In law school, you spend your time poring through casebooks, reading opinion after opinion, trying to understand the nuances of the law. Studying precedent is the first step to learning about a legal issue. When entering the field of practice, a young lawyer’s first question is often, “Do you use Lexis or Westlaw?” Young lawyers often spend their formative years researching case law and writing memoranda outlining how courts have treated specific legal issues.

So what happens when there is an issue of new law?