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Legal Research Tools and Techniques 2022

Product ID: CJ3294
Presented By: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE

Do your research

Search engines like Google have made research so much easier, but do you know how to take your research to the next level? Legal Research Tools and Techniques is packed with strategies, tricks, and tips to get remarkably successful and time-saving results.

A top-notch team of research specialists and State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Counsel will show you how to:

  • Use advanced search templates in Google and other search engines
  • Locate case law and scholarly journals via Google Scholar
  • Discover free tools to help organize your research
  • Understand your ethical “duty to Google”
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Do your research

Search engines like Google have made research so much easier, but do you know how to take your research to the next level? Legal Research Tools and Techniques is packed with strategies, tricks, and tips to get remarkably successful and time-saving results.

A top-notch team of research specialists and State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Counsel will show you how to:

  • Use advanced search templates in Google and other search engines
  • Locate case law and scholarly journals via Google Scholar
  • Discover free tools to help organize your research
  • Understand your ethical “duty to Google”
Read More ↓

Program Chair
Beverly G. Butula

Manager of Library Services
Davis Kuelthau, S.C.
Milwaukee

Presenters
Emma E. Babler
Reference & Technology Librarian
University of Wisconsin Law Library
Madison

Carol Hassler
Web Services Librarian
Wisconsin State Law Library
Madison

Aviva Meridian Kaiser
Ethics Counsel
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison

Carol J. Schmitt
Information Resource Specialist
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, S.C.
Madison

8:30 a.m. : Advancing Your Google (and other general search engine) Prowess

  • Tips and tricks for improving online search effectiveness
  • Using advanced search templates
  • Engines beyond Google

Beverly G. Butula

9:20 a.m. : Skip Google! Start Your Research Here!

  • Wisconsin State Law Library website
  • Law school research guides

Carol Hassler

10:10 a.m. : Break

10:25 a.m. : Organize! Apps and Tools to Keep Your Research Under Control

  • Folders on Lexis and Westlaw
  • Free tool

Beverly G. Butula

11:15 a.m. : In Search of News and Scholarly Research

  • Badgerlink
  • Google Scholar/Magazines/Google News Archive
  • SSRN
  • UW Law School Digital Repository

Emma E. Babler

12:05 p.m. : Lunch (on your own)

1:05 p.m. : Wisconsin Legislative Resources

  • State Legislature Website – beyond the obvious
  • Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
    • Digital Collections
    • LRB Reports
    • Budget Bill Analysis

Carol J. Schmitt

1:55 p.m. : Conducting Legal Research Ethically

  • “Duty to Google”
  • Reliance on artificial intelligence
  • Technology competency
  • Billings trends

Aviva M. Kaiser

2:45 p.m. : Program Concludes

Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.

  • Learn how to research more strategically online
  • Save time and money by taking full advantage of free resources
  • Discover apps and tools to help organize your research
  • Conduct your legal research ethically
  • All lawyers
  • Paralegals

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