What’s on the Legal Research poster?

6 numbered steps. A research sequence. Frame the legal issue — Convert the facts into a precise legal question.; Start with a secondary source — A textbook or practitioner work maps the area quickly.; Find the primary law — The statute and the leading cases.; Check the statute is in force — Amendments and commencement dates matter.; Update the case law — Confirm it has not been overruled or distinguished.; Record what you searched — So the work can be checked and repeated.. Educational reference. Citing a case that has been overruled is among the most damaging errors in legal work.

Who is the Legal Research poster for?

Legal Research belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning legal skills can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Legal Research poster?

Finding a case is half the task. Checking it has not been overruled is the other half. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Legal Research belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Legal Research?

Analysing a Problem, Client Interviewing and Structuring an Answer sit alongside Legal Research in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Legal Research poster free to download and print?

Yes. Legal Research downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Legal Research poster print at?

Legal Research is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Legal Research loses nothing.

Legal Research — free printable poster

Legal Research — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Legal Research, step by step

A research sequence.

Frame the legal issueConvert the facts into a precise legal question.
Start with a secondary sourceA textbook or practitioner work maps the area quickly.
Find the primary lawThe statute and the leading cases.
Check the statute is in forceAmendments and commencement dates matter.
Update the case lawConfirm it has not been overruled or distinguished.
Record what you searchedSo the work can be checked and repeated.

Educational reference. Citing a case that has been overruled is among the most damaging errors in legal work.

Questions about the Legal Research poster

What’s on the Legal Research poster?: 6 numbered steps. A research sequence. Frame the legal issue — Convert the facts into a precise legal question.; Start with a secondary source — A textbook or practitioner work maps the area quickly.; Find the primary law — The statute and the leading cases.; Check the statute is in force — Amendments and commencement dates matter.; Update the case law — Confirm it has not been overruled or distinguished.; Record what you searched — So the work can be checked and repeated.. Educational reference. Citing a case that has been overruled is among the most damaging errors in legal work.
Who is the Legal Research poster for?: Legal Research belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning legal skills can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Legal Research poster?: Finding a case is half the task. Checking it has not been overruled is the other half. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Legal Research belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Legal Research?: Analysing a Problem, Client Interviewing and Structuring an Answer sit alongside Legal Research in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Analysing a Problem Client Interviewing Structuring an Answer
Is the Legal Research poster free to download and print?: Yes. Legal Research downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Legal Research poster print at?: Legal Research is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Legal Research loses nothing.Printing guide

Legal Research, step by step

Questions about the Legal Research poster

Related posters