WestlawNext and Lexis for Microsoft Office

If you would like to learn more about WestlawNext™ and Lexis® for Microsoft® Office, these short articles may answer some questions for you. (The CRIV Sheet is a publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, so there will be some information specifically for law librarians.)

Caren Biberman interviewed Mark Schiff, Vice President of Product Marketing at Thomson Reuters regarding the WestlawNext™ product. Some of the questions he answered included why they decided to create WestlawNext™ and how it is different from Westlaw#0174;, what the rollout schedule is for firms, corporations, law schools and public law libraries, some idea of the pricing options, and what the future of Westlaw® will be.

Amy Eaton and Marian Parker attended a demonstration and review of Lexis® for Microsoft® Office led by Darrell Huntsman, Vice President of New Products at LexisNexis. The article focuses on the product and what you can do with this "add-in application", but also includes an idea of the timeline for the first release.

Free Online Seminar: Briefs and Trial Court Documents on Westlaw.com

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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You'll learn how to:

• Leverage the pleadings, motions, and memoranda filed in similar cases to assist you in your research
• Easily find ideas and authority to use in your own arguments
• Quickly gain a better understanding of the arguments made in key precedents

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

What: WestlawNext™: Briefs and Trial Court Documents on Westlaw.com

Webinar Dates and Times:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10 a.m. CT
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 2 p.m. CT

Please register by April 26.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

WestlawNext Pricing - Simple Chart to Answer All Your Questions

Here's a follow-up on WestlawNext pricing from Greg Lambert.

3 Geeks and a Law Blog: WestlawNext Pricing - Simple Chart to Answer All Your Questions

WestlawNext Pricing

Greg Lambert of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog has managed to find some pricing information for WestlawNext. This may put a slight hitch in any excitement about Thomson Reuter's newest search service. Just a tiny impediment.

WestlawNext Pricing - Up To $3400 Per Hour!!

Free Online Seminar: WestlawNext™: See the Future of Online Research

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Online legal research took a giant leap forward with the introduction of WestlawNext - which takes online legal research from digital to human. Now you can see the future of online legal research for yourself in this informative online seminar.

Some things you'll see include:

• How one search, which you formulate in your terms, retrieves on-point results from across WestlawNext - delivered in order of relevance


• Time-saving, work-saving tools that help you analyze, organize and annotate highlight search results


• A wide variety of other breakthrough features that help you get better results - more quickly and easily - and feel confident that your research is complete
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

What: WestlawNext™: See the Future of Online Research

When: Choose a time that's convenient for you:

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 10 a.m. CT
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 2 p.m. CT

Please register by March 8.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

WestlawNext Webinars

Online legal research took a giant leap forward with the recent introduction of WestlawNext™. Come to a complimentary WestlawNext Preview Breakfast event, or learn more about WestlawNext in FREE webinars.

WestlawNext Webinars
Each webinar session lasts 30 minutes. Click on a date below to register.

Top 4 Things You Need to Know about WestlawNext
Find out which features are the "Top 4 Things" that you absolutely have to know about WestlawNext.

Tuesday, Feb. 16 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Wednesday, Feb. 17 – 12:00 noon CST
Thursday, Feb. 18 – 2:00 p.m. CST
Tuesday, Feb. 23 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Friday, Feb. 26 – 2:00 p.m. CST
Tuesday, March 2 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Wednesday, March 3 – 12:00 noon CST
Thursday, March 4 – 2:00 p.m. CST

WestSearch: the New Technology behind WestlawNext
Learn how WestSearch™ will meet you there. This session will show how WestSearch not only delivers the results you're looking for, but also ranks them by relevance.

Thursday, Feb. 18 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Thursday, Feb. 25 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Tuesday, March 2 – 12:00 noon CST

Transitioning from Westlaw to WestlawNext
See the new features and compare them to what you're familiar with in Westlaw.

Wednesday, Feb. 17 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Tuesday, Feb 23 – 12:00 noon CST
Thursday, March 4 – 10:00 a.m. CST

Organize Efficiently with WestlawNext
View WestlawNext workflow tools – such as drag-and-drop functionality, research notes, and project folders – that will change how you organize and access your research.

Tuesday, Feb. 16 – 12:00 noon CST
Friday, Feb. 26 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Wednesday, March 3 – 10:00 a.m. CST
Thursday, March 4 – 12:00 noon CST

Free Webinars on WestlawNext

WestLaw has announced free webinars for WestlawNext.

• See how one search, which you formulate in your terms, retrieves on-point results from across WestlawNext – delivered in order of relevances
• See timesaving, work-saving tools that help you analyze, organize, annotate and highlight search results.
• See a wide variety of other breakthrough features that help you get better results more quickly and easily – and feel confident that your research is complete.

Google Provides Legal Research!

On Tuesday Google officially entered the world of legal resources. You can now access full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts using Google Scholar. If you click on the Advanced Scholar Search link, you can choose to search only Wyoming cases. There are Pacific Reporter page numbers listed next to the corresponding case text and your search terms are highlighted throughout. In addition to being able to view the case, you can choose the "How Cited" tab and see "How this document has been cited", "Cited by", and "Related documents".

This blog post by Robert J. Ambrogi for the Law.com Legal Blog Watch provides an excellent overview and thoughts on how Google's entrance into the provision of legal research may or may not impact LexisNexis and Westlaw.

Free Online Seminar: Caselaw Research on Westlaw: The Power of One

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Reserve your spot today for a free online seminar that will show you how to follow a case citation from beginning to end on Westlaw.

Some tips you'll learn include::

• How to make the most of search tools to quickly find the case you're looking for
• How to find related court cases that positively or negatively affect the case you're reviewing
• How to use KeyCite Alert to retrieve new updates on materials citing your case and be automatically informed if your case is no longer good law
• How to use the Topics and Key Numbers to sharpen your searches on a specific point of law
• How ResultsPlus can provide you with extra analytical research power

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Choose a time that's convenient for you.

Webinar Times
Tuesday, August 18th at 10am CST
Thursday, August 20th at 2pm CST

Please register by August 17.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Webinar: Enhance Your Research Experience with Customizable Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Westlaw has a whole new level of customization to enhance your Westlaw experience! Now you can build and rearrange the content on your Westlaw tabs so it fits your workflow. It's just another way Westlaw helps you quickly access the information you need so you get better results faster.

Sign up for this informative online seminar that will show you how to do the following to customize your Westlaw experience:

• Drag and drop databases, database groups, and tabs so the ones you use most often are right where you want them
• Add or delete content, rename tabs, rename database groups, select display options and copy "shortcut" tools to another tab
• Create customized tabbed pages from scratch
• E-mail personalized pages to colleagues and customers
• Write on-screen sticky notes and reminders while doing your research

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up.

Webinar Times
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. (Central Time)
Thursday, August 13 @ 2:00 p.m. (Central Time)

Please register by August 10.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: BriefTools & CiteAdvisor: An Integrated Document Review System

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Sign up for this informative online seminar that will illustrate how to use West BriefTools and West CiteAdvisor to quickly and easily produce accurate and perfectly formatted legal documents.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• Assure your brief cites only good law
• Locating and leveraging internal documents that are relevant to your case or topic
• Give yourself an advantage in monitoring the status of authority that your opposition cites
• How to format legal citations within briefs, motions, decisions, opinions, and law review articles
• Selecting your jurisdiction and the formatting rules (i.e. Bluebook) you want to follow
• Building and inserting tables of authorities
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up:

Webinar Times
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 10AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2PM Central Standard Time

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: Statutes at Your Fingertips on Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw.

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Make the most of your research sessions by signing up for this online seminar that will show you how StatutesPlus and Graphical Statutes on Westlaw will help you find the statutory information you need.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• How to make the most of search tools to quickly find the statute you're looking for
  
• How to use the Links tab to locate documents that analyze your statute
  
• How to use a visual outline of prior, current and future version of statutes
  
• How to find court cases that negatively affect a statute
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up.

Webinar Times
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. (Central Time)
Thursday, June 18 @ 2:00 p.m. (Central Time)

Please register by June 15.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: BriefTools & CiteAdvisor: An Integrated Document Review System

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Sign up for this informative online seminar that will illustrate how to use West BriefTools and West CiteAdvisor to quickly and easily produce accurate and perfectly formatted legal documents.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• Assure your brief cites only good law
• Locating and leveraging internal documents that are relevant to your case or topic
• Give yourself an advantage in monitoring the status of authority that your opposition cites
• How to format legal citations within briefs, motions, decisions, opinions, and law review articles
• Selecting your jurisdiction and the formatting rules (i.e. Bluebook) you want to follow
• Building and inserting tables of authorities
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up:

Webinar Times
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 2PM Central Standard Time

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: Enhance Your Research Experience with Customizable Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Westlaw has a whole new level of customization to enhance your Westlaw experience! Now you can build and rearrange the content on your Westlaw tabs so it fits your workflow. It's just another way Westlaw helps you quickly access the information you need so you get better results faster.Sign up for this informative online seminar that will show you how to do the following to customize your Westlaw experience:

• Drag and drop databases, database groups, and tabs so the ones you use most often are right where you want them.
• Add or delete content, rename tabs, rename database groups, select display options and copy "shortcut" tools to another tab.
• Create customized tabbed pages from scratch
• E-mail personalized pages to colleagues and customers
• Write on-screen sticky notes and reminders while doing your research

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up.

Webinar Times
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. (Central Time)
Friday, May 15 @ 2:00 p.m. (Central Time)

Please register by May 12.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: Enhance Your Research Experience with Customizable Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. And if you don't have Westlaw access in your office or home, you can use the law library's free public Westlaw access!

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Westlaw has a whole new level of customization to enhance your Westlaw experience! Now you can build and rearrange the content on your Westlaw tabs so it fits your workflow. It's just another way Westlaw helps you quickly access the information you need so you get better results faster.Sign up for this informative online seminar that will show you how to do the following to customize your Westlaw experience:

• Drag and drop databases, database groups, and tabs so the ones you use most often are right where you want them.
• Add or delete content, rename tabs, rename database groups, select display options and copy "shortcut" tools to another tab.
• Create customized tabbed pages from scratch
• E-mail personalized pages to colleagues and customers
• Write on-screen sticky notes and reminders while doing your research

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

Registration is simple. Select a day and time that works best for you, then click on it to sign up.

Webinar Times
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. Central Time
Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 2:00 p.m. Central Time

Please register by April 13.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Free Online Seminar: Statutes at Your Fingertips on Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw.

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Make the most of your research sessions by signing up for this online seminar. You'll learn how StatutesPlus and Graphical Statutes on Westlaw help you to find the statutory information you need.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• How to make the most of search tools to quickly find the statute you need
  
• How to use the Links tab to locate documents that analyze your statute
  
• How to use a visual outline of prior, current and future versions of a statute
  
• How to find court cases that negatively affect a statute
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions.

Webinar Times
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 10:00 AM CST
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 2:00 PM CST

Please register by March 9.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.

Briefs and Pleadings Database Available

Have you ever wished you could read David Boies’ brief in Bush v. Gore? Well now you can delve into the briefs from that case and many others.

Selected briefs and pleadings are now a part of the free public-access Westlaw subscription available at the Wyoming State Law Library. The database includes selected items from the Tenth Circuit, the U.S. Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court as well as from the 51 state courts and DC. It’s possible to view selected Petitions for Writ of Certiorari as well. You’ll find the database on the Wyoming home page at the Westlaw sign-in under the title “Briefs.”

Free Online Webinar: Find Your Form Faster on Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. Don't forget -- you can use free public access Westlaw in the law library!

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Can't find the right form? Need a form right away but you're not sure how to find it quickly? Reserve your spot today for a free online seminar that will show you how Westlaw can help you find all the forms you need.

You'll learn how to:

• Find your form by topic, subtopic, document type, or jurisdiction
• Use search terms to pinpoint the exact form you need
• Use FormFinder on Westlaw to search hundreds of thousands of forms at once

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this email to colleagues who may be interested in the session.

Registration is easy. Just click on the date and time for your session. Space is limited, so sign up today.

Webinar Times:

Tuesday, February 10 at 10:00 AM CT
Thursday, February 12 at 2:00 PM CT

Every month West offers free webinars to legal professionals.

Please register by February 9.

Free Online Seminar: Legal Calendaring - Efficiently Manage Your Cases and Your Time!

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw. Don't forget -- you can use free public access Westlaw in the law library!

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Sign up for this informative online seminar that will show you how to use Legal Calendaring in your day-to-day work. This live seminar will show you how this software will help you to never again miss a court filing date or scheduled court appearance. Register today at no cost.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• How to apply the correct court rules by selecting a jurisdiction from a drop-down menu
• Linking directly to the governing court rule (civil rules); then how to dig deeply into the on-point content on Westlaw®
• Synchronizing your Microsoft Outlook calendar with court dates
• How to automatically recalculate all deadlines tied to a specific event when court dates change

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

When:
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:00 AM CST
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 2:00 PM CST

Please register by October 20.

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If you are interested in learning more about Westlaw Legal Calendaring and are unable to attend this webinar, please contact us at 1.800.328.0109 to arrange free one-on-one sessions.

Free Online Seminar: Statutes at Your Fingertips on Westlaw

For those of you who have Westlaw access, here's a free training opportunity from Westlaw.

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Make the most of your research sessions by signing up for this online seminar. You'll learn how StatutesPlus and Graphical Statutes on Westlaw help you to find the statutory information you need.

Some tips you'll learn include:

• How to make the most of search tools to quickly find the statute you need
  
• How to use the Links tab to locate documents that analyze your statute
  
• How to use a visual outline of prior, current and future versions of a statute
  
• How to find court cases that negatively affect a statute
  

Plus, since it's a live, interactive seminar, you'll have a chance to ask questions. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues that may be interested in the session.

When:

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 10:00 AM CST
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - 2:00 PM CST

Please register by October 6.

If you're not available for this seminar, or if you'd prefer a one-on-one teleconference regarding your specific research needs, please call 1-800-328-0109 to speak with your dedicated attorney trainer for training.