CLEs

During this course, you will learn how to locate relevant briefs, pleadings, motions, dockets, jury verdicts, settlements, expert materials, and comprehensive reports most efficiently on experts, judges, and opposing counsel in Westlaw. As you learn techniques for researching within the vast number of materials available on Westlaw, you will also learn how to research procedural…

This course builds upon and expands legal research skills using Westlaw to delve into criminal law content sets of law. The focus will be finding case law, statutes, regulations, and administrative documents, as well as secondary sources specific to criminal law. Exploring the variety of ways criminal law research can be performed, the breadth and…

Secondary sources are vital legal tools that provide essential guidance and analysis in every area of the law. Often using Secondary Sources is the best place to start your research. You can get up to speed on a general area of law or dive deep into a specific subject. You can use them to find…

Learn how to conduct legislative history research on Westlaw for a specific act as well as how to research a specific statute. We will see how to find links to other documents on Westlaw that cite to your statute including cases, secondary sources, regulations, and administrative decisions. Also, how to pull up historical versions of…

Practical Law's legal know-how offers resources that address the needs for improved efficiency. Practical Law's expert attorney editors create and maintain a wide range of up-to-date, practical resources to ensure users have exactly what they need in their daily practice. The objective of this course is for the attendee to gain an understanding of Practical…

The objective of this Westlaw Public Records Seminar is to teach attorneys the available resources and search techniques to help them locate people and businesses, identify, and assess risk, understand critical connections and how to gather information on clients, experts, companies, assets, liens, and other filings that relate to civil and criminal actions. Register Here…

John Unice, Esq. of bit-x-bit will explain the electronic discovery reference model (“EDRM”) and the lifecycle of evidence.  There are four key pillars of the EDRM that lawyers must understand (1) identifying potentially relevant evidence; (2) properly preserving/collecting the evidence; (3) sorting out irrelevant files; and (4) reviewing what is most important, before producing evidence…

Join Honorable Michael E. McCarthy for a substantive 2 credit continuing legal education opportunity. This lecture will cover cellphone and their recordings, videos, text messages, and photos in Court proceedings. Registration is required. Please register in-person, by phone, or by emailing acll@carnegielibrary.org. This CLE is free for members and $35.00 for non-members.