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Getting started with the basics - Westlaw Australia

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On completion of this webinar, you will be able to: 

  • Confidently navigate the Westlaw Australia home page 
  • Understand how to use the Global Search Bar to: 
  • find a case, legislation, or a publication. 
  • ask a legal question and use Law Summaries. 
  • structure a Boolean keyword search. 
  • Find the relevant content to search across. 
  • Navigate and filter search results. 
  • Display, download, print or email a document. 
  • Browse content. 

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.

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"I found this course to be extremely useful in getting started with using the new Westlaw product'

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Getting started with Westlaw Australia

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On completion of this webinar, you will be able to: 

  • Confidently navigate the Westlaw Australia home page 
  • Understand how to use the Global Search Bar to: 
  • find a case, legislation, or a publication. 
  • ask a legal question and use Law Summaries. 
  • structure a Boolean keyword search. 
  • Find the relevant content to search across. 
  • Navigate and filter search results. 
  • Display, download, print or email a document. 
  • Browse content. 

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.

Rating

"I found this course to be extremely useful in getting started with using the new Westlaw product'

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End Date

Getting started with the basics - Westlaw Australia

Body

On completion of this webinar, you will be able to: 

  • Confidently navigate the Westlaw Australia home page 
  • Understand how to use the Global Search Bar to: 
  • find a case, legislation, or a publication. 
  • ask a legal question and use Law Summaries. 
  • structure a Boolean keyword search. 
  • Find the relevant content to search across. 
  • Navigate and filter search results. 
  • Display, download, print or email a document. 
  • Browse content. 

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.

Rating

"I found this course to be extremely useful in getting started with using the new Westlaw product'

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End Date

Advanced Caselaw Research

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In this session we will cover the following:

  • Locate cases using the Advanced Search Template
  • Use Boolean terms and connectors in the advanced template to find a case
  • Understand the search fields available and how they work
  • Refine, filter and sort search results
  • How to download, print or email cases
  • Organise case research with folders.
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Advanced Caselaw Research

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In this session we will cover the following:

  • Locate cases using the Advanced Search Template
  • Use Boolean terms and connectors in the advanced template to find a case
  • Understand the search fields available and how they work
  • Refine, filter and sort search results
  • How to download, print or email cases
  • Organise case research with folders.
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Advanced Caselaw Research

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In this session we will cover the following:

  • Locate cases using the Advanced Search Template
  • Use Boolean terms and connectors in the advanced template to find a case
  • Understand the search fields available and how they work
  • Refine, filter and sort search results
  • How to download, print or email cases
  • Organise case research with folders.
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Introduction to Caselaw

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In this session we will cover the following:  

  • Locate a case by citation and/or party names 
  • Find cases on a point of law using the Key Number system 
  • Run a keyword search using Terms and Connectors 
  • Refine, filter and sort search results 
  • Organise case research with folders 
  • Create an Alert to follow a case. 

You may also be interested in registering for an Advanced Caselaw Research webinar.

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Introduction to Caselaw

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In this session we will cover the following:  

  • Locate a case by citation and/or party names 
  • Find cases on a point of law using the Key Number system 
  • Run a keyword search using Terms and Connectors 
  • Refine, filter and sort search results 
  • Organise case research with folders 
  • Create an Alert to follow a case. 

You may also be interested in registering for an Advanced Caselaw Research webinar.

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Introduction to Caselaw

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In this session we will cover the following:  

  • Locate a case by citation and/or party names 
  • Find cases on a point of law using the Key Number system 
  • Run a keyword search using Terms and Connectors 
  • Refine, filter and sort search results 
  • Organise case research with folders 
  • Create an Alert to follow a case. 

You may also be interested in registering for an Advanced Caselaw Research webinar.

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Westlaw Precision Australia - Precision features

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In this session we will cover the following: 

  • Learn how to customise the homepage using the Get Started Bar 
  • Determine the relevance of a document using Search Snippets and Select Highlighting 
  • (without navigating to the full text of the document). 
  • Learn how to sort search results by Most Cited and Citing References. 
  • Identify related cases that have a pattern of being cited together using KeyCite Cited With. 
  • Learn how to save or hide cases using Keep List / Hide Details when reviewing results.   
  • Build outlines without leaving Westlaw Precision using Outline Builder.
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Westlaw Precision Australia - AI-Assisted Research

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In this session we will cover the following:

  • What is the AI-Assisted Research in Westlaw Precision Australia?
  • What content is the AI tool searching across?
  • Best practice tips on how to ask a question using the AI tool.
  • Demonstrate an AI-Assisted search.
  • Review Results - Summaries and supporting authorities.
  • How to Ask a Follow-Up Question.
  • Delivery Features - Print, download or email.
  • View a list of previous questions via the History icon.
  • Discuss when not to use the AI tool.
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Westlaw Precision Australia - AI-Assisted Research

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In this session we will cover the following:

  • What is the AI-Assisted Research in Westlaw Precision Australia?
  • What content is the AI tool searching across?
  • Best practice tips on how to ask a question using the AI tool.
  • Demonstrate an AI-Assisted search.
  • Review Results - Summaries and supporting authorities.
  • How to Ask a Follow-Up Question.
  • Delivery Features - Print, download or email.
  • View a list of previous questions via the History icon.
  • Discuss when not to use the AI tool.
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