1. LEGAL RESEARCH Facts & Issues

2. RESEARCH AND FACTS IMPORTANCE OF FACTS TWO TYPES OF FACTS 1. FACTS OF YOUR CLIENT—SUBJECT OF RESEARCH 2. FACTS OF CASES YOU READ Facts help you identify the “legal issue.”

3. CLIENT FACTS DETERMINE SCOPE OF RESEARCH Lead to the legal issue to be researched Look for similar facts when researching case law Develop list of descriptive words for other research

4. Sort the Facts Relevant (Key) Explanatory Unimportant Initial sorting may change as you research

5. Example Read page 18-19 (Rimma)

6. Legal Issue Legal Question + Key Facts What are the 2 legal questions for Rimma? What are the relevant facts?

7. More Practice In small groups read Problem 9, Appendix B What are key facts? What are the legal issues?