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Westlaw - Legal Research Essentials for Students

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In this session learn how to:

  • Navigate Westlaw New Zealand and Westlaw Australia platforms. 
    • Locate Case Law, Legislation including Bills and Regulations Search Secondary Sources (Commentary and Journal Articles)
  • Navigate Westlaw Classic and understand where to find content by jurisdiction.
    • Locate Case Law, Legislation, Journal Articles and Treatises. 
  • Retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies.
  • Search using Natural Language and/or Terms & Connectors.
  • Refine search results and print or download relevant 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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Westlaw - Legal Research Essentials for Students

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In this session learn how to:

  • Navigate Westlaw New Zealand and Westlaw Australia platforms. 
    • Locate Case Law, Legislation including Bills and Regulations Search Secondary Sources (Commentary and Journal Articles)
  • Navigate Westlaw Classic and understand where to find content by jurisdiction.
    • Locate Case Law, Legislation, Journal Articles and Treatises.
  • Retrieve legal materials and implement effective legal research strategies.
  • Search using Natural Language and/or Terms & Connectors.
  • Refine search results and print or download relevant 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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ProView New Zealand Essentials

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At the end of this webinar, you will be able to: 

  • Log on to ProView using an internet browser 
  • Download titles for offline use 
  • Personalise Proview settings and add your own bookmarks, notes and highlights. 
  • Search and browse publications 

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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ProView New Zealand Essentials

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At the end of this webinar, you will be able to: 

  • Log on to ProView using an internet browser 
  • Download titles for offline use 
  • Personalise Proview settings and add your own bookmarks, notes and highlights. 
  • Search and browse publications 

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 Health & Safety

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In this session you will learn how to:

  • Navigate the home page and understand the depth of accessible content for Health & Safety products.
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar.
  • Understand the various available search options.
  • Be able to print, download or save documents to folders.
     

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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In this session you will learn how to:

  • Navigate the home page and understand the depth of accessible content. 

  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar. 

  • Conduct a Natural Legal Language (NLL) Search. 

  • Structure a T&C search – query, identify keywords, locate T&Cs, build search string. 

  • Refine or filter search results – search within a search. 

  • Use an Advanced Search template. 

  • Print, Download or Save to folders. 

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 Property Law

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This session will cover the following:

  • An in-depth look at the content available for the Property practice area.
  • Guidance on how to keep up to date with new and changing materials within the Property practice area.
  • How to locate relevant Property cases, legislation and commentary using a variety of search methods.
  • Browsing and downloading documents from the Property Forms & Precedents collection.
  • What a custom page is, and how one can be set up for Property.

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 Family Law

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In this session you will learn how to:

  • Navigate the home page and understand the depth of accessible content for Family products.
  • Locate a document, commentary publication or case using the global search bar.
  • Understand the various available search options.
  • Be able to print, download or save documents to folders.

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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In this session learn how 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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In this session learn how 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 – Researching Legislation and Secondary Sources

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In this session learn how to: 

  • Locate Acts, Secondary Legislation (also known as Regulations) and Bills.
  • Browse and search a commentary publication
  • Quickly access an Act, or a section of an Act using the Global Search Bar
    • Locate historic and future legislation in the History Tab.
    • Identify the related Annotated and Discursive Commentary, Book Chapters and Case Law.
  • Conduct a topic-based search using plain language and/or terms and connectors.
    • Refine and filter search results.
    • Annotate, print, download, email and save content to a folder in Westlaw New Zealand.
    • Create a search alert to be notified by email of new search results. 
       

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 – Researching Legislation and Secondary Sources

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In this session learn how to: 

  • Locate Acts, Secondary Legislation (also known as Regulations) and Bills.
  • Browse and search a commentary publication
  • Quickly access an Act, or a section of an Act using the Global Search Bar
    • Locate historic and future legislation in the History Tab.
    • Identify the related Annotated and Discursive Commentary, Book Chapters and Case Law.
  • Conduct a topic-based search using plain language and/or terms and connectors.
    • Refine and filter search results.
    • Annotate, print, download, email and save content to a folder in Westlaw New Zealand.
    • Create a search alert to be notified by email of new search results. 
       

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

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