About this course
Are you a law student stuck writing research papers without guidance, or a scholar or professional who wants to learn the basics of legal research and writing? For any member of the legal fraternity, student, advocate, associate, academician, policymaker or legislator, research and drafting are of utmost significance, and once mastered the concepts stay with the learner throughout their professional life. Yet research is the most ignored subject in law school.
About the course. This programme adopts a pedagogy of narrative and illustrative content, assignments, video-based lectures and expert webinars, in place of the old-school mugging up of theories. Alongside interactive lectures it offers one-to-one counselling sessions, with seven well-crafted modules that make each topic easy to understand.
What you'll learn
- Understand what legal research is and why it matters
- Formulate a research problem, framework, questions and hypothesis
- Distinguish doctrinal and non-doctrinal research methods
- Cite and reference correctly across recognised styles
- Design sampling, collect and analyse data for non-doctrinal research
- Write clear, well-structured research papers
Curriculum
1 · Module 1: Basics of Research
10 lessons
Objectives
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Video Session - 1
Introduction
Research
Legal Research
Need of Legal Research
Objectives and Purpose
Classification of Legal Research on the Basis of Objectives of Research
Paradigm/Approaches to Research
Summary
2 · Module 2: Research Design & Research Process
9 lessons
Objectives
Video Session - 2
Research Design
Research Process
Formulation of the Research Problem and giving a Title to the Research
Formulation of Framework of Research and Literature Review
Objective of Research, Research Question(s) and Hypothesis
Next 3 Steps
Summary
3 · Module 3: Research Methodology & Research Methods
8 lessons
Objectives
Video Session - 3
Introduction
Research Methodology
Research Methodologies based on Kind of Data Collected
Research methodologies based on Manner of Analysis
Research Methods
Summary
4 · Module 4: Doctrinal Legal Research Method
9 lessons
Objectives
Video Session - 4
Introduction
Doctrinal Research Methods
Sources of Doctrinal Research
Choosing between Primary and Secondary Sources
Finding the Sources
Purpose & Limitation
Summary
5 · Module 5: Citing & Referencing
5 lessons
Objectives
Video Session - 5
Acknowledging Sources
Citation Styles
References and Bibliography
6 · Module 6: Non-Doctrinal Research Methodology
7 lessons
Objectives
Video Session - 6
Introduction to Non Doctrinal Research Methodology
The Example
Sampling
Data Collection
Analysis of Data
7 · Module 7: Legal Writing
5 lessons
Objectives
Need of Writing Well
Seven C's of Communication
Drafting Research Papers
Video Session - 7
Your instructor
GK
Adv. Gyan Prakash Kesharwani
Intellectual Property & Legal Research
LL.M (IP Laws), National Law University, Jodhpur
Adv. Gyan Prakash Kesharwani holds an LL.M in Intellectual Property Laws from National Law University, Jodhpur. He received Best Speaker, Best Researcher and Best Mooter awards during his studies, and designs and teaches CLRS Academy's certificate programmes.
