Why Becoming a Strong Legal Researcher Matters
Becoming a strong legal researcher distinguishes you from other law students (and attorneys), saves your clients money, and protects your reputation and career.
- Westlaw Certifications & Video TutorialsLinks you to the many video tutorials and lessons for each certification: 1) Foundations of Legal Research; 2) Essential Legal Research; 3) Advanced Legal Research; 4) Transactional Research; 5) Litigation Research; and 6) Prepare to Practice.
- Lexis Legal Research and Writing CenterLinks you to a collection of Lexis How-To Videos and How-To PDF Guides
A Note About Using This Guide: The iwi kupuna and contract issues that are dissected here throughout this Guide are for illustration. Depending on your research strategy or the authority you are searching, you are likely to rely on and consume the information within each tab in a piecemeal fashion. Where this might apply, the Guide signals whether you might want to scroll only the left-side of the screen, only the right-side, or both, depending on your research strategy. Mahalo.
Distinguish Yourself from Peers
Protect Your Reputation & Career
Fined, Reprimanded, & Disbarred for Sloppy Research and Poor Writing
See also Stanard v. Nygren, 658 F.3d 792, 798, 801-02 (7th Cir. 2011) (ordering the attorney to show cause within 21 days why he should not be removed or suspended from the bar or otherwise disciplined under Rule 46(b) or (c) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for relying on "irrelevant, conclusory, and often incoherent arguments" in a brief that cited 81 irrelevant cases, where "rampant grammatical, syntactical, and typographical errors contributed to an overall sense of unintelligibility.").
