Susannah has been a legal information columnist on Slaw since 2010 and has a wealth of experience in
the legal research field:
In recent years, crowdsourcing websites such as Avvo and Jurify have attempted to revolutionize
the legal research field.
But I was wondering if you had any suggestions for getting back up to speed after being away from
the legal research field, perhaps on a parental leave, medical leave or sabbatical.
And so it is with Google's entry into
the legal research field with its announcement yesterday that Google Scholar now allows users to search full - text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts.
Not exact matches
Our twice - monthly Employee Ownership Update keeps you on top of the news in this
field, from
legal developments to breaking
research.
Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging
field of ESG
research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk of brand impairment,
legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.
In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM
fields), a federal commitment to
research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and
legal policy.
But they say Hare's use of
legal threats has at best subverted the peer review process that is the crux of modern scientific progress, and could at worst encourage junior researchers in the
field of forensic psychology to pursue other lines of
research.
But in the end, I found my true passion in a
field I didn't know existed: the ethical,
legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomic
research.
Stem cells are the great therapeutic promise of the century, and this evolving
field of
research and medicine brings with it many
legal, ethical and psychological issues that must be discussed by society as a whole.
On one side, the development of computer software that can handle and automate complex activities such as
legal research and IT support now mean that white - collar
fields once considered the ways to reaping a middle - class living may disappear into the ether.
His teaching is primarily in the
fields of Aboriginal law and
legal theory, and his
research work is entirely concerned with these two realms (and their intersection).
As you've undoubtedly seen, many in our
legal information and
research fields are also seeking support, and those of us who are able may wish to consider support to one or more of these organizations also.
In 2010, a new chair, the
Legal information Chair, is established to ensure the long term continuation of research activities in the field of legal information and legal information sys
Legal information Chair, is established to ensure the long term continuation of
research activities in the
field of
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legal information systems;
Second, my approach would improve
legal scholarship because the only people producing scholarship would be those who are highly skilled in doing
research (and who therefore understand the difference between
research and advocacy) and the scholarship would be evaluated in the same way as scholarship in other academic
fields.
I blogged earlier today about how Fastcase is disrupting the
legal publishing
field, providing free access to core
legal research materials.
JD Supra: the newest entrant into the
field of law firm content distribution is JD Supra, which intends to serve as a resource for the media to find lawyers with a proven track record and experience in
legal issues they are
researching.
This part first locates empirical methods within the existing
fields of
legal writing scholarship and then offers an overview of the three empirical
research strategies: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
research.
LexisNexis literally invented the
field of online
legal research.
Author: David Bilinsky is the practice management adviser and staff lawyer for the Law Society of British Columbia and also authors Thoughtful
Legal Management; Laura Calloway is director of the Practice Management Assistance Program at the Alabama State Bar; Shaunna Mireau manages the law library at
Field Law in Edmonton, Canada, and also authors Shaunna Mireau on Canadian
Legal Research; Dan Pinnington is director of practicePRO, a claims prevention initiative at the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Co. of Toronto and also contributes to «Avoid a Claim» Blog.
In my early months in the
field of
legal research practice I discovered the usefulness of ALRI reports and working / discussion papers, primarily because Alberta was undergoing a major revision of its limitation of actions legislation, and sessions were hosted to introduce the Bar to the then - forthcoming changes.
The surprising
research that supports this is one reason you should take more criminal cases and if you are a new law school graduate choosing a
legal field you should consider criminal law.
Google's entry into the
field of
legal research is definitely a game changer for the entire
legal industry.
The team at Casetext has been working hard over the past few years to offer a superior
legal research tool that will eventually eliminate the need for legacy search tools, level the playing
field and make lawyers and law firms more efficient.
The technology to automate the production of headnotes (for example) will continue to improve, and since that technology will have much wider application (in parsing communication more generally as part of advancement in the
fields of human - machine interaction and artificial intelligence
research), it is unlikely that commercial
legal reporting services will end up controlling that technology.
Daily routine in the trenches of an active
legal research practice affords little time for exploring technological innovations in the
legal field.
And, (as of August 2017), a
legal tech company called BestOne Information & Technology Co., Ltd has gained some attention in the
field of
legal research and is understood to be using AI technology.
In Central Europe, visualizing
legal information has developed into a
research field in its own right.
In addition, back in the
field of court - oriented ODR, the demise of the Rechtwijzer may prove to be but a temporary setback, the failure of an early adopter with too cumbersome a structure that involved a US software house, a Dutch
legal aid funder and an internationally oriented
research institution.
Obvious areas where this is already being used in the
legal field are in patent prosecution and
legal research.
As such, I think there is still much work to be done in the
field of Advanced
Legal Research in our law schools.
An assigned experienced
research team reviews case history and firm expertise on the targeted
field of practice taking into account specialized state variances on the
legal issues.
On our end, before I even launch the Cyberjustice Laboratory initiative, I had a chance to
research and also collaborate with different experts nationally and internationally on several topics related to the tech -
legal field.
Anybody here care to tell me in what * relevant * way the * process * of
legal research differs from
research in any other recognized
field of learning?
From that point, the committee dug in for a great deal of
research: looking at accreditation standards in other
fields of professional education, studying the work of regional and national accreditation commissions outside
legal education, and reviewing submissions by groups such as the Society for the Advancement of Law Teaching.
The Association promotes science and
research, as well as European and international communication, in the
legal technology
field and its neighboring disciplines.
That is the issue broadly addressed in this Special Issue on the Semantic Web for the
Legal Domain, overviewing the work carried out over the last fifteen years, and seeking to foster new
research in this
field, beyond the state of the art.
Bob Ambrogi: Eric, I think one of the questions that a lot of people wonder about is how do lawyers start to trust AI as a solution for
legal research and other applications in the
legal field, what do you say to that?
Cross-national teaching and
research infrastructure in the
legal field.
More specifically, AI will continue to push
legal technology in the fields of Legal Research (with, e.g., virtual Legal Research assistants), Contract Review, Security, and E-Discovery (see furt
legal technology in the
fields of
Legal Research (with, e.g., virtual Legal Research assistants), Contract Review, Security, and E-Discovery (see furt
Legal Research (with, e.g., virtual
Legal Research assistants), Contract Review, Security, and E-Discovery (see furt
Legal Research assistants), Contract Review, Security, and E-Discovery (see further).
ICRL's Target Audience The quarterly journal addresses everyone who is concerned with chemical law and policy issues such as academics (in the
field of (law, biologists, biochemists, chemists and pharmacists and other relevant
research fields),
legal practitioners in national and international law firms offering their services to businesses in the EU and globally, government officials working in public administrations and other relevant policy - making and enforcement bodies, Legal experts and judges in domestic, European and international courts as well as consultancies and business professio
legal practitioners in national and international law firms offering their services to businesses in the EU and globally, government officials working in public administrations and other relevant policy - making and enforcement bodies,
Legal experts and judges in domestic, European and international courts as well as consultancies and business professio
Legal experts and judges in domestic, European and international courts as well as consultancies and business professionals.
She said her initial
research was focused on BigLaw, but a new round of
research done in conjunction with the ABA's Grit Project has expanded the findings across the
legal field.
We welcome articles that extend the definitional boundaries of
legal writing, as well as those seek to improve pedagogy and scholarship in the
field through interdisciplinary and empirical
research.
Legal writing was not then a fully - formed or recognized discipline, but a journal — we thought — could help provide it with a foundation for
research, inquiry, and scholarly exchange in what we hoped would become an emerging and exciting
field.
Michele shares her insights and
research into what is happening in the
field of
legal innovation, her thoughts on law firm incubators, access to justice and what students are considering now in their careers.
George Gopen was also interested in how readers respond to
legal writing, but his perspective was less empirical and more grounded in principles from rhetoric and linguistics — two
fields that offered promise for further
research for our discipline.
In her Ph.D.
research, Rebecca is working towards an understanding of what insights from the
field of critical studies and cultural theory of girls studies can bring to law and
legal studies.
The law school teaches in small groups and the academics are leading
legal scholars who are experts in their
fields of
research.
Lisa Soloman of
Legal Research & Writing Pro responded that she wanted to kick - start her search engine ranking, but also remain in a position as an expert in the
field.
Legal Evolution will draw on Henderson's own applied research into the legal field, an experience he said provided him with insights into the market he would not have obtained if his work only focused on acad
Legal Evolution will draw on Henderson's own applied
research into the
legal field, an experience he said provided him with insights into the market he would not have obtained if his work only focused on acad
legal field, an experience he said provided him with insights into the market he would not have obtained if his work only focused on academia.