Shortcuts and Tips for Legal Researchers

Weekly time-saving techniques for legal research and legal writing.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Tip #8: A Great Little Procrastination Tip

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I do a whole class on procrastination with a lot of advice for my students but I just saw something today that I had to pass on. From ...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Tip #7 - Notes of Decisions

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Ah, liquid gold.  "Notes of Decisions," or, as you probably know them "NOTES OF DECISIONS" is a fantastic resource for f...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Tip #6 - Italics or underline?

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Here's a very simple tip about whether to use italics or underlining for case names.  It doesn't matter which you choose, but pick o...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tip # 5 - How to create a new section in Word

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For some documents, you may want to have different headings on different pages or different kinds of page numbers (roman, then arabic).  The...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tip #4 - How to add a Section Symbol

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There are two ways to add the "section symbol" (§) to documents in word.  The case by case way and the macro way. In the case by...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Tip #3 - How to remove superscript for ordinal numbers

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Ok, what does that even mean?  When you're citing to cases (most commonly, federal circuit court cases), you have to put the Circuit n...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Tip #2 - How to find case page numbers in Westlaw or Lexis online

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If you're looking up a case in a book, the page number for your pinpoint cite should be easy to find.  When you're looking at cases ...
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I am an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville where I teach Basic Legal Skills. I was granted a PhD in Law from Queen Mary, University of London in December 2009.
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