January 2025
Wed 29 Jan 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (1 hour)
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.
February 2025
Tue 4 Feb 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (1 hour)
This session focuses on finding case law by topic. This is helpful if you don't have a case citation or a case name, or if a case has been anonymised. Explore the depth of Westlaw's Key Number System.
Wed 5 Feb 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (1 hour)
This session focuses on finding Forms and Precedents in Westlaw, as well as any commentary that is available for them. How to use the Drafting Aide to complete the forms speedily is also covered.
Mon 10 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (1 hour)
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.
Tue 11 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM (45 minutes)
This course is designed to get you up and running using the key features in Westlaw New Zealand.
Wed 12 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (1 hour)
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.
Thu 13 Feb 2025
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
Learn to find relevant legislation and commentary efficiently with Westlaw’s new search. Key features will include legislation currency and history.
Mon 17 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM (30 minutes)
This course will demonstrate how alerts can be set up to keep you informed if there are any updates to a search, publication or document as well as how to receive the Alert24 email notifications.
Tue 18 Feb 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (1 hour)
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.
Wed 19 Feb 2025
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM (45 minutes)
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.
Thu 20 Feb 2025
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
This session focuses on efficient research techniques providing examples of different search strategies to find relevant content in Westlaw.
Mon 24 Feb 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (30 minutes)
This course is designed for users that have a basic understanding of Westlaw but feel like they could be using it more efficiently.
Tue 25 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (1 hour)
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.
Wed 26 Feb 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (1 hour)
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.
Thu 27 Feb 2025
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (30 minutes)
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.
Thu 27 Feb 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (1 hour)
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.
March 2025
Mon 3 Mar 2025
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM (45 minutes)
This course is designed to get you up and running using the key features in Westlaw New Zealand.
Mon 3 Mar 2025
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM (30 minutes)
This session will provide an overview of the key features available and will demonstrate how to efficiently locate required information.
Wed 5 Mar 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM (30 minutes)
This course will demonstrate how alerts can be set up to keep you informed if there are any updates to a search, publication or document as well as how to receive the Alert24 email notifications.
Wed 12 Mar 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (1 hour)
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.
Fri 14 Mar 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (30 minutes)
This session focuses on efficient research techniques providing examples of different search strategies to find relevant content in Westlaw.
Mon 17 Mar 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM (30 minutes)
Learn to find relevant legislation and commentary efficiently with Westlaw’s new search. Key features will include legislation currency and history.
Tue 18 Mar 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (30 minutes)
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.