Legal Research & Analysis
A practical professional programme focused on legal research & analysis, designed to strengthen governance, control, risk awareness and organisational decision-making.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Legal Research & Analysis develops the capability to identify legal issues, locate authoritative sources, evaluate legal materials and construct well-supported legal analysis.
The programme examines research planning, source hierarchy, legislation, case law, secondary materials, legal reasoning, citation and the preparation of research conclusions.
Participants learn how to move from a broad legal question to a disciplined and defensible research answer.
Objectives
Develop systematic legal-research skills.
Identify authoritative and relevant legal sources.
Analyse legislation, cases and legal principles.
Strengthen legal reasoning and issue analysis.
Present research conclusions clearly and with appropriate support.
Learning outcomes
Define legal research questions precisely.
Develop efficient research strategies.
Evaluate the authority and relevance of legal sources.
Analyse competing legal arguments.
Prepare structured and supported legal conclusions.
Who it is for
Lawyers and legal officers.
Legal researchers.
Government legal professionals.
Compliance and regulatory professionals.
Professionals involved in legal analysis and advisory work.
Programme modules
1. Legal Research Planning
Defining the issue
Research questions
Key facts
Research scope
2. Sources of Law
Legislation
Case law
Regulations
Secondary authorities
3. Research Strategy
Keywords and concepts
Source hierarchy
Efficient searching
Updating research
4. Legal Analysis
Rules and principles
Applying law to facts
Distinguishing authorities
Competing interpretations
5. Evaluating Legal Authority
Binding and persuasive authority
Relevance
Currency
Reliability
6. Research Writing and Conclusions
Research memoranda
Citation
Structured analysis
Qualified conclusions
Methodology
The programme uses legal-research tasks, source-evaluation exercises, authority comparisons and analytical writing cases. Participants conduct structured research and develop supported conclusions.
Assessment
Assessment includes legal-research exercises and a final applied assignment requiring participants to research a defined legal issue and prepare a structured analytical memorandum.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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