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Research Guide for LLM and Foreign Exchange Students: Home

This guide includes Internet links, research tips, and lists of books that UC Law SF LLM students might find useful. We hope you enjoy your time at UC Law SF. If you need help with any library or research project, feel free to contact librarian Dean Deane

Contents

This guide provides UC Law SF LLM and Foreign Exchange students with some starting points for understanding the U.S. legal system; U.S. legal English; U.S. legal research and writing; sources of U.S. and California law; sources of legal non-legal news; and guidance on how to thrive at a U.S. law school.

Legal Research & Writing
Practical Advice
Introduction to U.S. Law
California Law
Dictionaries & Other Legal Writing Resources
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