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Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 24, 2010

Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 24, 2010. Outline. Internet v. Lexis, Westlaw Legal Portals and Search Engines Free Case Law/Primary Sources Forms Evaluating Web Sites Current Awareness Low Cost Lexis/WL Alternatives. Internet v. Lexis/Westlaw.

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Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 24, 2010

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  1. Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 24, 2010

  2. Outline • Internet v. Lexis, Westlaw • Legal Portals and Search Engines • Free Case Law/Primary Sources • Forms • Evaluating Web Sites • Current Awareness • Low Cost Lexis/WL Alternatives

  3. Internet v. Lexis/Westlaw • Internet is Free. No charges to clients • Some info exclusive to Internet • Municipal Ordinances • Some Court Filings • New case/regulation (within one day) • New topics/issues

  4. Internet v. Lexis/WL Benefits of Lexis, WL: • Coverage. Internet, Ohio cases back to 1950 • Better Search Mechanisms • Editorial features – headnotes, annotations • Secondary sources – treatises, practice books • Aggregate Info • Trustworthiness

  5. What’s on the Free Web • All US Supreme Court Cases • Reported Federal Appellate 1882-, Fed District 1932- • Some Unreported Fed • State cases: Reported cases from 1950-, unreported varies (1990s on) • Statutes & Regulations- federal and states • LOTS more!

  6. Internet Portals • Library Home Page – Legal Research on the Web • Public Records & People Finders • Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) • FindLaw • Other Portals

  7. Use LEGAL Search Engines • Cornell University Legal Research Engine • LexisWeb • FindLaw LawCrawler • Justia • List of Search Legal Engines

  8. Search Engines • Clustering search engines: Clusty , Ask.com • Metasearch engines: Dogpile, Clusty • Internet Wayback Machine • Learn search syntax See Web Searching Guide - Search Engines

  9. Case law • Legal Research Workstation - Case Law • Google Scholar – state reported 1950-, fed circuit/ district 1923- • Ohio Supreme Court • LexisOne – Last 10 yrs, Lexis searching • Public Library of Law - boolean • Open Jurist – fed reported appellate 1882-

  10. Demo Ohio Supreme Court case search

  11. Finding Dockets, Pleadings, Motions • LLRX or Resources for Online Court Dockets to find dockets • Some dockets have full text documents ex. Ohio – Montgomery & Summit Counties, federal courts • PACER – Federal Court dockets • On Westlaw/Lexis – more search capability

  12. Forms • Forms and Practice Materials Resource Guide

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