A discussion of the evolution of an introduction to legal research course at WVU College of Law from a flipped classroom to an asynchronous course, to a new hybrid model and the lessons learned through the process. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many legal research instructors were compelled to make immediate changes to their course structure and mode of instruction. At WVU that meant adapting a 1L legal research course from a flipped classroom model to a completely asynchronous course. While the change was challenging, it also served as a pathway to a stronger, more effective, course when we returned to the classroom. This program will focus on course elements and teaching methods that were adapted from the original flipped classroom course and/or the asynchronous course to formulate a new hybrid model that integrates the best of both based on our experience.