SCHOLAR JURISTThe Research Desk for Law

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Notes on doing research properly

Guides on method, citation standards, moot preparation, and integrity — written by the people who do the work.

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Featured · Method

What makes legal research verifiable — and why it matters

A proposition is only as strong as the authority behind it. We set out the standard every memo from our desks is held to, and how to read an authority trail.

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Citations

OSCOLA vs Bluebook: choosing a standard and sticking to it

A practical comparison for practitioners and academics — Indian and international — deciding on a house style.

6 min
Moot Court

Building a compendium a hot bench can actually use

Indexing, pinpoint references, and the structure that keeps you fast under questioning.

7 min
Method

From research question to issue: framing that saves hours

How to isolate the real question before a single authority is pulled.

5 min
Academic

Literature reviews that find the gap, not just the sources

Moving from a reading list to a synthesis that positions your own contribution.

9 min
Integrity

Where research support ends and your own work begins

The line we hold on academic integrity, and how to brief us within it.

4 min
Practice

Reading a case for what it actually decides

Ratio, obiter, and distinguishing — a short refresher for faster briefing.

6 min