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Westlaw New Zealand - Beyond Searching - Managing your Research

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Course Description

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.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session participant will be able to:

  • Use filters to refine results
  • Add notes and highlights
  • Use Folders to save and manage content
  • Copy with reference & copy citation
  • Set up a Westclip alert
  • Save a search
  • Set up a Custom page
  • Locate Help and Support Pages

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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Westlaw New Zealand - Beyond Searching - Managing your Research

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Course Description

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.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session participant will be able to:

  • Use filters to refine results
  • Add notes and highlights
  • Use Folders to save and manage content
  • Copy with reference & copy citation
  • Set up a Westclip alert
  • Save a search
  • Set up a Custom page
  • Locate Help and Support Pages

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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Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

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Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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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End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

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Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

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Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

Body

Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

Body

Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

Body

Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

Body

Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Criminal Law

Body

Key Content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adams on Criminal Law,  Misuse of Drugs, 
  • A to Z of New Zealand Law Criminal Law - Extradition, Criminal Law - Investigation, Criminal Justice - Parole, Criminal Justice - Sentencing, Criminal Law - Youth Justice, Police, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure - Appeals and Reviews, Evidence - Forensic Evidence. 
  • Criminal Litigation Workflow
  • Sentencing Tracker Analytics
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Alert 24 Criminal

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the depth of content for the Criminal Practice area, and how to keep up to date with new and changing materials
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Understand the difference between plain language searching and Boolean searching
  • How to structure a Terms & Connectors search, identify keywords, and build a search string  
  • Find case law using the Key Number System or Advanced Search
  • Understand the case analysis options when looking at case law
  • Know how to use the Sentencing Tracker
  • Refine, filter and narrow search results
  • Print, download or save to folders
  • Annotate documents, using highlights and notes
  • Know how to get further assistance when using Westlaw
  • Be aware of Custom Pages including the Criminal Custom Page to be supplied by the trainer at the end of the session

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.

 

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Property Law

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Description

Key content includes

  • Commentary available in Land Law, Native Land Court Cases and Commentary, Property - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Toomey (ed) New Zealand Land Law (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2017), Taxation - Property - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Davidson Taxation of Property Transactions in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2016), Tenancy Law - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Residential Tenancy Law in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2018).
  • News - Alert 24 Land Law
  • Full Text Legislation, Regulations and Bills
  • Case law on a point of law

Learning Outcomes 

At the end of the session participants will be able to:  

  • Navigate the home page and understand the depth of accessible content  
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Natural Legal Language (NLL) Search  - Explain the advantages of NLL and how to refine or filter results  
  • Introduce Best Portion feature, to quickly identify the relevant section of a document 
  • How to structure a T&C search – query, identify keywords, locate T&Cs, build search string.  
  • Refine or filter search results – search within a search  
  • When to use an Advanced Search template – discuss benefits 
  • Print, Download or Save to folders.  
  • Create a Search alert to be notified of future documents related to your search.

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.

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Property Law

Body

Description

Key content includes

  • Commentary available in Land Law, Native Land Court Cases and Commentary, Property - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Toomey (ed) New Zealand Land Law (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2017), Taxation - Property - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Davidson Taxation of Property Transactions in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2016), Tenancy Law - A to Z of New Zealand Law (Residential Tenancy Law in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2018).
  • News - Alert 24 Land Law
  • Full Text Legislation, Regulations and Bills
  • Case law on a point of law

Learning Outcomes 

At the end of the session participants will be able to:  

  • Navigate the home page and understand the depth of accessible content  
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar  
  • Natural Legal Language (NLL) Search  - Explain the advantages of NLL and how to refine or filter results  
  • Introduce Best Portion feature, to quickly identify the relevant section of a document 
  • How to structure a T&C search – query, identify keywords, locate T&Cs, build search string.  
  • Refine or filter search results – search within a search  
  • When to use an Advanced Search template – discuss benefits 
  • Print, Download or Save to folders.  
  • Create a Search alert to be notified of future documents related to your search.

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.

Start Date
End Date

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