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#ClioWeb The Art of Legal Research A Clio Webinar Joshua Lenon
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The Art of Legal Research
A Clio WebinarJoshua Lenon
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Joshua Lenon
• Lawyer in Residence at Clio• Attorney Admitted in New York• @JoshuaLenon
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Agenda• Research Plans (5 minutes)• Alternative Sources for Legal Information (15 minutes)• State of the Art Legal Research (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 Plan1. Use Academic Sources and Non-Academic writings
to maintain subject matter competency2. Turn to Alternative Sources for basic research3. 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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Academic SourceCitation
Source:NewYorkTimes,“LacklusterReviewsthatLawyersLovetoHate,”10/21/2013
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Social Science Research Network
SSRN eLibrary Statistics:
• Abstracts: 667,036• Full Text Papers: 558,115• Authors: 307,688• Papers Received in Last 12 months:
65,803
Citations:
• Papers with Resolved References: 302,141
• Total References: 8,889,879• Papers with Cites: 244,136 • Total Citation Links: 5,718,003 • Papers with Resolved Footnotes:
91,682• Total Footnotes: 8,995,453
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SSRN Top Downloads
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SSRN Top Downloads
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ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
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Alternative Sources
1. Source Materials2. Local and State Resources3. Non-Profit Sources4. Non-Academic Writing5. 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 Court Opinions– Regulatory Opinions
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Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA)
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State Legal Information Census
Source:SarahGlassmeye (sarahglassmeyer.com)
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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-Academic Writing
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Non-Academic Writing
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Non-Legal Search Engines
Scholar.google.com
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Non-Legal Search Engines
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Non-Legal Search Engines
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Non-Legal Search Engines
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Non-Legal Search Engines
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Non-Legal Search Engines
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STATE OF THE ART LEGAL RESEARCH
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What is state of the art legal research?
Legal research has moved beyond database scraping to look at
relationships established in outside sources.
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Programmatic ConnectionsCase law has a inherent design that stores more information that most lawyers realize:
• Citations• Case treatment via citator rules• Judges• Procedure• Parties• Lawyers
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Citations
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Case Treatment
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Case Treatment
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Judges
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Parties & Procedures
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Parties & Procedure
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Lawyers
Source:Premonition.ai
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What is state of the art legal research?
Programmatic research is not limited to case law.
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Integrated Alternative Sources
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INTEGRATING LEGAL RESEARCH
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Integrated Research
• Time Tracking• Case Association• Saved Search Results
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QUESTIONS
