Westlaw AU - Basic Research Skills

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Are you new to Westlaw New Zealand? This Webinar introduces the basics in the new Westlaw New Zealand platform. You will be able to confidently navigate, search, and retrieve information.

Learn to find relevant legislation and commentary efficiently with Westlaw’s new search. Key features will include legislation currency and history.

Learn how to set alerts that send relevant information directly to your inbox.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Criminal Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Property Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

Learn to find relevant legislation and commentary efficiently. Key features will include legislation currency and history.

This webinar covers searching cases by keywords, legislation considered, point of law, as well as how results can be narrowed using refine and filter techniques. 

Students will learn to skillfully navigate, access and retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies. This course is open to all students.

Learn how to use terms and connectors when structuring a key word search ensures that your results are relevant, manageable and on point.

This student session will explain the primary law and secondary source information available from several international jurisdictions as well covering effective searching techniques.

This course introduces Westlaw UK platform enabling you to develop the key skills required to Navigate the platform.

This session introduces the Practical Law New Zealand Resource Centre commentary and know-how information available to explain and guide you through complex transactions and processes.

This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

Locate cases related by Keyword, Legislation considered or Points of Law and also confirm the status of a case and its citing references in First Point.

Are you new to the Westlaw Australia or maybe an infrequent user? Join this Webinar to explore the many features of this platform and learn navigation and search techniques and more.

The session will demonstrate and explain the advanced features available within Westlaw Asia.

The session introduces the content and functionality available in Westlaw Asia essential to getting started with your research.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for UK content using Westlaw Asia.

This webinar will introduce and explain how to work with Terms & Connectors effectively to research legal content on Westlaw Asia.

This webinar will introduce and explain how to work with Terms & Connectors effectively to research legal content on Westlaw Asia.

Learn the major features and functionalities of Westlaw Classic. This session will be conducted in Korean.

The session introduces how to research resources available in Practical Law UK. Attendees will be able to find topical legal resources including Practice Notes, Standard Documents, Checklists and more.  

The session introduces UK content and the key functionality available in Westlaw UK essential to getting started with your research. 

Learn the steps to effectively conduct legal research on Westlaw Classic.

Are you new to Westlaw Middle East or would like a refresher ? Learn about the Westlaw Middle East platform and obtain tools to equip you to efficiently navigate and search the platform.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research on Practical Law Global Law Department. Attendees will be able to understand the coverage of content available on Practical Law UK, US and China, access our global content, navigate different functionalities on the homepage and introduce the Ask function and Meet the Team to understand who creates the resources available.

Are you new to Practical Law or would like a refresher ? Learn how to navigate the Practical Law platform and obtain the tools to efficiently navigate and search the platform.

The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the essential research skills required to search, browse and retrieve content on ProView.

The session outlines the steps to access the document automation software Fast Draft (powered by Contract Express) on Practical Law UK.

This session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Malaysian content using Westlaw Asia.

This webinar will introduce the content and functions of Westlaw China, display the classification each content type of Westlaw China. (Webinar will be conducted in Mandarin)

This session will demonstrate how to effectively use key contents and functionalities available on PL Global Department Law subscription.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Hong Kong content using Westlaw Asia.

Learn the steps to conduct legal research on Practical Law. This session will be conducted in Korean.

Did you know that Westlaw supports both Natural Legal Language or Terms & Connectors (Boolean) searching? Learn the differences between them and how each methods can be used to search effectively.

Learn how to simultaneously search Westlaw AU and ProView.

The Global Search bar is a multi-functional Search tool that enables the researcher to quickly and efficiently retrieve information.

Discover how FirstPoint simplifies your Case Law Research and enables the researcher to quickly ascertain the status of a case, and its citing references and more.

Want to know how to use Terms and Connectors (Boolean operators) to conduct a search? Join this Webinar to learn how the operators work to retrieve relevant results.

Newsroom on Westlaw AU is a vast resource - learn how to search for information relevant to your task.

Explore the many ways to research Case Law, and learn how to locate Cases related by Key words, Point of Law, Legislation considered or Topic.

Learn how to customise your work in Westlaw (New Zealand) to save time in Court.

Explore the scope of Advanced Search Templates available on new Westlaw.

Get up and running using the essential features in new Westlaw NZ and learn how to complete key research tasks efficiently.

Speed up your research by learning how to search for and filter your words and phrases, using all the features provided by new Westlaw NZ including natural language, and typeahead, as well as Boolean searching.

This interactive student workshop provides the opportunity to seek assistance and find answers to a research task. The Training Specialist will provide guidance and best practice on research strategies utilising Australian and International Westlaw platforms.

Students will learn to skillfully navigate, access and retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies. This session introduces new Westlaw (Australia) and highlights the power of the Global Search Bar to locate relevant legal content. This course is open to all students.

Students will learn to skillfully navigate, access and retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies. This course is open to all students.

This session will include basic functionality & navigation through Practical Law UK.

Learn how to navigate Westlaw subscriptions confidently, quickly access relevant information and then download directly to your LEAP matters.

Get up and running using the essential features in new Westlaw (Australia) and learn how to complete key research tasks efficiently.

Take a deep into case law to efficiently locate cases by citations, party names, keywords, or by using the Key Number system. Learn to quickly identify the status of a case by the citing references and history tabs. Understand the benefits of using the cases Advanced Search to run keyword and field searches.

This interactive student workshop provides the opportunity to seek assistance and find answers to a research task. The Training Specialist will provide guidance and best practice on research strategies utilising New Zealand and International Westlaw platforms.

This course is designed for students who are interested in finding International content to assist with a research task or thesis. Learn how to retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies. This course is open to all students.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research on Westlaw Edge UK.

This course helps participants to effectively find relevant and reliable cases by citation, name or subject, as well as using new Westlaw’s Key Number system. The primary focus of this course is to find, filter, navigate and save case law.

Are you new to Westlaw New Zealand? This webinar introduces the basics in the new Westlaw New Zealand platform. You will be able to confidently navigate, search, and retrieve information.

This webinar provides an overview of case analysis information found in KeyCite. Understand how to search for cases using the Key Number System, Natural Legal Language and the type-ahead feature in new Westlaw. This session will also demonstrate how results can be narrowed using refine and filter techniques.

This session will demonstrate how Alerts can be set up to keep the researcher informed if there are any updates to a search, publication, or individual document.   This session will also cover how to set yourself up to receive Alert24 email notifications. 

Are you new to Westlaw Classic or would like a refresher? This webinar demonstrates the platform and tools to equip you to efficiently navigate and search the platform.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Property Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Company Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

Newsroom on new Westlaw is a vast collection of news resources. Join this Webinar and discover techniques to enable you to search and navigate confidently.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Malaysia and United Kingdom content using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Malaysia and United Kingdom legislation, journals, commentary, current awareness using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Malaysia cases using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct case law research using Westlaw Classic.

This session introduces the content and functionality available in Westlaw Asia essential to getting started with your research. It will also demonstrate and explain the advanced features available within Westlaw Asia which will be only applicable to those who sign into Westlaw Asia with a OnePass ID subscription.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for multiple jurisdictions using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for United Kingdom cases using Westlaw Asia.

Westlaw에서 case 를 효율적으로 검색하고 검토하는 방법을 안내합니다.

Westlaw 에서 Legislation 과 Secondary Sources 를 효율적으로 검색하고 검토하는 방법을 안내합니다.

Westlaw 에서 필요한 자료를 효율적으로 검색하고 검토하는 방법을 안내합니다.

Westlaw UK 에서 필요한 자료를 효율적으로 검색하고 검토하는 방법을 안내합니다.

Practical Law 는 글로범 로펌과 사내 법무 부서에 클라이언트 서비스 니즈를 다루기 위해 필요한 자료를 제공하며 법무 효율성을 높이고 있습니다. 각 분야의 전문가 Attorney editors 가 최신으로 컨텐츠를 업데이트하여 이용자는 매일 업무에서 자료를 바로 활용할 수 있게 됩니다.

This session will demonstrate how to effectively use Key contents and functionalities available on Westlaw Classic.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Family Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Environmental Law content available in Westlaw New Zealand. This course will help increase productivity, keep you up to date with changes in cases and legislation as well as managing and organising your matters.

This session will introduce the content and functions of Westlaw China.

The session introduces the content and functionality available in Westlaw Asia essential to getting started with your research.

The session outlines the steps to conduct Secondary Sources research using Westlaw Classic. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Local Government content available in Westlaw New Zealand.

The session outlines the legal resources available on Practical Law including Practice Notes, Standard Documents, Checklist and more. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

The session outlines the steps to conduct case law research using Westlaw Classic. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

This session will introduce and explain how to work with Terms & Connectors effectively to research legal content on Westlaw Asia. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legislation research using Westlaw Classic. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Hong Kong cases using Westlaw Asia.

The session introduces UK content and the key functionality available in Westlaw Edge UK essential to getting started with your research. This session will be conducted in Chinese.

The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the essential research skills required to search, browse and retrieve content on ProView.

The session outlines the legal resources available on Practical Law including Practice Notes, Standard Documents, Checklist and more.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Hong Kong and United Kingdom content using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for Hong Kong and United Kingdom legislation, journals and commentary using Westlaw Asia.

The session outlines the steps to conduct research for legislation and secondary sources using Westlaw Classic.

Are you new to Westlaw Middle East or would like a refresher ? This webinar demonstrates the Westlaw Middle East platform and tools, to equip you to efficiently navigate and search the platform.