Improve your experience. We are very sorry but this website does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend using a different browser that is supported such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Westlaw New Zealand – Getting Started

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

Description

In this session learn how to:  

  • Access Westlaw and use Client ID.  
  • Locate and browse content.  
  • Search for legislation and related commentary. 
  • Find a case by party name/citation.  
  • Locate a case on a point of law using the Key Number System. 
  • Ask a legal question and view the Law Summaries via Natural Language searching. 
  • Conduct a topic-based search using basic Terms & Connectors. 
  • Manage results, via a variety of methods, including filtering, saving and downloading. 
  • Know how to access Westlaw Training & Support Portal.  

CPD credit information

1 point

Similar courses

Westlaw New Zealand – Researching Legislation and Secondary Sources

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

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Employment Law

This session focuses on the topic of Employment Law. Westlaw's resources include expert commentary, cases and full text legislation, news service and a specialist tracker. The trainer will provide you with a convenient one stop shop to access these tools.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Case Law Deep Dive

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.

More Information
ProView New Zealand Essentials

This webinar introduces the browser-based interface for Thomson Reuters e-book platform, ProView.

More Information
Introduction to Westlaw New Zealand – Law Alliance New Zealand

This webinar introduces the basic functionality available in the new Westlaw New Zealand platform, and will guide the user to navigate, search and retrieve key information.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - for Councils

This webinar is designed for New Zealand Councils and introduces the basics of the Westlaw New Zealand platform. After attending, you will be able to confidently navigate, search, and retrieve information.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Advanced Research Techniques

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

More Information
Introduction to Practical Law UK (New Zealand)

Learn how to navigate the Practical Law UK and Global functionalities so you can explore content with more confidence.

More Information
Westlaw - Legal Research Essentials for Students (New Zealand)

The session will explain how to find cases, legislation, treatises, journals, current awareness and news articles across several jurisdictions including Westlaw New Zealand, Westlaw Australia as well as International Materials, found in Westlaw Classic. This course is open to all students.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Health and Safety

This session outlines efficient research techniques to find health and safety content available in Westlaw NZ, covering various practice areas. 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.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on NewsRoom

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

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Family Law

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.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Property Law

This course focuses on the Property Law resources available in Westlaw New Zealand, including expert commentary, cases, full text legislation and news service. The Trainer will provide you with a convenient one stop shop access to these tools.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

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.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand- Beyond Searching - Managing your Research

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.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Recent Enhancements

This session outlines recent enhancements made to Westlaw New Zealand

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Commercial Law

This session focuses on the topic of Commercial Law. Westlaw's resources include expert commentary, cases and full text legislation, and a news service. The trainer will provide you with a convenient one stop shop to access these tools.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Environment & Resources

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.

More Information
Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Sale of Alcohol

This session focuses on the topic of sale of alcohol. Westlaw's resources include expert commentary, cases and full text legislation, and news service. The trainer will provide you with a convenient one stop shop to access these tools.

More Information
Researching in Checkpoint New Zealand

This session will provide an overview of the key features available and will demonstrate how to efficiently locate required information.

More Information

Press enter to see more results