CHAPTER 7 COMPUTERS AND LEGAL RESEARCH

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Administrative Law An Introduction to Administrative Law Resources.
Advertisements

Online Guide to Using KeyCite
Using Free Shepard’s and KeyCite in the Law Library Presented by the Alameda County Law Library July 20, 2010.
Other Cost-Effective Services. Cost-Effective Services The WestFind&Print ™ service is accessed from lawschool.westlaw.com or the westlaw.com sign on.
Researching Efficiently and Cost Effectively on Lexis Advance™ and Lexis.com 1.
Q UINCY COLLEGE Paralegal Studies Program Paralegal Studies Program Legal Research & Writing LAW-215 Updating and Validating Your Research.
Secondary Sources BLS Winter 2004 Cheryl Nyberg, Mary Whisner, Lee Sims.
Research Review For Grimes Moot Court February 4, 2010 Joan Shear, Legal Information Librarian and Lecturer in Law.
What You Always Wanted to Know About Legal Research * * But Were Afraid to Ask.
Statutes Basic Legal Skills January 13, Research Process Review Preliminary Analysis –Secondary sources –Key words & phrases Statutes Mandatory.
Expanding the Awesomeness of Your Legal Research Abilities with Secondary Resources.
Cases & Court Documents. What is Case Law? Though a case, as defined, is the action or controversy itself, the term is also commonly used to refer to.
The Process of Legal Research - 2 West’s Instructional Aids Series How to Use Print and Online Legal Resources To Your Best Advantage.
CHAPTER 11 Computer Assisted Legal Research (CALR)
© 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Right Reserved. CHAPTER 2 PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS.
Secondary Sources PRINT AND ONLINE. COMMON SECONDARY SOURCES—ALL JURISDICTIONS  American Jurisprudence 2 nd  Corpus Juris Secundum  American Law Reports.
Chapter 8 Traditional Research Tools American Law Reports DigestsShepard’s.
Introduction to Lexis Cases & Shepard’s Instructors: Femi Cadmus, Christine Ciambella, Deborah Keene Fall 2006.
Introduction to American Legal Research Presented by Jennifer Selby and Ann Chase, Reference Librarians, U-M Law Library July 9, 2008 PowerPoint Courtesy.
Chapter 10 Accessing Authority Online. Signing On In a law office, your client is charged from the moment you sign on!
Agenda: Ch. 10 Legal Research Review for Final Exam
Chapter 15 Finding the Law. 2 Steps to Legal Research o Identify search terms o These are terms you’ll use to find the topic in the indexes o Go to secondary.
CHAPTER 14 Legal Writing: Writing to Inform. The Bluebook Rule 4 – Common Short Citations Id.: Use when citing the immediately preceding legal authority.
Researching Intellectual Property Topics Using Electronic Resources Law P503 October 2014 Cheryl Nyberg Gallagher Law Library.
Chapter 7— Secondary Authority American Law Reports—A.L.R.
Law 11 Administrative Law and Codes. American Law Reports o American Law Reports (ALR) is a series of articles on the approaches different courts have.
Chapter 4—Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules— Research and Analysis Research Steps.
NC WiseOwl eBooks K-8 NC WiseOwl eBooks K-8 Search for eBooks on your topic from this large collection of current titles. eBooks K-8 Search for eBooks.
Custom Digests on westlaw.com. Creating a Custom Digest on westlaw.com Most Cited Cases link: Retrieves the list of cases most often cited for a point.
CHAPTER 10 Validating Your Research: Using Shepard’s and Other Citators.
Secondary Resources. Secondary literature refers to references that either index or abstract the primary literature Its goal is directing the user to.
Law 11 Citators. 2 Citation Services o Citation services indicate how and when a particular legal resource has been cited o Indicate the type of treatment.
UNIT ONE PA 201: Introduction to Legal Research. Course Information Instructor: Nathan Brooks Seminar Date/Time  **EST Office Hours: Tues. 7-9pm EST.
Legal Research using the Law Library’s Online Resources Di Thompson, Law Librarian Emalus Campus Library.
Law 11 Legal Digest Systems. Digests 2 3 o Published by commercial publishers – West o Organizes cases with similar points of law with brief descriptive.
1 Research in the Green Books Statutory Research in the Louisiana Statutes Annotated Randall J. Thompson January 13, 2006.
Chapter 15 Applying the Law. 2 o Do all court opinions apply to the facts of your client’s case? o Look for analogies and distinctions o Similar facts,
Guide to Lexis. Introduction Lexis provides access to case law from UK, Australia, USA, New Zealand and Canada Lexis provides access to case law from.
Chapter 5—Case Law— Research and Briefing Case Brief Elements.
USING SHEPARD’S & KEYCITE EFFECTIVELY Melissa Sievers Librarian RFK Main Library
Google Scholar Legal Opinions and Journals. Using Google Scholar Locate court opinions –Federal –State Locate journals Methods of locating –Name –Citation.
CHAPTER 15 Writing to the Court. The Bluebook Rule 3.2 – Pinpoint Citations Directs the reader to the exact page that the cite information can be found.
Westlaw Topic Key Number Searching Westlaw Key Search Lexis Search Advisor 1.Westlaw Topic Key Number Searching a.Table of Contents arrangement by topics.
Administrative Law Research By Carol Furnish, Chase Law Library.
Federal Regulations Federal regulations are the third primary source of American law discussed. Proposed regulations and final regulations are published.
CHAPTER 8 Online Legal Research.
Federal & State Legislative Research
Legal Research and Analysis
Researching State Statutes
KeyCite Notes: Expanding Your Research by Creating a KeyCite Citing References List from Within a Case.
Oxford International Organizations
Legal Information Reference Center
Chapter 10 Image Segmentation.
Accessing CSJ’s newest online resource.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
CHAPTER 6 SECONDARY AUTHORITY
How to Create Research Strategies
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law
CHAPTER 5 SECONDARY AUTHORITY
INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH, WRITING, AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 5 SECONDARY AUTHORITY
PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 19: Comprehensive Legal Databases
Identifying a source when you’re not sure what it is
Understanding Parts of a Textbook
Class Exercise Class Website How a Bill Becomes a Law.
CHAPTER 13 OFFICE LEGAL MEMORANDUM
CHAPTER 7 COMPUTERS AND LEGAL RESEARCH
Chapter 10—Fee-Based Computer Research
HeinOnline Overview Presenter: Julie Tedjeske, J.D., M.L.S., M.S.I.S.
Fastcase Overview Presenter: Julie Tedjeske, J.D., M.L.S., M.S.I.S.
Presentation transcript:

CHAPTER 7 COMPUTERS AND LEGAL RESEARCH LEXIS

LEXIS SIGNING ON FINDING STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Search by Citation, Names, or Docket Numbers

LEXIS FINDING STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTINUED Search by Issue Natural Language Terms and Connectors Search by Table of Contents

LEXIS FINDING CASE LAW Search by Citation Search by Issue Opinions Natural Language Terms and Connectors Search by Name

LEXIS SEGMENTS SEARCH RESULTS SEARCH PATH Cite, KWIC, Full, Custom, Focus, Term, Explore SEARCH PATH

LEXIS UPDATING--SHEPARD’S FINDING SECONDARY AUTHORITY PRINTING AND SAVING

Feedback: Privacy Policy Feedback
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
About project: SlidePlayer Terms of Service

© 2024 SlidePlayer.com. Inc. All rights reserved.