Ohio Legal Research

Ohio Legal Research provides a concise introduction to Ohio-specific primary authorities and research tools for readers new to legal research or new to researching Ohio law. It introduces federal resources alongside their Ohio counterparts, which makes the text useful for an introductory research course that covers both state and federal research. Written with the understanding that research is best learned by practice, this book offers succinct explanation to guide the novice without including so much as to overwhelm.

The updated third edition incorporates recent changes to the major electronic research platforms, while maintaining a process focus that will help the reader no matter which platform is available. Significant changes in freely available state and federal resources are reflected throughout Ohio Legal Research. The chapters on secondary sources and finding cases are significantly revised to incorporate new sources and tools such as Generative AI tools like Lexis+ AI.

The new edition also includes a chapter on citation that teaches basic citation form using the major citation manuals and, perhaps most significant to the Ohio practitioner, the recent third edition of the Ohio Manual of Citations.