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Westlaw AU Guide - FirstPoint Scope Document

A guide to the scope of FirstPoint including an overview of the product, coverage information and available search fields.

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Westlaw AU Guide - FirstPoint Record

This user guide gives a simple breakdown of the FirstPoint record, including visual references to the main sections of the FirstPoint record and how they can help you in your research.

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Westlaw AU Guide - Annotations

This user guide explains how to annotate (highlighting, document notes, inline notes) content on Westlaw AU.

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Westlaw AU Guide - My Alerts

This user guide explains how to create an alert in Westlaw AU.

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Westlaw AU Guide - Alert Centre

This user guide is designed to assist Administrators with managing organisational alerts through the Alert Centre in Westlaw AU.

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Westlaw AU Guide - Alert24

This quick user guide explains how to set up various alerts across Alert24 content.

Alert24 provides the latest details on legal and regulatory developments in key areas of practice. You can choose to receive regular email alerts or search Westlaw AU to access archived articles.

To get started you will need to log into Westlaw AU and setup a number of alerts.

  1. Log on to the service at www.westlaw.com.au
  2. Enter your Username and Password then click Sign In. IP Fixed users click Sign In by IP Access.
  3. Browse the Table of Contents by clicking the +plus sign to expand the News and Current Awareness title.
  4. Select Alert24 to display a list of subscribed topics.

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Westlaw AU - Case Law Research

AEST
40 minutes
By Rachael Albert

This course introduces FirstPoint powered by the Australian Digest and the full range of Thomson Reuters case law.  It focuses on finding relevant cases and establishing the legal precedent of a case. Learn how to be notified when new cases are added and much more.

Find out more

Westlaw AU - Case Law Research

AEST
40 minutes
By Rachael Albert

This course introduces FirstPoint powered by the Australian Digest and the full range of Thomson Reuters case law.  It focuses on finding relevant cases and establishing the legal precedent of a case. Learn how to be notified when new cases are added and much more.

Find out more

Westlaw AU - Case Law Research

AEST
40 minutes
By Rachael Albert

This course introduces FirstPoint powered by the Australian Digest and the full range of Thomson Reuters case law.  It focuses on finding relevant cases and establishing the legal precedent of a case. Learn how to be notified when new cases are added and much more.

Find out more

Westlaw AU - Case Law Research

AEST
40 minutes
By Rachael Albert

This course introduces FirstPoint powered by the Australian Digest and the full range of Thomson Reuters case law.  It focuses on finding relevant cases and establishing the legal precedent of a case. Learn how to be notified when new cases are added and much more.

Find out more