Alabama Legal Research: Secondary Resources

This lesson will familiarize you with secondary sources covering Alabama law. This lesson supplements the lesson on Alabama primary sources. You will learn about finding aids for researching secondary sources and explore both online and print tools available to access those materials.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:

1. List Alabama secondary sources available, such as treatises and legal periodicals.
2. Explain how to find secondary sources for any Alabama issue.
3. Differentiate the benefits and limitations of various secondary sources covering Alabama law.
4. Explain how to navigate through different secondary sources.