Pamela Rogers Melton
Associate Director for Library Administration
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Contact Information
Room 101A
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
v 803-777-3361
f 803-777-9405
prmelton@law.sc.edu
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Courses
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH, LAWS 562 (2 hours) Purpose of the course is to teach methods of doing complex legal research, building on research training received in the student's first year. Focuses on the sophisticated use of primary legal materials (statutes, case law and regulations) and various research techniques and tools such as legislative histories, federal and state regulatory publications, looseleaf services, records and briefs, journals and treatises, including sources of international and foreign law.
LEGAL RESEARCH, LAWS 537 (1 hour) During Legal Research I and II, you will receive instruction in the basic sources and research techniques of American law. Emphasis will be placed upon the development of an effective and efficient research strategy for locating state and federal cases and statutes and major forms of secondary legal literature. While some attention will be paid, of necessity, to the details of each source, the course will focus upon the use of these sources within the context of efficient legal research.
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