Sentences with phrase «of legal research tools»

There are clearly benefits to using a variety of legal research tools.

Just as we can't look at the engine of a Tesla and expect to apply what we learned fixing our 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger, we will eventually have to abandon any pretense of applying research methodologies built around print as the basis upon which we evaluate the effectiveness and quality of the next generation of legal research 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.

Rather, the use cases and impact reviewed indicate that tools like ROSS Intelligence more closely represent a significant iteration in the continuing evolution of legal research tools that began with the launch of digital databases of authorities and have continued through developments in search technologies.

«This is the most powerful suite of legal research tools in the world to find what's most important.»

A review of the legal research tool in it's new mobile format.

Not exact matches

The CanExport program also supports export development projects through an array of activities, ranging from legal support and IP protection to custom market research and creation of marketing tools.

Blake Masters is co-founder of Judicata, a technology startup that builds tools for legal research and analysis.

SAN FRANCISCO (September 13, 2007)-- Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent research and proxy advisory firm, today announced the launch of the ESG Watch List Service, a tool that enables Glass Lewis» proxy voting clients to track companies with environmental, social, or governance (ESG) policies and / or practices that may create operational, performance, financial, legal, accounting or reputational risks.

Searching is a big part of legal research, and I may be wrong about how much share google has in it, but the couple of lawyers I know well enough to say use tools that I doubt are counted in trends.

While the policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default» policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and research.

Despite an explosion of research on the use of brain scans and other tools of science to help better determine a person's guilt or innocence, experts at a AAAS - organized discussion said hopes that neuroscience might transform the legal system are unrealistic for now.

Backed by the technology of LexisNexis, a computer - assisted research legal and business tool, the Searchmate team can perform ID checks and financial fraud checks to ensure everyone is who they say they are.

The guidelines will provide for a sequential course of study for each of the grades kindergarten through 12 and must include, at a minimum, the following: (1) knowledge of the research process and how information is created and produced; (2) skills in using information resources and critical thinking about those resources; (3) the abilities to evaluate information critically and competently, to recognize relevant primary and secondary information, and to distinguish among facts, points of view, and opinions; (4) access to information and information tools; and (5) an understanding of economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and how to use information ethically and legally.

But, a basically aesthetic motivation that mostly matters to people who make up a tiny portion of the main users of the product (non-lawyers) that poses multiple threats to how statutes will be located using legal research tools, and how it will be interpreted once located, means that reorganizing statutes is not something to be done lightly.

The New York State Bar Association last week unveiled a new, web - based application called LawHUB, designed to streamline all of its legal content, research, and practice management tools onto members» smartphones, tablets and computers.

Just as digital legal research methods have come to dominate paper - based methods in terms of speed and effectiveness, AI - based tools represent the next step in the evolution of legal research.

«These findings indicate clear advantages resulting from the addition of the ROSS tool to electronic legal research involving traditional tools,» the report concludes.

And of course, we can render law review article results in the Interactive Timeline, our first - of - its - kind data visualization tool for legal research.»

«In the long - term we want to leverage the power of the legal brief to create collaborative tools and predictive analytics to help lawyers (especially solo practitioners) more effectively conduct legal research.»

Tomorrow, LexisNexis Legal & Professional will announce a new, enhanced version of Lexis for Microsoft Office, an application that provides direct access to Lexis research and citation tools and Web search tools from directly within Microsoft Word and Outlook.

The specialized legal research tools — and the whole framework of legal information — has been foreign to many or most of the students before the preceding month or two.

Does having those insights in respect of algorithms used in research tools mean legal researchers will be immediately comfortable putting their faith in the tool?

There are traditional legal research tools that parse the numerical information in court judgments into statistical information to guide decision making in certain types of matters.

In a post here two months ago, I reported on the launch by legal research service Fastcase of a new publishing arm called Full Court Press that will produce law journals, legal treatises, deskbooks, forms, checklists and workflow tools.

From completing your online legal research without frustration, to templates and how - to transactional insights, you need the right tools to be the best of the best.

I wrote previously about CuroLegal's development of a site for the New York State Bar Association, LawHUB, designed to streamline member access to all of its legal content, research, and practice management tools.

You are probably already using some form of cloud computing on a daily basis; any web - based email service is considered cloud computing, and online legal research tools like Westlaw and LexisNexis are really the original SaaS software delivering legal research via the web.

Missing however, from the self - congratulatory posts, rationalizations for incomplete case law databases, and the unfulfilled promise of expanding its meagre coverage of secondary, was any realistic critique of what had been achieved and what remains to be done if it is to become a useful tool for legal research.

A simple comparison of CANLII databases with the legal research databases offered by LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters shows that CANLII is not a serious tool for legal research.

Performing legal research is an important and unavoidable aspect of the practice of law, but the costs of using the largest commercial legal research tools (namely, Westlaw and Lexis) are -LSB-...]

The myriad of the Rules of Court and the flood of Forms dominate the cycle of all lawyers and Judges, and this is the toughest area for SRL»S to navigate and prepare because they have jobs and do not have the luxury of unlimited resources such as; a) Client Money b) Office supplies c) Secretaries d) Legal Assistants e) The latest in research tools at their disposal.

The search box has replaced most print finding tools for legal research, and lawyers conduct most of their research electronically.

In short, the more that students know about legal analysis, the more confidently they will approach the research process, regardless of the tools they use or the order in which they use them.

The law, a discipline rooted in texts, entered the world of computerized legal research with full - text tools.

Students get all the benefits of articling at a large firm (legal research tools, varied work assignments and a rich educational program) while enjoying the culture and feel of a much smaller firm (work / life balance, a friendly, collegial atmosphere and a true «open - door» policy from the most junior associates to the most senior partners).

Confusion about the difference between legal research and legal analytics may stem from lawyers» deep familiarity with legal research or lack of familiarity with the new tool of legal analytics.

So while smaller players might make good use of plug and play legal research AI tools, they won't at least in the foreseeable future be able to take advantage of other AI tools.

I think it's an amazing legal research tool that can adapt to the constraints of solo practitioners as well as whole firms.

There are a number of newly - published - or - soon - to - be published new editions or new titles in the Canadian legal literature that caught my eye as being useful research tools.

There is no doubt that JDSupra is one of the top places for lawyers to be seen and an important legal research tool.

I've been out of the loop for a little while and just happened on EVA the free AI - based legal research tool that ROSS Intelligence made available earlier this year.

To read more about the use of visualization tools in legal research, see my ABA Journal article, Visual Law Services are Worth A Thousand Words — and Big Money.

The new tool became available today as part of a package of updates to the LexisNexis legal research service Lexis Advance.

Panel on new tools for legal research included Jake Heller, CEO of Casetext; Daniel Lewis, CEO of Ravel; Andrew Arruda, CEO of ROSS Intelligence; Susan Nevelow Mart, library director at the University of Colorado Law School; and Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase.

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.

If that creates a sufficient connection to one of SLAW's themes of legal research then I have justified the true purpose of this Friday fillip: Immediately go to http://www.simpsonsmovie.com (and click «Enter the Site») and click on the link to create your own Simpsons character (or «avatar») using simple - to - use online tools.

This is a story that almost has it all: fast food, research tools, and the whiff of legal challenge.

In the second post, we took a closer look at how legal research and ediscovery are being impacted by AI; and in this final installment, we'll take a look at other AI tools and companies at work in areas of law today.

The good legal research checklist is probably one tool of many that a law librarian could bring to the legal researcher early in the game.