Legal Research
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Legal Research, Sponsored Content
The Latest Trends In Knowledge Services: How the Pandemic Has Reshaped The Role Of Information Professionals
We discuss the most significant trends impacting knowledge and information professionals today, and what we can expect to see changing in this area in the coming years. -
Legal Research, Sponsored Content
Legal Research, Enhanced: Learn What’s New In PLI PLUS
Legal research gets an upgrade with the newly enhanced PLI PLUS database from Practising Law Institute. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Legal Research, Libraries / Librarians, Sponsored Content
The Evolving Role Of Law Firm Library Support And Services In The Digital Era
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a great opportunity for law firm library support and services teams. Read about how the importance of properly resourcing this mission-critical function has been rediscovered.
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Legal Research, Technology
Legal Research Services Vary Widely in Results, Study Finds
In a comparison of six leading research providers, there was hardly any overlap in the top 10 results from searches. -
Legal Research, Sponsored Content, Technology
Three Benefits Of Legal eBooks You Might Not Have Considered
If you’re using an eBook platform with the right professional features, you can save time through efficiencies that the technology creates. -
Legal Research, Practice Pointers, Sponsored Content
How A New Legal Resource Helps Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Exceed Client Expectations
This new resource helps its lawyers deliver on the firm's promise of putting the customer first. -
Legal Research, Sponsored Content
The Newly Redesigned Secondary Sources: How Westlaw Has Changed The Game For Secondary Source Research
Learn about the new enhancements to the already-convenient platform that makes research easier and more efficient. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Legal Research, Technology
The Evolution Of Online Legal Research Tools
Technology columnist Jeff Bennion checks out Cheetah, the new online legal research tool by Wolters Kluwer. -
China, Legal Research
China Law. Do Not Try This At Home
To succeed in China, you need a China team, and that team needs to include someone who can read and understand Chinese laws/regulations in Chinese and someone who is in touch with the relevant government authorities. -
Google / Search Engines, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Small Law Firms, Technology, Westlaw, Wikipedia
Is Wikipedia A Reliable Legal Authority?
Small-firm columnist Keith Lee looks at how widely courts are citing Wikipedia. -
Craigslist, Law Schools, Legal Research
The Lowest Job A Lawyer Can Get Is Now 'Law Student'
A T14 law student is asking experienced attorneys to do homework assignments for cash. -
Crime, Department of Justice, DUI / DWI, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Legal Research, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Rape, Westlaw
Non-Sequiturs: 02.17.14
* Were you using Westlaw last week and saw this image? Here’s why… [Westlaw] * A federal judge is charged with DUI. And there’s video of the arrest! [American Press] * A heartwrenching poem from a law professor about discrimination. Wait, it’s not about race or gender discrimination but about not getting tenure as a legal writing professor. Yeah, that makes sense. [TaxProf Blog] * Criminal defense lawyers are part-counselor, listening to the woes of their clients. Should basic instruction in therapy be part of professional training? [Katz Justice] * The collapse of legal industry could be happening again, this time to the medical profession. [The Atlantic] * Jeez, I had no idea that the paralegal industry is enjoying such a surge in hiring. I guess it makes sense… you get all the drudgery work of a young lawyer at half the cost. [George Washington University] * A new DOJ report confirms what we all expected: Montana law enforcement officials are kind of terrible at prosecuting sexual assault cases. [Jezebel]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK.
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few.
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Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Research, Ridiculousness
A Law Professor's Detailed, Ridiculous, Condescending 'Local Rules' For Class
Just how many ways can you lose a letter grade in this class? -
Biglaw, Books, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Gay, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Legal Research, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Supreme Court Clerks, Technology
30 Under 30: The Top Young Lawyers And Policymakers (2014)
Do you know any of these outstanding young legal eagles? If so, congratulate them! -
Antitrust, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, Job Searches, Legal Research, Rankings, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 02.13.13
* Antonin Scalia thinks the State of the Union is a “childish spectacle.” I mean, if it was so important, the Founders would have put it in the Constitution, right? [New York Daily News] * Does your son or daughter want to be Barack Obama when they grow up? Here are complete instructions to building your own play drone! [Volokh Conspiracy] * Snickers bars are not tax deductible? Damn you H&R Block!!! [Tax Prof Blog] * Yesterday I mused about needing a ranking for the rankings. PrawfsBlawg points out that there is such a ranking. My dreams of glory are dashed yet again. [PrawfsBlawg] * It turns out recruiters are just as unimpressed with your legal research skills as your non-law friends. [Monster] * Allegedly, Nestle’s does not play well with others. [Courthouse News Service] * Is it just me or is giving the Republican response like being named the Madden cover athlete? Now let’s all watch Marco Rubio realize he needs water in super slow motion. [Deadspin] -
Law Reviews, Law Schools, Legal Research
Law Student Revolts Against Law Review's Bluebook Exam
Is it any wonder that a student from a law school in Virginia is raging against the law review's upcoming Bluebook exam? Several law students have written to us about this student's "guerilla campaign" against the school's annual exercise in "academic hazing," and they have even provided us with copies of this kid's manifesto. Who is this revolutionary, and why does he think the school's Bluebook exam needs to go? -
Boutique Law Firms, Legal Research, Money, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: A Moment of Truth
The changing market invites, if not demands, lawyers to offer concessions for clients. Happily, many of the concessions have relatively little impact on the firm’s bottom line, but can garner significant goodwill with clients. For example.... -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Jed Rakoff, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw
Lawyers Sue Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis for Copyright Infringement
Where would lawyers be without open (and absurdly expensive) access to Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis for legal research? They’d have to trudge down to the closest law library and read real books made of paper. They’d have to head over to the courthouse and pull actual files with non-electronic documents inside of them. In a time where legal texts are used solely for decorative bookshelf purposes, that is just too much to ask. But that is the behavior that two lawyers would expect of their professional colleagues. Do they have any chance of winning their class action copyright suit? -
Facebook, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Ridiculousness, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Law School Students Go Insane Over LexisNexis's Online Promotion
The great thing about free stuff is that it is free. Nobody cares what kind of plastic junk they’re getting as long as it’s free. Why do sports fans go nuts over t-shirt cannons, even though the shirts are ugly as hell and always XXL? Duh, because they’re free. To me, it seems logical that […]