Module 4
Research, facts and chronologies: finding, checking and organising what the case needs
A great deal of the value of a paralegal lies in two kinds of work: finding out what the law says, and finding out what happened. Both look simple and are hard to do well. Research can produce a pile of authorities that do not answer the question. Fact work can produce a story that does not match the documents. A lawyer who is handed careful research and a reliable chronology can start thinking about strategy at once; a lawyer who is handed a pile has to start again. This module teaches the method for research and notes, for gathering and checking facts and for building a chronology that tells a lawyer where the case is strong, where it is weak and where something is missing. It ends with the careful use of AI tools, which can speed the work and can also invent sources and expose confidences. The Chronology Builder in the labs lets you practise on an invented matter.
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