Use Table ofContents tonavigate withinstatutoryannotationsUse pre-filterby jurisdictionbeforerunning asearchRecognizethe level ofcourt justfrom acitationUseheadnotes tonavigatewithin a caseUse Table ofContents tonavigate withina statutoryschemeAssess theweight ofcommonprimary legalauthoritiesRecognizeStrong'sN.C. IndexUse a KeyNumberto find acaseRecognizeprimaryauthoritiesUse acitator tofind casesFiltercitatorresultsRecognizeWestlaw'sKeyNumbersUsestatutoryannotationsto find casesKnow whento usesecondarysourcesDetermineif a caseis bindingRecognizesecondarysourcesWeigh twobindingauthoritiesagainst eachotherUnderstandwhatheadnotesareUse post-filter afterrunning asearchCategorizeopinionsbased ongeographicjurisdictionChoose primaryauthorities mostuseful inanalyzing aparticularfactual scenarioUnderstandwhatWestlaw'sred flagmeansUnderstandwhatWestlaw'syellow flagmeansDistinguishbetween"published" and"unpublished"casesIn an opinion,distinguishbetween court'swords and thepublisher'seditorial contentUse Table ofContents tonavigate withinstatutoryannotationsUse pre-filterby jurisdictionbeforerunning asearchRecognizethe level ofcourt justfrom acitationUseheadnotes tonavigatewithin a caseUse Table ofContents tonavigate withina statutoryschemeAssess theweight ofcommonprimary legalauthoritiesRecognizeStrong'sN.C. IndexUse a KeyNumberto find acaseRecognizeprimaryauthoritiesUse acitator tofind casesFiltercitatorresultsRecognizeWestlaw'sKeyNumbersUsestatutoryannotationsto find casesKnow whento usesecondarysourcesDetermineif a caseis bindingRecognizesecondarysourcesWeigh twobindingauthoritiesagainst eachotherUnderstandwhatheadnotesareUse post-filter afterrunning asearchCategorizeopinionsbased ongeographicjurisdictionChoose primaryauthorities mostuseful inanalyzing aparticularfactual scenarioUnderstandwhatWestlaw'sred flagmeansUnderstandwhatWestlaw'syellow flagmeansDistinguishbetween"published" and"unpublished"casesIn an opinion,distinguishbetween court'swords and thepublisher'seditorial content

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