Quality legal e-books also provide one other advantage to aide productivity: embedded links to
online legal research solutions and citation verification tools.
From research support and
online legal research instruction to operations management and strategic planning, law librarians strive to meet the information challenges facing law firms, corporations, universities and government libraries.
In the 1990s, the legal market saw a move to fixed - price contracts
for online legal research, which enabled lawyers to work from their desks without visiting the library.
Join Charity as she shares tips and shows you how to harness the full power of Google Scholar and other free
online legal research tools in our webinar «Google Scholar and Free Legal Research.»
Also on the topic of researching legislation: it doesn't appear that SLAW has previously mentioned Eric Appleby's
free online Legal Research Guide to Statutes 2007 (PDF, 44 pages)(Eric is the founder of Maritime Law Book; Gary Rodrigues posted here last year on SLAW about Eric).
There are some recent decisions of the Federal Court that acknowledge the necessity of
using online legal research sources and seem positioned to allow law firms to charge reasonable disbursements for them.
Despite that, there are also recent decisions where courts do allow recovery of
online legal research costs (by the winning party against the losing party or by a law firm against their client) where the research was necessary and the cost reasonable and the search done for that specific client on a specific issue.
«We're pleased to enhance this benefit by providing MBA members free access to Fastcase — one of the largest
online legal research libraries, and the top - rated app for attorneys.»
Learn how to connect with potential clients, complete
online legal research without frustration, and systematize administrative tasks so you can spend more time practicing law.
As online legal research resources become more personalized and sophisticated, it is increasingly important that lawyers outside of major urban centres be offered such training and have access to the reference services of a trained law librarian at the local level, especially if they are to be expected to offer competent and competitive legal services to their clients.
The integration combines Ravel Law's powerful tools including interactive visualisations and analytics with Handshake Software's SP Bridge, which extends SharePoint Search to a firm's enterprise search platform and creates an environment where users can easily find and review critical firm data, firm expertise as well as on - premises and
online legal research materials.
One (relatively trivial) example I regular cite of evidence that legal research is important are the various court decisions cited in Chapter 1 of my legal research book where courts have awarded costs for
conducting online legal research.
The 2004 LawTech Canada Legal Technology Survey of 1,400 Canadian law firms and legal departments found Quicklaw to be the
leading online legal research service, with 80 per cent of respondents saying they use Quicklaw.
In what I think is the second installment of my race to catch all of you up with what I've been doing (I discussed law firm business licenses a couple of days ago), I'm here to talk today
about online legal research providers — in particular, my journey to deciding on what to do for my legal research needs.
In this episode we're joined by Alan Sugarman to talk about the landmark case that opened up access to law and ultimately resulted in more options for
online legal research today.
«The re-launched Virtual Chase features a new design, as well as
additional online legal research and community resources for law librarians and other legal professionals,» Justia founder Tim Stanley writes in a blog post.
Moderate growth is projected in each of these categories over the next year, with the exception of
online legal research which is approaching saturation.
In an era
when online legal research still required expensive and cumbersome dial - up access to Westlaw and Lexis - Nexis, VersusLaw pioneered use of the Web to offer lawyers an alternative.
National legal research and writing expert Lisa Solomon takes the rationale a step further, arguing at Legal Research and Writing Pro that firms should
treat online legal research costs as ordinary overhead expenses, which are typically rolled into an hourly rate or flat fee, rather than passed through to clients as disbursements.
The
big online legal research services have had this feature for many years; our wonderful CanLII now provides a note - up service as well.
Knott said: «We're aiming to combine our precedent library
with online legal research services from PLC so fee - earners have a single point of search.»
After all, WestlawNext is the world's most
advanced online legal research tool, and the focus of our product development — including new content, enhanced search and customization tools, as well as workflow and product integration strategies.