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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to practicing law or a seasoned pro, effective legal research is one of the cornerstones of being a successful lawyer. Throughout your career, legal research skills can help you stay abreast of evolving precedent. What is Legal Research? Why is Effective Legal Research Important?

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research. And some legal tasks are less affected by hallucinations. But vendors are working to limit hallucinations and increase trust.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 11, 2023

The post Law School Dean Wants ChatGPT Taught In Legal Research & Writing Classes appeared first on Above the Law. It's the way of the future for lawyers.

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Above The Law

JUNE 7, 2023

The post Free Speech Hypocrisy, Hot Bench Troubles, And ChatGPT Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law. Maybe the woman who called the cops on a Black birdwatcher should try using ChatGPT to make up some fake caselaw for her appeal because the real ones aren't helping.

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LLRX

AUGUST 30, 2023

The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) in legal research signifies a transformative shift. Unlike generalized models, these specialized LLMs draw from databases enriched with authoritative legal resources, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Before that, researching was much different. The post The Beginnings Of Modern Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. The feature uses ChatGPT to deliver one-paragraph summaries of court decisions, with the goal of enabling legal professionals to more quickly gauge the relevance and implications of a decision.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Read on for a strong addition to your research trail — while learning what a 'research trail' is. The post The Legal Tech-To-English Dictionary: Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The post Streamline Legal Research And Focus On Decision Making appeared first on Above the Law. LexisNexis’ Fact & Issue Finder combines AI and human-assisted search to provide digestible, thorough results.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Legal research options abound, more so than ever before. But, with legal research, the challenge of finding the right products at the right rate structure is particularly important, because legal research is still a high - number budget line item for law firms. If you want to talk legal research, we’re down.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Coding with ChatGPT: A Journey to Create A Dynamic Legal Research Aid

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LawSites

JUNE 22, 2023

A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research. The judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A.

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LLRX

APRIL 24, 2021

In his review Jerry Lawson recommends Internet Legal Research on a Budget: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Lawyers, 2nd Edition as the single best resource he knows for lawyers interested in exploring how to cut legal research expenses by trying and using free or inexpensive legal information.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Thomson Reuters has launched Westlaw Precision, its most dramatic update to the Westlaw research platform since Westlaw Edge in 2018. For this new version, Westlaw tackled the underlying issues that slow down legal research — namely lack of precision in search results, which leads to extra hours reviewing cases that aren’t relevant.

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2023

Unique Global Breadth vLex has been unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. Its platform includes Vincent, an AI-powered legal research assistant that analyzes legal documents that users upload and finds relevant search results. It works in both English and Spanish.

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C|M|LAW Library

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The C|M|Law Library provides numerous Legal Research Seminars to help you get up to speed. Our Legal Research Seminars are available online as a “Course” on the Westlaw TWEN platform. C|M|Law students may also complete the quiz accompanying each Legal Research Seminar to earn points.

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Above The Law

JULY 14, 2021

Why spend all that money on fancy legal research tools?

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LLRX

MAY 23, 2021

Jerry Lawson highly recommends Ann Walsh Long’s new book, A Short & Happy Guide to Advanced Legal Research. Long's book offers good ideas about balancing quality, speed and expense, as well as a wealth of other insights on improving online legal research.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Crutchfield discusses the ins and outs of VitalLaw and how it’s helping lawyers change the way they approach legal research. The post How VitalLaw Is Transforming Legal Research: An Interview With VP Ken Crutchfield Of Wolters Kluwer appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It took a lot for modern legal research to develop. The post What It Takes To Build An Online Legal Research Tool appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Researching Paralegal

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Basic Legal Research – Terms and Connectors Searching, by Northern Illinois University College of Law, David C. When you do online legal research, do you have the luxury of time to poke around or do you have to get in, find what you need, and get out as fast as you can? Shapiro Memorial Law Library.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 “We have found attorneys doing legal research on Parallel Search save 11.5 Related: LawNext: Casetext’s Founders on their Quest to Make Legal Research Affordable.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Oakley Capital, a major European private equity investor, has acquired majority ownership of vLex , the international legal research platform. vLex is unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. See: Vincent Joins CARA, EVA and Clerk as the Latest AI-Driven Research Assistant. .

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LawSites

JUNE 28, 2022

A new legal research service has quietly launched, targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms, but what is not obvious from the service’s website is that the company behind it was formed as a subsidiary of RELX, the parent company of LexisNexis. “It was created by Legal InQuery Solutions Inc.,

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C|M|LAW Library

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Want to practice your legal research skills and learn some new ones? Well if you answered yes, you should get a Lexis Legal Research Certification. The certification is an excellent way to prove you can perform online legal research efficiently and effectively to potential employers.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Just four years after launching Westlaw Edge as its next-generation legal research platform, Thomson Reuters today unveiled the next-next generation. Tackling Tedious and Imprecise Research. Or is, as Dahn suggested, all this editorial work simply laying the groundwork for a new wave of AI in legal research?

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 5, 2021

Fastcase and Casemaker, two competing legal research companies that have previously faced off in litigation, announced Tuesday that they have merged. The companies have also…

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The Researching Paralegal

APRIL 26, 2020

Legal Research Demystified, by Eric Voight, Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Faulkner University. I have a new favorite legal research textbook and reference guide for law and paralegal students — Legal Research Demystified. link] (table of contents and a sample chapter).

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

Recently, I reported here on the “quiet” launch of a new legal research service, Decisis , targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms. With the acquisition, Fastcase became the sole legal research provider for the bar associations of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S.

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LawSites

JANUARY 18, 2022

The international legal research service vLex said today it has partnered with some of the world’s leading news publishers to launch a new Global News product on its platform. . vLex is unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 “We have found attorneys doing legal research on Parallel Search save 11.5 Related: LawNext: Casetext’s Founders on their Quest to Make Legal Research Affordable.

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LegalTalkNetwork

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Practice tips: How negotiation steers healthy relationships & how to save $$ on legal research. At a time when lawyers and everyone else is paying attention to the bottom line, authors experts Carole Levitt and Judy Davis share when it’s best to use free legal research databases over expensive paid options.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Once upon a time, in a magical city called San Francisco, three former lawyers came together to develop an innovative legal research platform, as an alternative to traditional legal research services such as Thomson Reuters Westlaw and LexisNexis. They called their new company Casetext.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Legal Research and Writing In my first year of studying Paralegal Studies, my school provided us with Westlaw/LexisNexis (legal research software) that we used for legal research purposes. which provided me with a comprehensive understanding of the legal system and procedures.

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LawSites

JANUARY 18, 2022

The international legal research service vLex said today it has partnered with some of the world’s leading news publishers to launch a new Global News product on its platform. . vLex is unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The news is that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is rebranding its flagship Cheetah legal research platform on Monday as VitalLaw, a name that Ken Crutchfield , vice president and general manager of legal markets, told me better reflects the mission of the platform and better resonate with with customers. .

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