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Non-English Materials For The English Speaker : European Languages, Erin Gow Jun 2019

Non-English Materials For The English Speaker : European Languages, Erin Gow

Erin Gow

So many legal materials are in languages other than English worldwide, that it is inevitable that most of us will need to find or access one of these documents at some point. Foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) librarians often work with materials in languages in which they are not fluent, and can provide useful ideas and insight for the non-FCIL specialist faced with this type of research. This portion of a 2019 AALL webinar titled "Non-English Materials for the English Speaker" focuses on European languages, and provides practical guidance in finding English translations of European laws, tips and techniques …

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Dapp Legal Research Presentation 5-24-2019 Final.Pptx, Anne Hudson, Heather Hummons May 2019

Dapp Legal Research Presentation 5-24-2019 Final.Pptx, Anne Hudson, Heather Hummons

Anne Hudson

Living your best (Research) Life: How to Quickly and Efficiently Perform Legal Research. A Bootcamp for scholars from law schools across the country.

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Six Ways To Find Cases, Lee A. Ryan Dec 2018

Six Ways To Find Cases, Lee A. Ryan

Lee A. Ryan

The slideshow is the basis for seven short "flipped-classroom"-style videos on six ways to find cases relevant to a client's problem or issue. The slideshow covers these six tools and techniques for finding cases: secondary sources; annotated codes; tables of authorities; Shepard's and KeyCite; the West Key Number System (the West Digests); and full-text keyword searching of case law databases. It is accompanied by a brief overview (in Word format), which is also available via my Selected Works site.

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Free & Low-Cost Legal Research Options - Slides, Lee A. Ryan Mar 2017

Free & Low-Cost Legal Research Options - Slides, Lee A. Ryan

Lee A. Ryan

These slides accompany the presentation on free and low-cost research options created for a guest presentation in a first-year Legal Research, Writing & Analysis class. These slides are meant to be used with the outline of the presentation, which is also available on this site.

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Researching Foreign Law: A Presentation For Usf's Comparative Law Class, Spring 2017, Lee A. Ryan Jan 2017

Researching Foreign Law: A Presentation For Usf's Comparative Law Class, Spring 2017, Lee A. Ryan

Lee A. Ryan

These slides illustrate a presentation on getting started with researching foreign legal systems and foreign law. The presentation was for the Spring semester Comparative Law class at the University of San Francisco School of Law. The Zief Law Library's guide on "Researching Foreign Legal Systems" (http://legalresearch.usfca.edu/ForeignLegalSystems) accompanies this presentation.

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Ablj-Jlse Joint Bluebooking Panel Session.Pptx, Robert Sprague Aug 2016

Ablj-Jlse Joint Bluebooking Panel Session.Pptx, Robert Sprague

Robert Sprague

Slides used at ABLJ/JLSE Joint Bluebooking Panel Session at 2016 ALSB Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 8, 2016.

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The Open Access Advantage For American Law Reviews, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan, Caroline Osborne Sep 2015

The Open Access Advantage For American Law Reviews, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan, Caroline Osborne

Caroline L. Osborne

Open access within legal academia provides a case study for the effective use of digital formats to promote scholarship. The presenters review the background historical developments in this field, and consider the benefits and rationales for providing open access to legal scholarship, including the special faculty concerns arising from SSRN and its relationship to the institutional repository. Results from the presenters’ recent empirical study of the citation advantage for open access scholarship in American law reviews will be discussed and placed in broader context of the benefits of open access scholarship.

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Research Strategy And Assignment Intake Tips, Amy Wright Dec 2014

Research Strategy And Assignment Intake Tips, Amy Wright

Amy J. Wright

This presentation covers development of a sound research strategy, alerts students to common assignment pitfalls, and provides pointers on bringing research to a close.

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The West Digest / Key Number System - Slides, Lee A. Ryan Jan 2014

The West Digest / Key Number System - Slides, Lee A. Ryan

Lee A. Ryan

These slides accompany a presentation on the West Digest / Key Number System. The presentation was created for California Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research classes. These slides are meant to be used with the instructor's notes, which are also available on this site.

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Cultura De La Legalidad. Participación Ciudada En Transparencia, Norma E. Pimentel Apr 2012

Cultura De La Legalidad. Participación Ciudada En Transparencia, Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

No abstract provided.

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Finding Free Legal Research Sites And Free Case Law - Slides, Lee A. Ryan Apr 2012

Finding Free Legal Research Sites And Free Case Law - Slides, Lee A. Ryan

Lee A. Ryan

These slides accompany the presentation on free case-law research sites created for the June 2012 National Business Institute seminar. These slides are meant to be used with the outline of the presentation, which are also available on this site.

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Implementing Bepress' Digital Commons Institutional Repository Solution: Two Views From The Trenches, Carol A. Watson, James M. Donovan, Pamela Bluh Nov 2011

Implementing Bepress' Digital Commons Institutional Repository Solution: Two Views From The Trenches, Carol A. Watson, James M. Donovan, Pamela Bluh

Carol A. Watson

Librarians from the University of Georgia Law Library and University of Maryland Law Library will discuss their experiences implementing Digital Commons' institutional repository product. Issues to be considered includes... - Creating a business plan to persuade law school administrators to establish an institutional repository -- how to justify the expenditure, distinguishing Digital Commons from SSRN, choosing Digital Commons rather than an open source solution - Obtaining content for the repository -- promoting the repository, building buy-in from contributors, establishing content policies, determining types of materials to be included in the repository, self-archiving versus mediated archiving - Copyright permissions -- appending …

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2011 Presentation: Law Firm Research Results For New Attorneys, Patrick Meyer Nov 2011

2011 Presentation: Law Firm Research Results For New Attorneys, Patrick Meyer

Patrick Meyer

This presentation summarizes results from the author's 2010 law firm legal research survey, which determined what research functions, and in what formats, law firms require new hires to be proficient. This survey updates the author's 2009 article that is available at this site and which was based on this author's earlier law firm legal research survey. See also the accompanying 2011 draft article on this site.

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