Insights Into Legal Research Services
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Reliable legal research content is essential for every law firm. You need to know that your legal information is comprehensive and current. You need to easily identify the legal issues relevant to your matter and you need to be able to find this information quickly. Consequently, legal research services must be a top priority. However, selecting the right legal research provider at the right subscription price is no easy task. This blog covers topics related to provider selection, features, databases and pricing as well as contract renegotiation with legal research providers. For more detailed information than provided here, we would be happy to talk with you concerning your firm’s specific needs. Please call us at 719-200-3005 or contact us using this contact page.
Who Benefits from “End of the Year” Offers?
By now, your firm should have been contacted by your Westlaw or Lexis rep trying to squeeze in that "End of the Year" offer. So, why the big push for these special promotions? Maybe to get that last bit of revenue to get the company to their goal. The big question is,...
Who is Fighting for Legal Research Revenue?
Who wins and who loses? Westlaw and Lexis aren’t only fighting against each other, they’re fighting you as well. You’re not alone if you don’t feel like the priority in a transaction. When providers are trying to retain revenue, the options offered to you become...
What’s the Future for a Law Student?
A law student considering a career as an attorney today may have a different path than one could have imagined even a year ago. I thought it would be interesting to see this journey through the eyes of a pre-law student. Allow me to introduce Matthew Seidl who is...
Print Library vs Digital Library?
The digital library is different from your main platform on Westlaw and Lexis. The print and digital libraries in every law firm are at some stage of reorganization, at least they should be. As firms are trying to trim costs with all aspects of legal research, whether...
What Is Your Budget for Legal Research?
Maybe the question should be, how much should you be budgeting for legal research? The difference is knowing how to get to the targeted goal. Law firms are looking closely at products and services that are no longer relevant. Yes, there may be some new resources that...
What’s the Next Step?
With everything happening in our world currently, what’s the next step for law firms? The past few months have displayed experiences people would not have thought possible at the beginning of the year. Things are trying to get back to "normal", however, today's...
Top 10 Free Legal CLE Sites
Ready for FREE Online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Courses? Top 10 Free CLE Sites! As attorneys are deciding to continue to work from home or head to the the office, CLE requirements still need to be met. Here are 10 sites that offer select FREE online CLE courses...
What Part of Legal Research is Non-Essential?
The billable hour is still most popular for law firms today. So, if competent research is not performed, the bill to your clients can add up quickly. How can you be sure that your law firm is applying proper techniques for legal research and not engaging in...