’re currently having with your paper.
- Set up a research consult with Professor Drake or Professor Baker. These types of paper are research heavy and we can help with paper organization, finding strong resources to back up your arguments, and much more!
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