Webinar approx. 90 min. (1.5 Hr. CLE)
The Internet can be tricky. Not all legal resources represent authoritative information and not all resources are up-to-date.
Mark Giangrande, a top expert in legal researching, will show you how to search for and find legal and relevant information that meets the challenge of your query. The program explains the context for efficient searching by comparing electronic searching
with print research methods. He compares editorial practices of websites with print publishers to illustrate how internet-based legal research fits into the larger picture.
You will learn research principles and methodology by examining certain websites and understand strategies for better searching. You will benefit from the practical, detailed knowledge of how legal information on the internet is organized and located.
What We'll Be Covered
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Based Research
- General and Legal Specific Search Engines
- Searching Strategies
- How to Find the Law on the Internet
- Easily Finding Legal Analysis
- Finding Government Documents
- Websites for Foreign Law
- Historical Research including materials from The National Archives and the Library of Congress
Meet Your Instructor
Mark Giangrande is a legal research specialist with DePaul University and practices law librarianship having served at six law schools. He has written numerous articles and management law school computing and electronic legal research strategies, in
addition to guides for researching topical areas of law. He lectures frequently on the use of internet resources as a research tool
Mr. Giangrande holds a J.D. degree from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law; M.L.I.S. degree, University of Texas at Austin and has served as a graduate fellow at the Tarlton Law Library.
