General Knowledge
Primary law is only mandatory. True or False?
False, it can be either mandatory or persuasive.
What is the life cycle of a statute?
1. Slip Law
2. Session Law
3. Codification
True or false: Cases originating in state court may only be appealed to state courts.
False. Although cases originating in state court are generally resolved within the state court system, certain state-court decisions involving federal law may be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
What are secondary sources?
Sources that explain/summarize the law, update readers on new developments, and argue for change in the law.
9 C.F.R. § 166.3
What do each of the numbers in this citation represent?
9 - Title
166 - Part
166.3 - section
What do the following boolean search tools mean?
1. /s
2. !
3. /n
1. Within the same sentence.
2. Returns all variations of the root word.
3. Within a specified number of words, with the words given in either order.
Ala. Code § 3-8-1
What is the title and chapter of the statute?
Title - 3
Chapter - 8
Identify the different aspects of a case citation.
Schneider v. State of New Jersey, Town of Irvington, 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
1. Schneider v. State of New Jersey, Town of Irvington (party names)
2. 308 U.S. 147 (reporter, 308 - volume number, 147 - beginning page number)
3. 1939 (year of decision)
Which secondary source provides in-depth "annotations" on a narrow issue of law across many jurisdictions?
American Law Reports
What is the difference between the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations?
The Federal Register includes the proposed rule, along with supporting documents, as well as the final rule and is published in chronological order.
The Code of Federal Regulation only includes the final rule and is published topically.
What do the following symbols mean on Westlaw/Lexis
1. Westlaw - Yellow Flag
2. Lexis - Orange Q in a square
3. Westlaw - Red striped Flag
1. Some negative treatment, but has not been reversed or overruled
2. There are citing references that question the continuing validity or precedential value of your case.
3. A portion of the case has been established as not good law and has been identified.
If there is a conflict between a federal statute and a court case, which one wins? Additionally, what is the one exception to this rule?
In most cases the federal statute will win, unless the case rules that the statute violates the U.S. Constitution.
Open Westlaw, input 446 F. Supp. 2d 124 into the search bar.
Is this case good law, if there is an authority that is the most negative what is the name of the case?
How many secondary sources cite this case?
1. Elat v. Ngoubene
2. 94
Find a secondary source in Texas that includes both the term ostrich and blimp. What type of secondary source is this?
1. Jerry Buchmeyer, They Lost That Loving Feeling, 61 Tex. B.J. 857 (1998)
2. Bar Journal
Find the proposed rule published October 5, 2026 that involves endangered species.
91 FR 63250
Categorize the following sources as primary/secondary and mandatory/persuasive.
Your jurisdiction is Alaska state trial court and your client has been charged with homicide. Assume all cases are relevant to your topic.
1. Gray v. State, 267 P.3d 667 (Alaska App. 2011)
2. Sumaya H. Bouadi, Domestic Violence, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and Alaska Natives: How Domestic Violence Is Weaponized Against Alaska Native Survivors, 33 Yale J.L. & Feminism 169 (2021)
3. Alaska Stat. Ann. § 11.41.100 (West)
4. Todd v. Alaska, 519 U.S. 966 (1996)
1. Primary/mandatory
2. Secondary/persuasive
3. Primary/mandatory
4. Primary/mandatory
In Lexis, find the federal statute known under the popular name as the Abby Honold Act, what is the actual citation and when was it enacted?
34 USCS § 10101
9/18/26
In Westlaw, input 16 U.S.C.A. § 470aaa-5 (West). Find the one case that cites the statute, provide the case name. What jurisdiction is the case in? Would this case be mandatory for a trial under the same topic in Kentucky state trial court?
1. Doe v. Hill, 141 F.4th 291 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
2. D.C. Circuit Court (federal court)
3. No
Our client, CareForAll, is considering acquiring a home health care agency, but they would like to know the differences between regulations on a state- to-state basis. On Lexis, find a source that assists with this objective
Healthcare Law – Managed Healthcare: Home Health Care (July 2023)
(50 States Survey)
Locate 90 FR 20985.
What kind of action occurred in the case and what agency proposed the regulation?
Which title and part of the CFR would this impact?
1. Notification of availability; request for comments.
2. EPA
3. 40 CFR Part 457
For the following question, you are in the Southern District of New York (Federal Court), put the following sources in hierarchy of authority (greatest weight first). Assume that all cases are relevant to the topic.
1. Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Tr. Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc., 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
2. Keefe Co. v. Americable Intern., Inc., 755 A.2d 469 (D.C. App. 2000)
3. C. States, S.E. and S.W. Areas Pension Fund v. Event Media Inc., 135 F.4th 529 (7th Cir. 2025)
4. 29 U.S.C. § 1001
5. Somoza v. New York City Dept. of Educ., 475 F. Supp. 2d 373 (S.D.N.Y. 2007), rev'd, 538 F.3d 106 (2d Cir. 2008)
6. T. Leigh Anenson, Attorney Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act: The Limits of Zealous Representation, 23 Ann. Rev. Banking L. 431 (2004)
7. White v. PNC Fin. Services Group, Inc., No. CV 11-7928, 2017 WL 85378 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 10, 2017)
1. 29 U.S.C. § 1001
2. Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Tr. Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc., 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
3. Somoza v. New York City Dept. of Educ., 475 F. Supp. 2d 373 (S.D.N.Y. 2007), rev'd, 538 F.3d 106 (2d Cir. 2008)
4. C. States, S.E. and S.W. Areas Pension Fund v. Event Media Inc., 135 F.4th 529 (7th Cir. 2025) OR Keefe Co.
5. Americable Intern., Inc., 755 A.2d 469 (D.C. App. 2000)
6. White v. PNC Fin. Services Group, Inc., No. CV 11-7928, 2017 WL 85378 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 10, 2017)
7. T. Leigh Anenson, Attorney Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act: The Limits of Zealous Representation, 23 Ann. Rev. Banking L. 431 (2004)
In Lexis, Find the Georgia statute regarding the liability of a dog owner when the animal injuries another person. Then find the 1968 Georgia Court of Appeals Case that establishes whether the owner must have knowledge of the animal's vicious propensity. Quote the portion of the case that answers the question.
1. O.C.G.A § 51-2-7
2. Flowers v. Flowers, 118 Ga. App. 85, 162 S.E.2d 818 (1968)
3. "The owner of a vicious or dangerous animal, who allows the same to go at liberty, is liable to one who sustains injury as a result of the vicious or dangerous tendency of the animal only in the event the owner knows of its vicious or dangerous character. If he does not know this, he will not be liable for an injury which is not the usual and natural consequence to be anticipated from allowing an ordinary animal of that kind to go at large."
You are an attorney practicing in Georgia State Court, you want to know whether your client can waive the right to self-incrimination. Using the Westlaw Key Number system, find the applicable Key Number for the waiver of self-incrimination "In general" and find the first case cited. Provide the relevant Key Number and case citation.
1. 350E k 121
2. Warren v. State, 878 S.E.2d 438 (Ga. 2022)
You are an attorney practicing in Montana Federal Court, your client is concerned about receiving a federal livestock grazing permit due to the presence of the endangered Northern Leopard Frog on his property. Find a secondary source that addresses this issue.
Matt Pugh, Are Federal Livestock Grazing Permittees an Endangered Species? The Future of Public Lands Grazing in Montana Under the Endangered Species Act, 33 Pub. Land & Res. L. Rev. 143 (2012)
Find the the regulation that provides the definition for fruit butter. When was the regulation put into effect and what is the citation?
1. 11/8/2005
2. 21 C.F.R. § 150.110