Does your firm have a research plan? Lawyers now have access to more research tools available than ever before. How do you choose between the multitude of tools out there while balancing costs, diligence, and time? For the best results, law firms need a research plan. Join Clio's Lawyer in Residence, Joshua Lenon, and Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase, as they explain these steps to taking your legal research to the next level. In this free, hour-long webinar, you will learn about: - How to effectively use local and state resources; - Modern search engines and how they are changing research; - Academic publishing value to law firms; and - Tools that will enable attorneys to complete research with ease.

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AdvancedLegal Research
Joshua Lenon – Clio
Ed Walters - Fastcase

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Instructors
Joshua Lenon
• Lawyer in Residence at Clio
• Attorney Admitted in New York
Ed Walters
• CEO of Fastcase
• Instructor at Georgetown Law
• Not a robot

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Agenda
• Research Plans (5 minutes)
• Alternative Sources for Legal Information (15 minutes)
• Modern Legal Search Engines (30 minutes)
• Integrating Legal Research (5 minutes)
• Questions (5 minutes)

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RESEARCH PLANS

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All of us have been
taught HOW to
research, but not
always WHEN to
research.
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Legal information is more
prevalent than ever.
Clients are accessing legal
information without context.
Lawyers need to plan for their
research needs.
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Research Plan
• Use Academic Sources and Non-Academic writings to
maintain subject matter competency
• Turn to Alternative Sources for basic research
• Confirm results using Modern Search Engines

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ALTERNATIVE SOURCES FOR
LEGAL INFORMATION

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ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

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Academic Resources
“There are two things wrong with almost all legal
writing. One is its style. The other is its content.”
–Professor Fred Rodell, “Goodbye to Law Reviews” (1936)
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Academic Resources
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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Academic(Source(Citation
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Reviews% that%Lawyers% Love%to%Hate,”% 10/21/2013

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Social Science ResearchNetwork
SSRN eLibrary Statistics:
• Abstracts: 525,956
• Full Text Papers: 431,203
• Authors: 244,094
• Papers Received in Last 12 months:
66,308
Citations:
• Papers with Resolved References:
249,640
• Total References: 8,855,914
• Papers with Cites: 238,195
• Total Citation Links: 5,911,972
• Papers with Resolved Footnotes:
86,465
• Total Footnotes: 8,931,406

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SSRNTop Downloads

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ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

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AlternativeSources
1. Source Materials
2. Local and State Resources
3. Non-Profit Sources
4. Non-Academic Writing
5. Non-Legal Search Engines

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Source Materials
• Legislatures and Courts publishing their own materials
– US Office of the Law Revision Counsel
– Bound Volumes of the Supreme Court
– State CourtOpinions
– Regulatory Opinions
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Local and State Resources
• Libraries
– Courthouses
– Law Schools
– Bar Association Headquarters
• Bar Association Resources
– Member Benefits
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Non-Profit Sources

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Non-AcademicWriting

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Non-LegalSearch Engines
Scholar.google.com

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Non-LegalSearch Engines

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MODERN LEGAL SEARCH ENGINES

24. <1>%Intro

25. Chaos

26. Hammurabi

27. Blackstone

28. West6Key6Number6System

29. LexisNexis

30. Google

31. “standard of review”
w/3 question w/10
(law and fact)

32. Hey, Siri, is the
judge going to review
my mixed issue of law
and fact de novo?

34. </1>%Intro

35. <2>%Filter%and%Sort

36. Filter

37. Overinclusive and6
Underinclusive

40. Where’s6the6algorithm?

41. Sort

42. Google

43. PageRank

44. </2>%Filter%and%Sort

45. <3>%Beyond%Filter%and%Sort

47. Numerosity,6proximity,6
density,6diversity

48. Empower6people6with6
customized6sorting.

49. Created6citation6analysis6
tools.

53. Data6
Visualization

54. Read6me.

55. Forecite.

57. One6more6thing.

58. </3>%Beyond%Filter%and%Sort

59. <4>%What’s%Next

60. </4>%What’s%Next

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INTEGRATING LEGAL RESEARCH

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QUESTIONS

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Business of Law
June 09, 2015 11:00 AM PST
http://gocl.io/businessoflaw

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Thank You
Joshua Lenon
joshua@clio.com
@JoshuaLenon
Linkedin.com/in/joshualenon