Legal Research & Writing: A Refresher Course with New Tips for the Internet Era

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Overview

• Old School:  Extremely helpful hints for legal research that you may have forgotten since law school!  
• New School:  How to use WestLaw, Lexis, and other online resources to your advantage -- and how to overcome the intimidation factor if you're a bit computer-phobic
• Finding the Law:  Frequently overlooked tools for locating those hard-to-find cases, statutes, and regulations
• Understanding the Law:  This is often a bigger issue -- you find cases, statutes, and regulations on your point, but you can't figure out what the heck they mean!  Learn how to utilize certain secondary sources to make sense of the primary sources
• Elements of Good Legal Writing:  Top 10 Do's and Don'ts

Speakers

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Agenda for Monday, the 23rd of June 2014

1:00pm Central Time - Webcast Begins 

(Please be sure to register and tune into the website at least 10 minutes before start time)

Agenda is Approximate and Tentative

1:00pm - 1:20pm -  A Review of the Basics  (just in case you've forgotten!)

1:20pm - 1:40pm -  Using Old-Fashioned Law Books in the Computer Age 

1:40pm - 2:20pm -   Don't Fear the Computer!  Basics of Legal Research on WestLaw, Lexis, and Other Online Sites

2:20pm - 2:35pm - Break

2:35pm - 3:00pm -  Advanced Online Research Techniques that Work