Webcasts

The Library offers in-person training sessions covering various topics. These are recordings of those training sessions, as well as some training sessions recorded specifically for online viewing. All of these videos include audio, but for some you will have to increase the volume to hear the presenter.

Spring 2013

Library Sessions and Handouts

• Why Annotated Codes Are Your Friend
• Lawyers and Social Media [Handout: PowerPoint Doc]
• Research Strategy 101: smart ways to tackle tough questions. Part I and Part II. [Handout: Word Doc]
• Cost Effective Research for New York: finding what you need without breaking the bank [Handouts: Word Doc and PowerPoint Doc]
• Global Climate Change and US Law (Prof. Kuh) [Handouts: Word Doc and PowerPoint Doc]
• Forms for Pre-Trial Litigation Skills Training (Prof. Cozzens) [Handout: PDF]
• Securities Arbitration Clinic (Prof. Pew) [Handout: PDF]
• Legal Ethics Research (Prof. Fortney) [Handouts: PDF and PDF]
• Employment Law Research (Prof. Joffe) [Handout: Word Doc]

Fall 2012

Library Sessions and Handouts

• Family Court Review Orientation
• Securities Arbitration Clinic Orientation [Handout: Word Doc]
• ACTEC Law Journal Orientation
• Labor and Employment Law Journal Orientation
• 1L Introduction to Lexis and Westlaw (video begins at 4:00) [Handouts: Word Doc, Word Doc, Word Doc]
• Law Review Source Gathering Orientation: Session 1 and Session 2 [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Forms for Pre-Trial Litigation Skills Training [Handouts: New York Forms Libguide]
• Journal of International Business and Law Orientation [Handout: PowerPoint Doc]
• Business Drafting Class Orientation [Handouts: Word Doc, Word Doc and Word Doc]
• Tax Policy Legal Research Training
• Faculty Research Assistant Training [Handout: Word Doc]
• Bioethics: Research and Resources [Handout: Word Doc]
• KeyCite and Shepard's Workshop: WestlawNext & Lexis Advance Orientation

Spring 2012

Library Sessions and Handouts

• Research Strategy 101: smart ways to tackle tough questions. Part I and Part II [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Statutes [Handouts: PowerPoint Doc]
• Court Dockets, Records and Briefs [Handouts: Court Dockets, Records and Briefs Libguide]
• Cost effective use of Westlaw and Lexis: Getting the most bang for your research buck [Handouts: Word Doc, PowerPoint Doc and PDF]
• Ask the Experts: practitioners discuss essential research skills for interns and new associates
• Finding and Updating Federal Regulations [Handouts: PowerPoint Doc]
• Legal Ethics Research [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Climate Change and US Law Research (Prof. Kuh) [Handouts: Word Doc, PowerPoint Doc]
• International Environmental Law Research (Prof. Kuh) [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Legal History: Research & Resources (Prof. Silber) [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Employment Law Research (Prof. Joffe) [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Advanced Immigration & Citizenship Seminar Research (Prof. Villazor) [Handouts: PowerPoint Doc]
• Authority, Primary and Secondary Resources
• Legal Analysis Writing and Research II (Prof. Ching)

Fall 2011

Library Sessions and Handouts

• Bioethics: Research and Resources [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Child Family and the State [Handouts: PDF]
• Introduction to Lexis and Westlaw [Handouts: PDF, Word Doc, Word Doc]
• Tax Policy [Handouts: Tax Policy]
• Family Court Review Orientation [Handouts: PDF]
• Law Review Source Gathering Orientation, Session 1 and Session 2 [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Labor and Employment Law Orientation [Handouts: PowerPoint Doc]
• Securities Arbitration Clinic Orientation [Handouts: Word Doc]
• Business Drafting Class Orientation — Part II: Using Business Forms Online — [Handouts: Forms (PDF), New York Forms (PDF) and Business Drafting Online Finding Forms (Word Doc)].

Spring 2011

Library Sessions and Handouts

• Fact Finding (32m).
• Employment Law Research (1h) (iTunes file) (PDF handout). Originally presented on February 16, 2011.
• Advanced Lexis/Westlaw Quick Tours:
  
  All of these videos, other than “Finding a Database on Westlaw,” can be accessed here.
  
  To subscribe to these files as video podcasts in iTunes, click here. (Does not include “Finding a Database on Westlaw.”)
  
  To subscribe to these files as video podcasts through an RSS feed, click here. (Does not include “Finding a Database on Westlaw.”)
  • Finding a Database on Lexis (10m)
  • Finding a Database on Westlaw  (21m) (iTunes file)
  • Finding Statutes and Regulations on Lexis (12m)
  • Finding Statutes and Regulations on Westlaw (14m)
  • Shepard’s (13m)
  • KeyCite(15m)
  • Searching by Topic/Headnote in Lexis (15m)
  • Using the Key Number system in Westlaw (12m)
  • Lexis: Using FOCUS to Narrow Your Results (12m)
  • Westlaw/WestlawNext: Using LOCATE to Narrow Your Results (19m)
• The Top 10 Research Skills: What Employers Really Want New Attorneys to Know:
  • Getting Background: How to Use Secondary Sources (1h) (iTunes file) [Handouts from this session: slides (PDF), JUST ASK Rule (PDF), summary (PDF), Recommended Treatises (PDF)]
  • Find the Basics: Where to Find Statutes and Regulations (1h) (iTunes file)
  • Putting It All Together: How to Develop a Research Strategy (55m) (iTunes file)

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