Colorado Legal Research: Primary Resources

This lesson is intended to familiarize the user with Colorado primary legal research materials. The lesson focuses on primary source material including: the Colorado Constitution, cases and digests, statutes, legislative history materials, executive department documents, and local legislation. No prior knowledge of Colorado legal research is necessary to follow this lesson. While this lesson is aimed primarily at first year law students who will be learning about these materials for the first time, each section may be used independently to brush up on Colorado-specific legal research skills.