Barrister Learning

This course shows you how to carry out key research tasks using Westlaw Australia to improve your work efficiency.

This session will focus on locating and researching legislation. Searching techniques will be covered to help efficiently find relevant legislation.

This session will cover how to find, browse, and search secondary sources on Westlaw Australia. It will discuss the different types of secondary sources including journals and commentaries, as well as highlighting the various research methods for locating information.

Learn how to efficiently locate cases by using citations, party names, keywords, or by legal topics using the Key Number system. Understand the KeyCite tabs to identify the status of a case, to see the citing references and authorities used, and if the case has any litigation history.

This session will explain how to use the Cases Advanced search template to find Cases by keywords as well as using the case search fields in the template. We recommend attending the Introduction to Caselaw Research webinar prior to attending this course.

This 30-minute session will explain how the AI-Assisted Research tool works to help jumpstart your legal research. You will learn best practice on how to craft a query, apply follow-up questions and validate results.

This 60-minute session will provide an overview of Westlaw Precision Australia. We will explore the traditional search and browse techniques and introduce the AI-Assisted research tool, designed to jumpstart your research.

This course is designed to get you up and running using the key features in Westlaw New Zealand.

This course will provide you with effective research techniques to find case law and will demonstrate how to quickly establish the status of a case. Tips on how to refine and manage search results will be included. Learn how to get notified by email when new cases are added or the status of a case changes.

This session focuses on efficient research techniques providing examples of different search strategies to find relevant content in Westlaw.

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find Family content available in New Westlaw NZ. Confidently locate relevant legislation, commentaries, and case law, as well as other related secondary sources. Research strategies include natural language, structuring searches, understanding linking between documents, and how to refine results.

This webinar focuses on the different components of the criminal practice area, where the information is located in Westlaw NZ, and tips on how to use it effectively.

In this 30 minute course learn how to filter and refine results, extract text from documents, annotate and save important content to folders, save key searches and create alerts. How to set up a Custom Page will also be covered.

This session outlines recent enhancements made to Westlaw New Zealand

Make a speedy start in New Westlaw NZ – gain an understanding of the depth of new content and functions, learn how to locate commentaries, legislation, and cases, create favourites, and utilise New Westlaw’s new and improved Environment search features.

This 60-minute session will provide an overview of Westlaw Precision Australia. We will explore the traditional search and browse techniques and introduce the AI-Assisted research tool, designed to jumpstart your research.

This session will explain how to use the Cases Advanced search template to find Cases by keywords as well as using the case search fields in the template. We recommend attending the Introduction to Caselaw Research webinar prior to attending this course.

Learn how to efficiently locate cases by using citations, party names, keywords, or by legal topics using the Key Number system. Understand the KeyCite tabs to identify the status of a case, to see the citing references and authorities used, and if the case has any litigation history.

This session will focus on locating and researching legislation. Searching techniques will be covered to help efficiently find relevant legislation.

This session will cover how to find, browse, and search secondary sources on Westlaw Australia. It will discuss the different types of secondary sources including journals and commentaries, as well as highlighting the various research methods for locating information.