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Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Commercial Law

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Gault on Commercial Law, Fair Trading, Company and Securities Law, as well as A to Z titles: Commercial Law - Competition, Commercial Law - eCommerce ,Commercial Law - Sale of Goods, Commercial Law - Securities
  • Case law on a point of law, 
  • Alert 24 – Commercial and Alert 24 Company and Securities

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.

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Westlaw New Zealand - Spotlight on Health & Safety

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Employment Law, Personal Injury, Health, Safety and ACC, as well as A to Z titles: Accident Compensation (Todd of Torts) and Employment Law - Health & Safety (Health and Safety at Work in New Zealand: Know the Law) and Safeguard Articles. 
  • Case law on a point of law, 
  • OSH Tracker Analytics
  • Alert 24 – Employment and Alert 24 Safeguard Update.

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 Health & Safety

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Employment Law, Personal Injury, Health, Safety and ACC, as well as A to Z titles: Accident Compensation (Todd of Torts) and Employment Law - Health & Safety (Health and Safety at Work in New Zealand: Know the Law) and Safeguard Articles. 
  • Case law on a point of law, 
  • OSH Tracker Analytics
  • Alert 24 – Employment and Alert 24 Safeguard Update.

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 Family Law

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adult Relationships, Child Law, Family Procedure, Family Property, Incapacity, and Mental Health A to Z of New Zealand Law
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Family forms and precedents
  • Alert 24 – Family Law

Learning Outcomes

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

  • Understand the depth of content for the Family 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
  • 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 Family 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 Family Law

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adult Relationships, Child Law, Family Procedure, Family Property, Incapacity, and Mental Health A to Z of New Zealand Law
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Family forms and precedents
  • Alert 24 – Family Law

Learning Outcomes

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

  • Understand the depth of content for the Family 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
  • 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 Family 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 Family Law

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Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adult Relationships, Child Law, Family Procedure, Family Property, Incapacity, and Mental Health A to Z of New Zealand Law
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Family forms and precedents
  • Alert 24 – Family Law

Learning Outcomes

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

  • Understand the depth of content for the Family 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
  • 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 Family 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 Family Law

Body

Key content includes:

  • Commentary available in Adult Relationships, Child Law, Family Procedure, Family Property, Incapacity, and Mental Health A to Z of New Zealand Law
  • Case law on a point of law
  • Family forms and precedents
  • Alert 24 – Family Law

Learning Outcomes

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

  • Understand the depth of content for the Family 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
  • 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 Family 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 - Recent Enhancements

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This session will provide an overview of the following enhancements:

  • Homepage redesign: Exciting enhancements have been made to the Westlaw homepage
  • PDF Images for Cases: To enable easy access, the link to the PDF image has been relocated to the top right-hand side of the document.
  • Forms and Precedents: These are enhanced versions of the existing Forms & Precedent publications improving findability and functionality for users.
  • Alert 24: We are happy to advise that Westlaw now supports Full Text Document Format for Westclip Alerts and Publication Alerts.
  • Addressing Accessibility Issues: Due to accessibility issues, we are removing case images from the 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.

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Recent Enhancements

Body

This session will provide an overview of the following enhancements:

  • Homepage redesign: Exciting enhancements have been made to the Westlaw homepage
  • PDF Images for Cases: To enable easy access, the link to the PDF image has been relocated to the top right-hand side of the document.
  • Forms and Precedents: These are enhanced versions of the existing Forms & Precedent publications improving findability and functionality for users.
  • Alert 24: We are happy to advise that Westlaw now supports Full Text Document Format for Westclip Alerts and Publication Alerts.
  • Addressing Accessibility Issues: Due to accessibility issues, we are removing case images from the 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.

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw New Zealand - Recent Enhancements

Body

This session will provide an overview of the following enhancements:

  • Homepage redesign: Exciting enhancements have been made to the Westlaw homepage
  • PDF Images for Cases: To enable easy access, the link to the PDF image has been relocated to the top right-hand side of the document.
  • Forms and Precedents: These are enhanced versions of the existing Forms & Precedent publications improving findability and functionality for users.
  • Alert 24: We are happy to advise that Westlaw now supports Full Text Document Format for Westclip Alerts and Publication Alerts.
  • Addressing Accessibility Issues: Due to accessibility issues, we are removing case images from the 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.

Start Date
End Date

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.

Start Date
End Date

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.

Start Date
End Date

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