Useheadnotes tonavigatewithin a caseUse pre-filterby jurisdictionbeforerunning asearchRecognizesecondarysourcesUse Table ofContents tonavigate withina statutoryschemeChoose primaryauthorities mostuseful inanalyzing aparticularfactual scenarioCategorizeopinionsbased ongeographicjurisdictionDetermineif a caseis bindingRecognizeWestlaw'sKeyNumbersDistinguishbetween"published" and"unpublished"casesUsestatutoryannotationsto find casesUnderstandwhatWestlaw'syellow flagmeansUse Table ofContents tonavigate withinstatutoryannotationsUnderstandwhatheadnotesareUse acitator tofind casesUse a KeyNumberto find acaseKnow whento usesecondarysourcesUse post-filter afterrunning asearchFiltercitatorresultsWeigh twobindingauthoritiesagainst eachotherRecognizeprimaryauthoritiesAssess theweight ofcommonprimary legalauthoritiesUnderstandwhatWestlaw'sred flagmeansIn an opinion,distinguishbetween court'swords and thepublisher'seditorial contentRecognizeStrong'sN.C. IndexRecognizethe level ofcourt justfrom acitationUseheadnotes tonavigatewithin a caseUse pre-filterby jurisdictionbeforerunning asearchRecognizesecondarysourcesUse Table ofContents tonavigate withina statutoryschemeChoose primaryauthorities mostuseful inanalyzing aparticularfactual scenarioCategorizeopinionsbased ongeographicjurisdictionDetermineif a caseis bindingRecognizeWestlaw'sKeyNumbersDistinguishbetween"published" and"unpublished"casesUsestatutoryannotationsto find casesUnderstandwhatWestlaw'syellow flagmeansUse Table ofContents tonavigate withinstatutoryannotationsUnderstandwhatheadnotesareUse acitator tofind casesUse a KeyNumberto find acaseKnow whento usesecondarysourcesUse post-filter afterrunning asearchFiltercitatorresultsWeigh twobindingauthoritiesagainst eachotherRecognizeprimaryauthoritiesAssess theweight ofcommonprimary legalauthoritiesUnderstandwhatWestlaw'sred flagmeansIn an opinion,distinguishbetween court'swords and thepublisher'seditorial contentRecognizeStrong'sN.C. IndexRecognizethe level ofcourt justfrom acitation

Basic Legal Research Review - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Use headnotes to navigate within a case
  2. Use pre-filter by jurisdiction before running a search
  3. Recognize secondary sources
  4. Use Table of Contents to navigate within a statutory scheme
  5. Choose primary authorities most useful in analyzing a particular factual scenario
  6. Categorize opinions based on geographic jurisdiction
  7. Determine if a case is binding
  8. Recognize Westlaw's Key Numbers
  9. Distinguish between "published" and "unpublished" cases
  10. Use statutory annotations to find cases
  11. Understand what Westlaw's yellow flag means
  12. Use Table of Contents to navigate within statutory annotations
  13. Understand what headnotes are
  14. Use a citator to find cases
  15. Use a Key Number to find a case
  16. Know when to use secondary sources
  17. Use post-filter after running a search
  18. Filter citator results
  19. Weigh two binding authorities against each other
  20. Recognize primary authorities
  21. Assess the weight of common primary legal authorities
  22. Understand what Westlaw's red flag means
  23. In an opinion, distinguish between court's words and the publisher's editorial content
  24. Recognize Strong's N.C. Index
  25. Recognize the level of court just from a citation