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Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Citation Service

2 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Agenda 1. Review Shepard’s Citation Service 2. Why use Shepard’s as a Research Tool 3. How to find more primary law on your issue 4. How to find secondary sources related to your issue 5. Setting up a Shepard’s ALERT 6. Find more authority citing your statute 7. What else can I Shepardize®? 8. Summary

3 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Review of the Shepard’s Citation Service Shepard’s is a legal citator Shepard’s began over 135 years ago Shepardizing™ refers to the process of consulting Shepard’s to see if how other cases treated your case. Shepard’s is used to ensure the case you are citing is still good law. Shepard’s is also used as a finding tool to locate additional relevant authorities. Our focus today.

4 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Why use Shepard’s as a Research Tool Shepard’s is one of the most efficient ways to find additional authority once you’ve located a relevant case or statute because: The Shepard’s report already compiles a list of more recent cases that cite your key case or statute. Save time narrowing citing references to the most relevant cases by a variety of filtering options including Jurisdiction and Headnote. In a commercial setting, Shepard's is one of the most cost effective tools to use and is typically included in Lexis subscription plans.

5 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Sample Shepard’s Assignment: You have been asked to “update the law” on a claim for front pay in an age discrimination case. For the purposes of this exercise, McNeil v. Economics Laboratory, 800 f2d 111 is relevant to our issue of front pay. The attorney you are working with has used this case in the past to support this claim. You need to find additional relevant cases in your jurisdiction (7 th Circuit) as well as any secondary sources that will help you better understand the issue and also provide additional authority.front pay

6 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® How to Access Shepard’s

7 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority

8 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority

9 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Refine your Shepard’s Report

10 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Link to relevant Cases

11 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Shepard’s Graphical View – Citing Decisions Grid

12 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find Secondary Sources

13 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find Law Reviews

14 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find Treatises

15 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find Motions, Briefs, and Pleadings

16 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Create a Shepard’s ALERT

17 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Identify Potential Splits of Authority

18 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority Citing your Statute Sample Assignment: Your client, Tom Baylor, had a friend, Colin Bass temporarily living with him. His friend’s dog, a boxer named Brute, was also living at the residence. While a neighbor was out getting their mail, Brute got out of the house and bit the neighbor on the leg multiple times. Under Wisconsin’s “dog bite” statute, Wis Stat , who is liable for damages, the home owner or the house guest?

19 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority Citing your Statute

20 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority Citing your Statute

21 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Find More Authority Citing your Statute

22 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Shepardize your Statute

23 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Shepardize Law Reviews

24 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Shepardize Regulations

25 Find More Authority with Shepard’s® Summary Shepard’s is an efficient research tool to find more authority. Use filtering options to identify most relevant citing references. Review relevant secondary sources including Law Reviews, Treatises, and Court Documents. Stay updated with Shepard’s ALERT. Shepardize statutes to get the complete and most current list of citing references. You can also Shepardize Law Review articles, Code of Federal Regulations, and Patents.