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Topics Covered
The Cost of Lexis & Westlaw Frugal Lexis and Westlaw Use WestlawNext Cost Effective Use Low cost databases Free Internet Sources Library Sources (briefly)
Flat Rate Plans
Still care about cost effectiveness because:
client charged Item maybe outside of plan Greater Usage = Greater Cost for Flat Rate
Plan next year
How to tell when out of plan
Lexis- items outside of plan not accessible. Another account to access off plan. Or, may have dollar signs.
Westlaw- Message saying outside of plan. Or, Directory – click My Databases. Or set preferences to indicate off plan with *
2010 Westlaw Law Firm Costs
File/Services Hourly(Per Minute)
Transactional(Per Search)
All Federal Cases $19.05
Ohio State and Federal Cases
$23.08
Sixth Circuit Cases
$8.60
All Ohio Cases $8.60
Get a Document/Find
14.00 (primary), $24.00 (secondary)
Keycite $6.25
Computing Westlaw Costs
• Florida Briefs Multibase Click for rate
• Select rate = $26.42/min (see Westlaw 2010 Subscriber Agreement )
• Click Subscriber for per search cost
• Add communication charges - .22/min
• Add print/download costs – .05 per line or $27.50 per document
Cost-Saving Tips for Lexis/WL
See Efficient /Cost Effective Legal Research C-M Guide
Lexis – Conducting Efficient Research tutorial
Westlaw - Cost Effective Research » Powerpoint
CALI Lesson – Cost of Legal Reseach
?
Do you remember any of the tips for cost effective research on Lexis and Westlaw from your before-class assignments?
BEFORE you search
Ask librarian/managing partner about price plan.
Use print or lower cost databases
Plan your search before you go online
Call the Reference Attorneys
Cost Effective Searching
Narrowest Source Broad Search, then Focus/Locate Table of Contents Book Browse on LEXIS (not Westlaw) History (L) or Research Trail (W) Westlaw – search transactional or hourly?
Searching, Cont’d
Alerts
Search by Topic/Headnote (L); KeyNumber/ Keysearch (W)
Get a Document (L), Find (W) 50 state surveys
Cost Effective Printing
Westlaw decide per line or per document Print from browser Copy with Reference Get and Print, Find and Print
Keycite/Shepards
Brief Check to Shepardize; Westcheck to Keycite
WestlawNext
Flat rate plan When view a document, charged a Find if
that document is off-plan (will get warning) Save document in folder - access forever.
Document updates for one year for free. History saved one year
WestlawNext - Cost Recovery
=charging back to client $60 per search plus a find charge for items
clicked on
Cost Strategies for WestlawNext
Broad initial search Pull up the least amount of documents
needed Narrow using filters or search within results
(as many as desired)
Reference Attorney Phone Nos.
800 45 LEXIS 1-800-REF-ATTY (733-2889) (Westlaw) 1-800-850-9378 for law students (Westlaw)
Stripped down versions of Lexis/WL
• Casemaker –Free w/ free student OSBA membership
• Fastcase – Free w/ Cleve bar membership
• Lois Law – C-M has, CLL has
• Versus Law – Free to Law students
Access to Low Cost Databases
Go to Library Website, Electronic Resources Page.
Casemaker: Free with FREE student membership to the Ohio State Bar Association OR Librarians can sign you in
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL
What does Lexis/Westlaw have these do not? Editorial features – headnotes, annotations Practice Books (except Loislaw) Law Review articles Better search mechanisms and coverage
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis and Westlaw
Casemaker – best coverage for Ohio, except Ohio Misc. (1999-) Odd search syntax
Fastcase – Natural Language, Visual Charts Loislaw - Best terms and connectors, field
searching. Treatises. Alert searches. VersusLaw – Cheapest, worst coverage
ContentsUnannoStatutes
Casesw/oHeadnotes
Unanno
Regs
“Shepard’s –Like
Feature”
Other
Loislaw Yes Yes –
Ohio unreported
1997-
Yes Yes Treatises, Forms, Public Records
(depends on plan)
Casemaker
Yes Yes –
Ohio unreported 1981-
Yes Yes Some Jurisdictions - Jury Instruc., Jury Verdicts,
More
Contents
UnannoStatutes
Casesw/oHeadnotes
Unanno
Regs
“Shepard’s –Like
Feature”
Fastcase Internet links for 8 states
Fed App 1925-, Ohio 1950 -, Ohio unreported 2000-.Coverage
Mostly Internet
Links
Yes
Versuslaw
See help, Content/Features
Fed if pay more, no state
Ohio 1950 -. Ohio unreported 1995 -.
Older Fed District More $
Fed if pay more, no State
Yes
Searching
Boolean Natural Language
Fields Search databases together
Loislaw Yes - near2 No Yes Yes
Casemaker Yes - w/n, w/sent, w/para
No Yes Fed together, State together
Searching
Boolean Natural Language
Fields Search databases together
Fastcase Yes - w/n Yes Date, cite look-up only
Yes
Versus Law
Yes - w/n Yes default connector is ADJ
4 fields, see help
For addtl fee
Primary & Secondary – Specific Subjects
BNA CCH RIA Checkpoint See Electronic Resources page for links.
NOT low cost, but not charged back to clients
BNA Current Awareness
Articles, cases May contain past 12 years ex. U.S. Law Week/Supreme Court Today ;
Daily Labor Report (DLR expensive!). Sign up for BNA Current Awareness Services
BNA Libraries
Cases, statutes, regs Practice books Forms
ex. Labor and Employment Law Library , Intellectual Property Library or ABA/BNA lawyers' manual on professional conduct
CCH Intelliconnect
• Both Primary and Secondary Sources• Topics Covered:
AntitrustBanking Corporate GovernanceHealth Care and Medicaid/Medicare Labor & Employment, PensionsSecurities
CCH
Boolean searching, w/n etc. Federated Searching Indexes Current awareness emails –
Sign up Instructions Known for their fifty state charts Smart charts – create your own chart
Benefits of Low Cost Databases Over Free Internet
Better Search Mechanisms CoverageMay be more current Trustworthiness Aggregated Info – One stop shopping
What’s on the Free Web
All US Supreme Court Cases Reported Federal Appellate from 1882 Some Unreported Fed App, Fed District State cases: reported – 1950. unreported -
early-mid nineties
What’s on the Free Web, cont’d
Statutes & Regulations- federal and states Municipal Ordinances Law Review Articles Forms Dockets, Briefs & Pleadings
LOTS more!
Start with a Good Internet Portal
From the Library Home Page – Legal Research on the Web
Public Records & People Finders Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) FindLaw Other Portals
Use LEGAL Search Engines
Cornell University Legal Research Engine LexisWeb FindLaw LawCrawler Justia List of Search Legal Engines
Case law
Google Scholar – state reported 1950-, fed circuit/ district 1923-
Ohio Supreme Court LexisOne – Last 10 yrs, Lexis searching Legal Research Workstation - Case Law
Web Sites to Know
C-M Guide Forms & Practice Materials Thomas.gov – Federal Legislative History FDSys - Fed’l Govt. (replaces GPO Access) PACER – Federal Court dockets Martindale Hubbell Law Digest
Library Resources
C-M - Lexis Academic Cleveland Public - Ohio Westlaw Pro se Lexis - Justice Center County Law Libraries – may charge fee to
use computer. Lexis, Westlaw or both