Class Information
Fall 2026
5297 International Legal Research - DRAKE- 25994
Professor(s):
Alyson Drake (LIBRARIAN)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Practice Skills - (Research and Writing)
International Law
Time: 9:00a-11:00a W Location:
Course Outline: International Legal Research focuses on using print and electronic research tools to find and analyze legal information beyond the United States. Students will apply their research and analysis skills to simulated cross-border research problems and learn techniques for locating, evaluating, and synthesizing foreign and international legal materials. Students will also be introduced to the sources, skills, and strategies necessary for effective foreign and international research, including treaty research and interpretation, U.N. and international organization research, customary international law research, and foreign jurisdiction research (including legislation, case law, and secondary sources). This course is open only to students concurrently taking International Law, as it will build on the doctrine introduced in that course.
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Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
This class has a co-requisite with International Law course by professor Mirasola. Students in this class must be enrolled in the International Law course at the same time. However, students may take the International Law courses without enrolling in the International Legal Research course.
Quota=14.
Prerequisites: Yes Co-Requisite: International Law
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This course will have:
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Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: simulation
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Conditional Availability (not for required credits)
