2. Westlaw “PRO” Prices (2010)
• Westlaw Oklahoma Essentials (Oklahoma
primary law, KeyCite) 1 attorney $1,392 (year)
• Westlaw Oklahoma Essentials Plus (adds
USCA + 10th Circuit Case Law) 1 attorney $1,992
(year)
• Add Secondary Sources: typically between
$1,000-$1,500 per source for 1 attorney
• By Credit Card; $14-$250 per document
retrieved and $6.25 per Key Cite
3. Lexis Prices (2010)
• Basic State Primary Law (Oklahoma Statutes,
Cases, and Shepard’s) 1 attorney $1,116; up to
10 $3,672
• State Enhanced (adds 10th Circuit, state statutes
in the 10th circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S.C.S.,
expanded Shepard’s, OK law reviews) 1
attorney $2,520; up to 10 $6,432
• All databases with all jurisdiction Shepard’s - 1
attorney $5,220; up to 10 $20,220
• Pay as you go - Lexis no longer offers.
4. WestlawNext Pricing
• WL requires you to sign confidentially
agreement.
• Small firms and solos can get flat rate
access from about $1,400 - $18,000 per
year.
6. Transactional vs. Per Min.
• ALLCASES • ALLCASES $24
(1 search) $206
• OK-CS (1 search) $24 • OK-CS $9
• TP-ALL (1 search) $281 • TP-ALL $27
• Wright and Miller • Wright and Miller $15
(1 search) $110
• Oklahoma Practice
Series (1 search) $85
7. Initial Considerations - Proximity to existing libraries
and to colleagues who may be willing to share
8. Recovering Online
Research Costs
http://www.abanet.org/genpractice/resources/costrecovery/index.html
9. Recovering Research Costs
• Need to have an agreement with client
– In writing
– Explains how research costs will be charged
– Model Rule 1.5 & ABA Formal Ethics Op. 93-
379
10. Recovering Research Costs
• A lawyer may seek reimbursement for the
cost of services performed in-house, such
as copying, or for other expenses incurred
in-house, such as telephone charges,
either by charging a reasonable amount to
which the client has agreed in advance or
by charging an amount that reasonably
reflects the cost incurred by the lawyer.
Model Rule 1.5
11.
12. Westlaw QuickView
• See what databases are in your plan, and
the cost of going outside the plan
• Detailed reports to track usage
• Can generate invoices
• http://west.thomson.com/support/westlaw/
account-management/quickview/
15. Fastcase – FREE ($275 OBA DUES)
• All US SP Ct Cases
• Federal Appellate Court Cases in F.2d
• Federal District Court Cases From 1915
• State Cases From 1950 – present
• Statutes From All States
• Federal Regulations
• Court Rules From All States
• Free iPhone App
• If Bar Doesn’t Provide Access prices range from
$1,000 to $695 per year
45. Bender’s Forms of Discovery
$3,200 per year on LexisNexis - $3,600 per year in print
&ORIGINATION_CODE=00142&searchtype=get&search=3-22%20Bender%27s%20Forms
46. Bender’s Federal Practice Forms
$3,200 per year on LexisNexis
$3,600 per year in print
=on&ORIGINATION_CODE=00142&searchtype=get&search=10-56%20Bender%27s%20F
78. Subject Specific
Practice Areas
Handout (pp. 15 – end)
Bankruptcy
Business Organizations
Criminal Law
Estate Planning
Family Law
Insurance
Personal Injury
Tax
Texas
79. Free Access at the OCU Law
Library
• Bring your email address
or thumb drive
• Research and download
documents from these
databases for free!
80. OCU Law Library Copier / Scanners
Scan to USB Drive
Email to yourself
81. Use iPhone / iPad as
Document Scanner
CamScanner Pro - $5
92. Search the OCU Law Library Catalog
http://lawlibdb.okcu.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=mobile_generic
93. "This monumental resource is the
product of rare expertise and
scholarship by a respected expert
in the field of legal literature...
For those attorneys without the
benefit of the assistance of a
professional law librarian,
Svengalis' book is a godsend."
-Donna Bausch
ABA Law Practice Management
Sells for $115
Published by Rhode Island Law Press
Also available in the Lexis Library
(LEGBGD)
94. The World of Legal Publishing
• Thomson (CA)($4.5 billion in sales 2009)
– West
– RIA
– Findlaw
• Reed Elsevier (UK/NL)($3.4 billion in sales 2009)
– Congressional Information Service (CIS)
– Martindale Hubble
– LexisNexis
– Shepard’s
– Matthew Bender
• Wolters Kluwer (NL)($3 billion in sales 2009)
– Aspen
– CCH
– Loislaw
95. Supplements:
The Real Money Maker
• Law book vendors generate 80% of their
revenue through supplements
• Treatises can cost over $1,000 per year to
update
• Moore’s Federal Practice costs $2,693 per
year to update
96. The Facts About Supplements
• Distinguish between primary and
secondary materials
• Most are cumulative
• Consider supplementing every other year
or not at all
97. Used Law Books
• Savings Example:
Federal Reporter 2nd and 3rd new: $14,000 –
used: Free
• Incomplete sets make bad used purchases
• CCH, BNA, and true loose-leafs are bad used
purchases
• Formbooks, Treatises, and anything that is
cheap and easy to update makes a good used
book purchase
98. Used Law Book Vendors
• Lawbook Exchange Ltd.
http://www.lawbookexchange.com
• Law Book Network http://lawbook.com
• Oklahoma Bar Journal
• OBA Net
Sign up by clicking link on law library’s databases page License agreement does not restrict your use to academic – so you can use for work Explain casemaker – seems to be the most recent version casemakerlaw2.2 – older version? casemaker digest - Daily summary of appellate decisions for your state and all federal circuits, categorized by subject. Casemaker Digest will email or send you an RSS feed of the latest cases in your selected jurisdictions and subject areas of interest. Content: Includes decisions of SCOTUS from 1754, Fed Ct app from 1950 Appellate court decisions from state courts from 1927 State and federal statutes Browse to see other content
Casemaker interprets spaces as & commands Browse content using center of screen Show that you have limited search to oklahoma For help putting search together clock search tips
Show how you can narrow on left. Upper right hand you can print save to folder email etc….. Explain that green thumbs up means good law
In the US alone Legal Publishing makes up 1/3 or 5 Billion dollars of the 15 Billion dollar professional publishing industry
