Are you just getting started with your research?

• Start with secondary sources (Westlaw and other research platforms)

Is the area of law governed by a statute, regulation, or court rule?

• Check out the statute's Notes of Decisions (Westlaw)
• Search within the statute's Citing References (Westlaw)

Do you already have a relevant case ("one good case") and need to find more?

• Search within the case's Citing References (Westlaw)
• Use the West Key Number System (From Stanford Law School)
• Work with headnotes (Westlaw)
• Look through the table of authorities (Westlaw)

Have you already attempted the above strategies? Are you nearing the end of your research?

• Conduct full-text case searches using advanced searches (Westlaw)
• Check to make sure your cases are still good law (Westlaw)