How to Navigate the Modules
Two minutes here saves you hunting later. This page explains how the site is organized, how the modules work, and what happens to the work you do in them (short answer: it stays on your device).
The shape of the site
The site follows the textbook. Part I (Chapters 1–9) builds foundational research; Part II (Chapters 10–17) covers the advanced and professional topics. Each chapter page lists its modules in two groups: orientation modules teach a concept interactively, and practice modules make you use it. Within a chapter, work top to bottom — the orientation lessons are listed before the practice that depends on them.
Outside the chapters live four smaller sections: When Research Fails (why any of this matters, in the courts’ own words), the Appendices & Glossary (the how-to-read guides and the glossary as flashcards), and the Toolkit & Resources (downloadable templates and checklists, including the Research Log).
The Browse modules menu
Every page — including the Chapter 1 explorables — carries a Browse modules menu in the top bar. Chapters appear as collapsible rows: click a chapter to expand its module list, and use the Chapter overview → link inside to reach the chapter page itself. The chapter you are currently inside opens automatically.
How modules are built
Every module opens with an introduction, a How to use this box (read it — it’s one sentence and it’s the instructions), and a module bar with two groups: Module pages (the content) and Learning resources (the module’s knowledge checks, or its downloadable record, on their own page). Work the content first, then open the Learning resources page to check yourself and download your record. Longer modules split into multiple pages: their home page carries a “Start the module →” button and a Module contents card list, and every inner page has a previous/next pager plus breadcrumbs back to the module home.
The reading guides (How to Read a Case, a Secondary Source, a Statute, a Regulation) additionally offer an “I’m reading to…” selector — the same document reads differently when you’re exploring, preparing for class, or hunting an answer, and the selector adjusts the guidance to match.
Your work, your records, your device
Modules collect what you do — the choices you make, the checks you answer, the reflections you write — into a record you can download at the end of the module and submit if your instructor asks for it. Everything is generated and stored in your browser only: nothing you do here is sent anywhere, tracked, or saved on a server. Multi-page modules accumulate one record across their pages for your browser session, so finish a module in one sitting before downloading.