Legal research skills for newly qualified lawyers
What legal research skills do newly qualified lawyers need when joining a firm? Mary Rumsey proposes the following: When to start research in print and when to start electronically. Boolean searching:...
View ArticleLaw research skills for barristers
What law research skills do barristers require? Mark Haines explains: To succeed at the bar, a barrister will need to be a confident and accomplished independent legal researcher. Whereas solicitors in...
View ArticleLaw research skills on the LPC
When starting the LPC, students are expected to have a good level of legal research skills attained during their studies on the LL.B or Graduate Diploma in Law. The Solicitors Regulation Authority...
View ArticleLaw research at Melbourne Law School
In her article ‘Life-long learning’ for Legal Information Management, Natalie Wieland examines how legal research is taught at Melbourne University. “Melbourne Law School recognises that teaching legal...
View ArticleLearning law research: top tips from a top city firm
In her invaluable article for ‘Legal Information Management’, ‘Law firm legal research – what trainees need to know’, Caroline Tuckwell gives us the best legal research tips that are taught to trainees...
View ArticleLaw legal research – the basics
In his article ‘Legal Research Skills: The Basics’ (NLJ, 151 NLJ 1528), Peter Clinch explains that legal research comprises three elements: problem analysis, finding relevant law and presenting the...
View ArticleThe problems with outsourcing legal work to India
Legal process outsourcing is on the rise, with many US firms looking to outsource to India. UK firms are slowly but surely picking up on the trend. Outsourcing to India typically means your legal work...
View ArticleOutsourcing – why you should stay UK
In a recent speech delivered on 23 June 2011 at the Hague Institute of International Law’s “Law of the Future” conference, Ian McDougall discussed how the profession of law might change to meet the...
View ArticleShould you outsource offshore?
Outsourcing parts of your legal operation offshore looks like an attractive option and with ‘everyone doing it’ to cut costs, it’s one you can’t afford to ignore. A few days ago, popular legal mag The...
View ArticleLegal Researcher features in ACQ magazine
Legal Researcher featured in the November / December issue 2011 of ACQ Magazine, one of the leading publications serving the finance sector since 2003 with over 32,000 subscribers globally. Our team...
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