CL601 ILA II

Module 4 Assignment

This assignment tests your ability to conduct basic Internet and Westlaw searches to answer questions. There are 10 questions and each answer is worth 5 points. No partial credit is given.

Write the answer to each question using complete sentences. For each answer, state the steps you took to find that answer.

1) Explain why the Liggett Group, Inc. v. Davis case has a yellow flag (negative history). Give specific information regarding what negative history the case has and include the date of that history.

2) What is at the top of the Legal Research Pyramid? Explain the term.

3) Which law school course "Outline Shells" are available to law students?

4) The National Reporter System is divided up into how many regions, and what are they?

5) Do an Internet search for "HIPAA" and answer the following questions: What does "HIPAA" stand for?

When was it enacted?

On which government website can you find information on HIPAA?

6) In the "All Content" section, click on "Statutes and Court Rules." Find the California Statutes and Court Rules and then find "California Rules of Court." Then find "Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys, and Judges." Answer the following question: Which Division and Rule addresses "Certified Legal Specialists"? How does that Rule define "certified specialist"?

7) The Bush v. Gore case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court has some negative history. What is the name of the case that gave Bush v. Gore the negative treatment? Who is "Dr. John Lott" in that case and what was his role?

8) Find the oral argument for Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 on the United States Supreme Court website. To which clause of the Constitution did Chief Justice Roberts refer early in the oral arguments?

9) In the oral argument you found for the previous question in this Activity, question 8, for Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, to what does "IDEA" refer?

10) Your attorney employer tells you that California courts have many detailed rules but she isn't certain whether there is a page limit on memoranda filed with the court. She asks you to do some research on Westlaw to find out. Is there a rule regarding page limits on memoranda filed with California state courts? If so, what is that limit?