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Quick and Dirty Westlaw For Legal Research for Paralegals

Quick and Dirty Westlaw For Legal Research for Paralegals. INTRODUCTION. LEXIS and WESTLAW: computer-assisted legal research (CALR) systems. Online access full texts legal materials, newspapers and periodicals, law-related textbooks and journals, and other materials. . SIGN ON NOW.

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Quick and Dirty Westlaw For Legal Research for Paralegals

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  1. Quick and Dirty Westlaw For Legal Research for Paralegals

  2. INTRODUCTION • LEXIS and WESTLAW: • computer-assisted legal research (CALR) systems. • Online access • full texts legal materials, • newspapers and periodicals, • law-related textbooks and journals, and • other materials.

  3. SIGN ON NOW

  4. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW • Go to “Add a Tab”

  5. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW • Go to “Add a Tab” • CLICK on “Add Westlaw Tabs”

  6. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW

  7. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW Scroll down

  8. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW • Go to TABS • CLICK on “Add Westlaw Tabs” • Add New York Tab

  9. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW

  10. CUSTOMIZING WESTLAW

  11. DOING RESEARCH ON WESTLAW

  12. FINDING THINGS ON WESTLAW

  13. Finding Things On Westlaw • You are looking for law

  14. Finding Things On Westlaw • You are looking for law • Two ways to find it:

  15. Finding Things On Westlaw • You are looking for law • Two ways to find it: • Retrieve it by the cite; or

  16. Finding Things On Westlaw • You are looking for law • Two ways to find it: • Retrieve it by the cite; or • Find it by a query

  17. Finding Things On Westlaw • You are looking for law • Two ways to find it: • QUICKIES: Retrieve it by the cite; or • RESEARCH: Find it by a query

  18. QUICKIES

  19. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite

  20. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite • An attorney asks you to get a copy of:

  21. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite • An attorney asks you to get a copy of: • CPLR 3211

  22. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite • An attorney asks you to get a copy of: • CPLR 3211 • People v Price, 14 NY3d 61 (2010)

  23. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite • An attorney asks you to get a copy of: • CPLR 3211 • People v Price, 14 NY3d 61 (2010) • You can do the equivalent of getting the law off of the Westlaw bookshelf

  24. QUICKIES • You can do this if you know the cite • An attorney asks you to get a copy of: • CPLR 3211 • People v Price, 14 NY3d 61 (2010) • You can do the equivalent of getting the law off of the Westlaw bookshelf: Find by citation

  25. QUICKIES

  26. QUICKIES FIND BY CITATION

  27. QUICKIE 1 • FIND BY CITATION • Gets a document (case, statute, secondary source)

  28. QUICKIE 1 • FIND BY CITATION • Gets a document (case, statute, secondary source) • TYPE: 367 US 643

  29. QUICKIE 1 • FIND BY CITATION • Gets a document (case, statute, secondary source) • TYPE: 367 US 643

  30. RESULT

  31. RESULT

  32. RESULT

  33. RESULT

  34. RESULT

  35. YOUR TURN 1 • FIND: “384 US 436” • WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CASE?

  36. 384 US 436

  37. YOUR TURN 2 • FIND: “34 AD3d 1249” • WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CASE?

  38. 34 AD3d 1249

  39. TWO CASES ON p 1249

  40. TWO CASES ON p 1249 WHAT NOW?

  41. FIND STATUTES

  42. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00

  43. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation

  44. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  45. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  46. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  47. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  48. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  49. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number>

  50. FIND STATUTES • FIND STATUTES: New York Penal Law § 120.00 • In the “Find by Citation” box, type the statute citation • FORMULA: <state abbreviation> <statute title> <section number> • TYPE: “ny penal law 120.00"

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