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Practical Law available at U.S. law schools through WestlawNext
Students and faculty at U.S. law schools can now access Practical Law through WestlawNext. Practical Law’s know-how content takes students beyond primary law and traditional legal research, giving them first-hand experience at putting legal theory into practice. Law school students can quickly and easily incorporate know-how content into their research, and faculty can incorporate it into …
March podcast: Facebook bragging, contraception mandating and teddy bear stabbing
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Daughter’s Facebook brag costs her family $80,000 Legal trends & insights: Contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act News from Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites On the legal blogs: Woman stabs teddy bear, faces felony assault charge You can listen to the episode now by clicking the play button on the …
ABA Techshow: Day two recap
Yesterday seemed to fly by here in Chicago, as did today. I attended two of the morning sessions: Tools of the Trade for Paperless Practice, presented by JoAnn Hathaway and Richard Serpe, and How to Collect and Use Social Media for E-Discovery, presented by Hon. General Bruce Lee and Sharon Nelson. In the first session, …
Practical Law continues to add new ways to access content
Practical Law is an integral part of many of the products and services that we’re discussing at ABA Techshow 2014, as Practical Law continues to add innovative new ways for practitioners to access its leading know-how content. In the U.S. and U.K., new Practical Law websites have been launched with additional practice areas. Practical Law China …
Latest enhancements to WestlawNext include Custom Pages and eLibraries
In the wake of ABA Techshow in Chicago this week, Brian Quinn, senior product developer for WestlawNext, sat down with Legal Current to talk about the latest enhancements to WestlawNext, including Custom Pages, eLibraries and the addition of PeopleMap. He also talked about what the WestlawNext team will be doing at ABA Techshow. “We will …
ABA Techshow: Day one recap
They don’t call it the windy city for nothing. Legal Current blew into the ABA Techshow 2014 on Wednesday evening, but the festivities didn’t officially begin until this morning. To kick things off, I attended a session titled “Ethics of Social Media Marketing,” presented by Bob Ambrogi, Jennifer Ellis and Jeff Lantz. I thought this was …
Enhancements to Firm Central coming soon
Firm Central launched just over a year ago and received an excellent acceptance rate as a productivity solution. But now that the dust has settled, additional features will be rolling out to make it an even more efficient tool for practitioners. In the video clip below, Laura Zastrow, senior product developer for Firm Central, talks to …
Karl Florida welcomes guests to ABA Techshow in Chicago this week
Karl Florida, managing director of the small law firm and customer segment at Thomson Reuters, welcomes Legal Current visitors to ABA Techshow in the video clip below. He also talks about the trends he is seeing as law firms are increasingly adopting the cloud to help manage their practice and manage their technology, as well …
Thomson Reuters debuts Custom Pages, eLibraries on WestlawNext
Thomson Reuters has introduced Custom Pages on WestlawNext, enabling users to create searchable, personalized pages from specific content sets. Available at no cost for all WestlawNext subscribers, Custom Pages can be tailored to specific research needs while providing the convenient benefits and innovation WestlawNext offers, including WestSearch, Find a Citation, KeyCite a Citation, Folders and Favorites. …
