Fortunately, times have changed and lawyers in 2017 have lots of
different legal research tools to choose from at a variety of price points.
Not exact matches
My
legal research career has taken me to several
different settings in
different cities or jurisdictions, and one thing I have found interesting is that there has always been a stronger emphasis on some
tools in each of my workplaces.
In the early 80's, the Canadian Law Information Council (CLIC) noted that the «style of cause» was an important
tool to locate decisions and track judicial history in law reports, and that the lack of consistency among those prepared by
different publishers was therefore a significant hindrance to the reliability of
legal research (see Lounder, Case law reporting in Canada, 1982 and Helleiner, Standards for headnoting: case identification, CLIC, 1984).
JuriGlobe is a
research group formed by professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, which focuses on the development of a multilingual information data bank, accessible to all on the internet, containing general information relating to the
different legal systems in the world, to the
different official languages and to some of the most important international commercial conventions, as well as other multilateral commercial
tools.
This is not one
tool in particular, but entails time spent
researching and trying
different ways to innovate the
legal team, whether it's using alternative service providers, bringing in technology like AI into your systems or simply finding other ways to save money.
In this presentation, «Google Scholar and
Legal Research Tips,» Charity Anastasio, Director of Law Office Management Assistance at Maryland State Bar Association, provides a full hour of expert advice on many different free legal research t
Legal Research Tips,» Charity Anastasio, Director of Law Office Management Assistance at Maryland State Bar Association, provides a full hour of expert advice on many different free legal researc
Research Tips,» Charity Anastasio, Director of Law Office Management Assistance at Maryland State Bar Association, provides a full hour of expert advice on many
different free
legal research t
legal researchresearch tools.
I would have expected a
different emphasis at this point in the evolution of
legal research tools, particularly in relation to legislative
research and noting - up.