This class is an introduction to using WestlawNext, a legal research database that has been described as "ground breaking" and "Google for lawyers".

LA Law Library legal research specialists teach free, monthly 45-minute overviews of legal information search tools and techniques as part of regular "office hour" visits.*

This class is an introduction to using Thomson Reuters' WestlawNext, Westlaw's newly designed legal research database that has been described as "ground breaking" and "Google for lawyers".

Class covers:
• WestSearch: Westlaw's new search engine
• Formulating search queries
• Reviewing and filtering search results
• Finding cases and code sections
• Checking and updating citations using KeyCite

*A more extensive class, which may include hands-on practice and sample exercises, is taught at the Main branch of LA Law Library in downtown Los Angeles.
Location:
North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
5211 Tujunga Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 766-7185

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.