Stephann Makri, A Study of Legal Information Seeking Behaviour to Inform the Design
of Electronic Legal Research Tools, 1 PROC.
The use
of electronic legal research (through services like Quicklaw or Westlaw in Canada) is almost a necessity in modern litigation.
Flexibility has become even more critical given the rapid evolution
of electronic legal research platforms.
Not exact matches
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and instruction.
The Great Library serves the
legal information needs
of Law Society
of Ontario licensees and other
legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection
of electronic and print resources, and by providing
legal research assistance and instruction.
«These findings indicate clear advantages resulting from the addition
of the ROSS tool to
electronic legal research involving traditional tools,» the report concludes.
Last year's Law Librarian Survey from The American Lawyer revealed that 31 percent
of law firm librarians were moving in the direction
of choosing a single
electronic legal research vendor, up from 18 percent the year before.
Chicago - Kent College
of Law, for example, has been experimenting with digital casebooks since the 1990s.160 Other professors argue that reading in digital format is inevitable.161 In general, those who call for more integration
of technology into
legal education suggest, besides digital textbooks, the use
of online course management; use
of listservs, blogs, and email to facilitate collaboration and communication outside
of class; and the use
of video - based instruction and
electronic legal research aids.
The same could be true
of the next generation
of lawyers and their current
legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames
of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure
of legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid
research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many
of them regard our
legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive
electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist
legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst
of all — a trip to a print library.7 Indeed, many
of them are downright «mistrustful both
of physical libraries and
of those who extol their virtues.»
As noted, the task
of collecting information isn't always amenable to sequential ordering, especially in an
electronic environment.107 Even so, recognizing and categorizing
legal authority is critically important to
legal research — and to sound
legal analysis.
Where books put concrete corners around information,
electronic sources can seem to present the same information as seamlessly connected.36 Quite often, Internet researchers care less about the nature
of the information source than they do about its content.37 And even the fee - based
legal research providers no longer require researchers to make source selections at the outset.
To celebrate publishing the first digital volume
of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, the Board of Editors invited a distinguished group of librarians, textbook authors and research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new electronic technology has brought to legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
Legal Writing: The Journal
of the
Legal Writing Institute, the Board of Editors invited a distinguished group of librarians, textbook authors and research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new electronic technology has brought to legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
Legal Writing Institute, the Board
of Editors invited a distinguished group
of librarians, textbook authors and
research scholars to contribute essays addressing the changes that new
electronic technology has brought to
legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching legal rese
legal research, libraries, publishing and teaching
legal rese
legal research.
Given the changing landscape
of technology and the availability
of electronic sources, what has changed in the way you think about the nature
of legal research?
My early encounters with
electronic legal researchbefore becoming a librarian are quaint recollections — my law firm's one Lexis terminal, a behemoth console squirreled away in a tiny electrical closet where searchers, wedged in the closet's doorway, gaveliteral expression to being at the threshold
of computerized
research, or mind - boggling speculation that somedayeach lawyer, at least atthe most prosperous firms, might have a Lexis or Westlaw terminal at hervery own desk.
Of course, there was a time (long ago) when electronic research truly was at odds with traditional views of how legal research should be conducte
Of course, there was a time (long ago) when
electronic research truly was at odds with traditional views
of how legal research should be conducte
of how
legal research should be conducted.
[54] Counsel for Nordbank claims a total amount
of $ 1,615.15 (Quicklaw: $ 1006.89 and Westlaw Carswell: $ 608.26) for
electronic legal research.
An active program
of research and development should be sponsored by governmental bodies that issue primary
legal materials to develop new standards and solutions to challenges presented by the
electronic distribution
of definitive primary
legal materials.
In consideration
of the fact that no clear justification has been provided to substantiate the amount claimed and the fact that I regard
legal computerized
research, unless otherwise proven, as office overhead expense as it compares to the subscription services law firms library had to maintain in the past and which were also considered office overhead, the disbursements claimed for
electronic legal research are not allowed.
GlobaLex, an
electronic legal collection run by the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University School
of Law, recently published a
Research Guide on International Health Law.
According to reference and
electronic services librarian Bonnie Shucha, the blog will report on new Web
research resources and technologies,
legal research news, announcements
of local workshops and events, and more.
In this current
electronic age there are even more resources available (at no cost) for conducting
legal research online than ever before (for example, there is now the CanLii system and our own court's website — which includes the vast majority
of the court's written reasons issues since 1999, at least).
A complimentary
electronic legal research newsletter for clients and friends of National Legal Research G
legal research newsletter for clients and friends of National Legal Researc
research newsletter for clients and friends
of National
Legal Research G
Legal ResearchResearch Group.
We've seen this occur in
legal research, in e-discovery,
electronic filing, and in trial software, and it will continue at an ever - increasing pace in other areas
of the law.
They include airfare in the amount
of $ 398.00 and online
electronic legal research in the amount
of $ 606.00.
[7] The plaintiff is not entitled to a disbursement for
legal research: using
legal research techniques such as searching
of electronic data bases or using
legal researchers presumably reduces the fee for preparation that is already built into the tariff.
This list excludes the excellent AI work being done for
electronic discovery and
legal research, as well as IBM's Outside Counsel Insights (OCI) and other «business
of law» work.
That may have been the case in the early days, but now the sophistication
of the online databases and computer technology make
electronic research equal if not superior for
legal research in almost every case.
One was the seemingly neverending question
of how to encourage students (or the Google generation) to use print materials (and also as contrasted to
electronic versions
of print products, as John notes) in their
research; another example was in a panel discussion among
legal publisher representatives about the future
of print.
lexis is our professional content management lexis is the study
of vocabulary in lexis is no more available lexis is an online service that provides a wide range
of full lexis is focus lexis is available to all law students lexis is closed or phone line is bad lexis is a library with newspaper lexis is available via the web for students at www lexis is http lexis is a 5 year old tri girl lexis is a large
electronic database lexis is available from the albert sloman library website at lexis is an exciting and challenging new word game that can be played by sighted lexis is arranged hierarchically into libraries and files lexis is available via the internet at http lexis is working on the displayed request lexis is my goodest friend from back in the day lexis is not such a great form
of researching lexis is under new hardline lexis is a
legal research database paid for by the paralegal department at the university
of great falls lexis is a privately owned company and its top management consists
of the owners who are also investors lexis is a strange mix
of the three games lexis is available in the tax learning center lexis is launching a major transition
of their billing system lexis is giving the student a biased perspective on the
research lexis is offering appellate advocacy training the week
of september 16th lexis is now offering prizes for attending class lexis is an idea that crosses tetris with scrabble lexis is available on the web at http lexis is american in origin lexis is formalized below using syntactic metalanguage lexis is one
of the world's leading online
legal research service designed for use by lawyers and accountants lexis is «a good lexis is available to all qut staff and students for 2002 lexis is not an expert system giving you the answer to a problem lexis is feeling the sting
of competition and decided it had to have a better web lexis is updated daily lexis is one
of the two standard law data bases and provides full text
of almost all
legal decisions in the united states and several european countries lexis is a computer lexis is a computer assisted
legal research service that provides access to databases covering primary and secondary
legal and lexis is a massive collection
of legal databases which includes over 650 full text
legal journals lexis is a massive collection
of legal and news databases owned by reed elsevier lexis is a collection
of full lexis is beschikbaar op de publieks lexis is available at the public pc in front
of the information desk on the 1st floor lexis is made up
of a number
of different databases lexis is available via the university dial lexis is te vergelijken met een zelfstandige juridische bibliotheek op het gebied van amerikaans recht lexis is a comprehensive online information service containing the full text
of legislation and case lexis is the most comprehensive site for online
legal research lexis is blind and will need special care lexis is not a common term but is primarily associated with the services offered by complainant lexis is a paper exchange programme that our department participates in with several english departments in ontario and quebec lexis is and particularly how it is different from «vocabulary lexis is the basis
of language lexis is probably less well known lexis is now advertising lexisone on law lexis is continued until graduation lexis is determined to carry on with similar community projects for future lexis is used extensively to provide
legal information lexis is closed or lexis is a french lexis is only permitted lexis is less sophisticated than westlaw lexis is concerned lexis is designed to keep out
of the way
of the candidate as much as possible lexis is open to all areas
of literary study lexis is available from most
of the other subject categories as well lexis is remarkably homogenous in nature lexis is similar to westlaw in coverage lexis is licensed by west group to use its star pagination system lexis is an exciting new twist on the «falling blocks» classic concept familiar to most gamers lexis is free and unlimited lexis is restricted to educational use only lexis is great for ferreting out story ideas and background
research lexis is owned by darlene zapp & willis alford
of fairbury lexis is a large collection
of computerised
legal information lexis is a full text database covering a wide range
of legal information sources including case law lexis is a good starting point lexis is a
legal information retrieval system lexis is giving away 100 lexis is introduced by a full colour illustration which means the learner will remember the word much more easily lexis is a
legal information system lexis is prepared to offer the same kind
of limited password as westlaw for first lexis is available to people with lexis passwords lexis is known as star pagination lexis is an amazing twist on the classic «falling blocks» game concept lexis is easier via the web than via its graphical software lexis is a literal search engine lexis is better for that lexis is a full range market
research institute which operates on
Specifically,
legal case
research, once conducted exclusively through the use
of print - based resources (reporter volumes, case digests, treatises), is now conducted primarily through searches
of electronic legal databases.
& PROCESS 309, 313 (2000) M. ETHAN KATSH, THE
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND THE TRANSFORMATION
OF LAW 17 — 48 (1988) Robert Berring,
Legal Research and
Legal Concepts: Where Form Molds Substance, 75 CAL.
In the
electronic world and dealing with folks who don't have knowledge
of legislation nor
legal research, they will easily just inform others that an online audit trail
of electronic user activity and multiple versions, is good enough.
Lee F. Peoples, «The Death
of the Digest and the Pitfalls
of Electronic Research: What Is the Modern
Legal Researcher to Do?»
Legal Realism Unpublished Decisions, Non-Citation Rules, and Federal Rule
of Appellate Procedure 32.1 Existing Legal Scholarship and Empirical Data A DETAILED COMPARISON OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC RESEARCH PROCESSES — IDENTIFYING SALIENT DIFFERENCES Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Appellate Procedure 32.1 Existing
Legal Scholarship and Empirical Data A DETAILED COMPARISON
OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC RESEARCH PROCESSES — IDENTIFYING SALIENT DIFFERENCES Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
OF PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC RESEARCH PROCESSES — IDENTIFYING SALIENT DIFFERENCES Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity i
ELECTRONIC RESEARCH PROCESSES — IDENTIFYING SALIENT DIFFERENCES Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in
RESEARCH PROCESSES — IDENTIFYING SALIENT DIFFERENCES
Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity i
Electronic Researchers Are Not Guided by Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers with Respect to Identifying Relevant Theories, Principles, and Cases
Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity i
Electronic Researchers Do Not Encounter and Interpret Individual Cases Through the Lens
of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Key System Information to the Same Extent as Print Researchers
Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity i
Electronic Researchers Are Exposed to More — and Different — Case Texts than Print Researchers COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - DERIVED PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF A CHANGED RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
OF A CHANGED
RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in
RESEARCH PROCESS: DIVERSITY IN FRAMING AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS Principles and Theories
of Cognitive Psychology Influence of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Cognitive Psychology Influence
of Labeling Influence of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Labeling Influence
of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Categories Confirmatory Bias and Selective Information Processing Application
of Cognitive Psychology Principles to Legal Research Diversity in Framin
of Cognitive Psychology Principles to
Legal Research Diversity in
Research Diversity in Framing.
J. 338, 344 (1996) Lee F. Peoples, The Death
of the Digest and the Pitfalls
of Electronic Research: What Is the Modern
Legal Researcher To Do?
Please refer to the Cost Effective
Electronic Legal Research section
of this page.
Blue Hill's
research indicated «clear advantages resulting from the use
of ROSS to supplement traditional
electronic legal research practices», ultimately concluding that the ROSS A.I. tool can «unlock new gains in the efficient and profitable operation
of legal organizations, as well as create opportunities for new revenue gain.»
And rightfully so, as this «technology competency» requirement (now adopted by the majority
of states, including Illinois as
of January 1, 2016) means lawyers may not bury their head in the sand when it comes to eDiscovery or using
electronic resources for
legal research or even having and maintaining an understanding
of technology in general.
Law librarians assist attorneys, students, staff, and library patrons on the use
of legal and business
research resources and facilitate cost - effective
legal research through their extensive knowledge
of print and
electronic media.
When respondents were asked for their perspectives on AI and its effect on the
legal industry, 71 % predicted it would have the biggest impact on
electronic discovery in the areas
of case assessment and predictive coding (TAR), coming in next at 41 % was document automation, followed by
legal research (40 %), contract analysis / automation (34 %), and case / outcome prediction (24 %).
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 12/19/2005, Carswell (www.carswell.com), Canada's leading provider
of specialized information and
electronic research solutions to the
legal, tax, finance, accounting and human resources markets, today announced the launch
of Epstein & Madsen's This Week in Family Law.
While law libraries are not extinct,
electronic legal research prevails as the most common method
of legal research.
Such support services can be created for every kind
of work or service that law firms find difficult to make earn a profit, e.g.,
legal research and
electronic discovery.
The FCIL - SIS
Electronic Research Interest Group is updating the Jumpstart guide list of FCIL experts and generalists willing to help other librarians with foreign, comparative, and international legal research qu
Research Interest Group is updating the Jumpstart guide list
of FCIL experts and generalists willing to help other librarians with foreign, comparative, and international
legal research qu
research questions.
Is it possible to communicate the fine balancing
of the use
of paper and
electronic that makes
legal research an art and not a science?
See Lee F. Peoples, «The Death
of the Digest and the Pitfalls
of Electronic Research: What is the Modern
Legal Researcher to Do?»
Train lawyers, students, staff and others on the use
of Internet - based
legal research programs and emerging
electronic resources.
Berring is the author
of several texts on
legal research and has written extensively about the conversion
of information from print to
electronic form.