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.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

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

• Understand the types of resources available in Newsroom.
• Obtain useful techniques for effective searching and retrieval of relevant documents from this vast collection of News resources.
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. 
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

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

• Understand the types of resources available in Newsroom.
• Obtain useful techniques for effective searching and retrieval of relevant documents from this vast collection of News resources.
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. 
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

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

• Understand the types of resources available in Newsroom.
• Obtain useful techniques for effective searching and retrieval of relevant documents from this vast collection of News resources.
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. 
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

In this session:

• We will outline the currency and coverage of content included in the Newsroom subscription.
• Browse the Newsroom Index
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. E.g. Sydney Morning Herald
• Search Newsroom and create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Provide an example of how to monitor clients.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

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

• Understand the types of resources available in Newsroom.
• Obtain useful techniques for effective searching and retrieval of relevant documents from this vast collection of News resources.
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. 
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.

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.

Learning Outcomes  

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

• Understand the types of resources available in Newsroom.
• Obtain useful techniques for effective searching and retrieval of relevant documents from this vast collection of News resources.
• Create a Publication Alert to be notified of new articles. 
• Discuss search techniques and tips.
• Create a WestClip search alert to receive updates on a search query.

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.

This course will 

• Explaining the advantages of Natural Legal Language (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.
• How to print, download or save research to folders.
• Create a WestClip 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.

This course will 

• Explaining the advantages of Natural Legal Language (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.
• How to print, download or save research to folders.
• Create a WestClip 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.

This course will 

• Explaining the advantages of Natural Legal Language (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.
• How to print, download or save research to folders.
• Create a WestClip 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.

This course will 

• Explaining the advantages of Natural Legal Language (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.
• How to print, download or save research to folders.
• Create a WestClip 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.