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Westlaw Australia

Thomson Reuters Training & Support

new Westlaw (Australia) - Legal Research Essentials for Students

Students will learn to skilfully navigate, access, and retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies. This session introduces new Westlaw (Australia) and highlights the power of the Global Search Bar to locate relevant legal content.

Trainer
Mary Dossis
Date & Time
Wed 11 Aug 2021, 4:00pm
to
Wed 11 Aug 2021, 4:30pm
AEST
Duration
30 minutes

This course is open to all students.

The session introduces new Westlaw (Australia) and focuses on navigating the site to locate legal content. The session explains how to use the global search bar to locate information quickly. Search techniques using both Natural Legal Language and Terms and Connectors to search for Cases, Journals and Commentary will be discussed. Downloading and exporting content will also be covered. 

Note: This is Westlaw Australia's new platform which was unveiled in May 2020, check that your university has access.


MCLE and CPD - If this educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law then you may claim one "unit" for each hour of attendance.