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Introduction to Westlaw for the Practitioner

Introduction to Westlaw for the Practitioner. As a law student, you have been trained to perform pure legal research. Most of your research has been in case law, statutes, or secondary sources. As a lawyer, you will conduct many sorts of non-legal or quasi-legal research every day.

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Introduction to Westlaw for the Practitioner

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  1. Introduction to Westlaw for the Practitioner

  2. As a law student, you have been trained to perform pure legal research. Most of your research has been in case law, statutes, or secondary sources. • As a lawyer, you will conduct many sorts of non-legal or quasi-legal research every day. • You will need to know how to do such things as • track down potential witnesses • find a company’s registered agent for service • draft an eviction notice • assess the financial strength of a company or an individual • evaluate a proposed stock offering • conduct a “due diligence” review

  3. Westlaw contains more than 17,000 databases, many of which are unfamiliar to law students. Most of these databases can be of enormous help to the practicing attorney. • A few of the databases introduced in this tour of Westlaw are not available to law students due to West’s contracts with third-party publishers. • This tour is intended to give you an overview of what materials and services you can expect from Westlaw as a practicing attorney. It is not intended to be Westlaw tutorial.

  4. My Westlaw Tab Pages for Practitioners • Forty two topical tab pages include: Bankruptcy, Due Diligence, Environmental, Health, Homeland Security, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Maritime Law, Military, Products Liability, Social Security • Litigation page • Investigation page • Public Records page You can select up to six tabbed pages by clicking My Westlaw on toolbar and checking the selections you want.

  5. Tax Tab Page: an Example of a Topical Tab Page Shortcuts 1, 2 , 3 Quick Search Tax Databases

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