Remember when the cost
of legal research subscriptions went down?
For the record, Wiffen Litigation does not charge clients for the cost
of its legal research subscriptions.
Not exact matches
Beyond having a single universal search across all internal firm systems the
legal research providers are becoming more responsive to law firm needs for customizing the delivery
of subscription services.
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.
And speaking
of advancements in
legal research, we now have the Fastcase app, which is free and, even if you don't have a Fastcase
subscription, you can use it to conduct
research using your mobile device no matter where you happen to be.
That means — unless you have the sort
of subscription legal research tool that is unaffordable to most
legal aid lawyers — the only way to work out the current rules is to cross-reference the original and amending regulations.
Alison is Head
of Knowledge for Eversheds Sutherland and her role includes managing the Knowledge Team (which is responsible for
legal and business
research,
subscription resources and hardcopy library collections, supporting Insite, our internal Knowledge Management system and current awareness strategy), co-ordinating knowledge and training services for clients and developing and delivering the firm's global technical training programme.
Having just gone back into private practice at the time, I was in search
of free resources for
legal research, hoping to avoid the high cost
of a Westlaw or LexisNexis
subscription or investment in a library
of hard - bound reporters.
As
legal research subscription services like Westlaw and Quicklaw become more like Google in terms
of their user interfaces, students may think that their basic understanding
of Google searching is sufficient to meet the
legal research needs
of their future employers.
I don't want to seem too promotional
of any single vendor
of legal research products since I use all
of them and obtain no financial reward for my recommendations, but I continue to be amazed by HeinOnline, who recently announced they have over 1,100 law journals participating in their online collection (requires a
subscription, for a fee).
Mr. Spence says he does all
of his
legal research for free by visiting the library at the New York City Bar Association and taking advantage
of their
subscriptions to WestLaw and LexisNexis.
Whether it was maintaining a costly
legal library full
of books or, more recently, paying an expensive monthly
subscription to Westlaw or LexisNexis, high cost
legal research tools were a necessary expense that few law firms could avoid.
Subscription package includes enterprise access to the full portfolio
of ALM Intelligence proprietary
research and analysis on the latest trends in the industry through
Legal Compass.
New
subscription databases included: Global - Regulation; Law in Eastern Europe, World Treaty Library, Religion and the Law, Women and the Law, plus new oral histories
of FCIL librarians (via HeinOnline); Cambridge Law Reports (containing the International Law Reports and ICSID Reports online); Oxford Historical Treaties; and the Oxford
Legal Research Library (with collections on international commercial arbitration, international commercial law, financial and banking law, and private international law).
This is a nice round - up
of resources for those looking to economize, especially for
legal researchers who do not already have flat rate
subscriptions to major online
legal research services.
Apps for accessing fee - based services which were covered in Part 1 —
Legal Research in Your Pocket: Fee - based Services differ greatly from the ones covered here, in that
subscription services usually offer a greater breadth
of content.
As I see it, Google's free
legal research services won't put a dent in LEXIS or Westlaw, at least not for a long, long time,  Instead, they pose a threat to what I've collectively termed the «second city» providers like Versuslaw, Casemaker, FastCase or Loislaw. Right now, most lawyers are able to access those services for free or cheap through deals with the bars — but will bars continue to support those
subscriptions when there's a robust free option available? My heart goes out to these companies because they served as an oasis for solos when no other options, save the law library and manual
research, existed. Yet I don't see all
of them able to survive the Google onslaught.
Unlike your billing software or your
legal research subscription, there is no monthly fee for attorneys to register and be a part
of LAWCLERK ™.