Skip to main content

Webinar

Westlaw Asia - Working Smarter

Body

Part 1: Learning Outcomes (all attendees)

  • Browse or search by ‘Content Type’ or ‘Jurisdiction’.
  • Browse to explore product content and scope.
  • Conduct a Home Page search.
  • Edit a search.
  • Filter results or search within results.
  • Re-order results list.

Part 2: Learning Outcomes (OnePass ID attendees)

  • Create and manage search and product alerts.
  • Annotate a document and save a document to a folder.
  • Understand the significance of Client ID.
  • Personalise settings.
  • View trail (search history).
  • Locate Westlaw Asia help and support.
     
Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Classic - Case Law Research for Students

Body

• Understand the coverage of cases available on Westlaw Classic.
• Use WestSearch to find cases.
• Navigate and filter search results.
• Sort results list.
• Understand the difference between reported and unreported cases.
• Ascertain what KeyCite Flags represent.
• Navigate a case document.
• Navigate KeyCite tabs.
• Print and download cases content.
• Understand and utilise Key Numbers to find cases quickly and efficiently.
• Finding Help and Support

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Classic - Case Law Research for Students

Body

• Understand the coverage of cases available on Westlaw Classic.
• Use WestSearch to find cases.
• Navigate and filter search results.
• Sort results list.
• Understand the difference between reported and unreported cases.
• Ascertain what KeyCite Flags represent.
• Navigate a case document.
• Navigate KeyCite tabs.
• Print and download cases content.
• Understand and utilize Key Numbers to find cases quickly and efficiently.
• Finding Help and Support

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Asia - Case Law Deep Dive for Malaysia

Body

• Understand the coverage of Malaysia cases available on Westlaw Asia.
• Work with content search templates to locate relevant documents.
• Navigate and filter results.
• Confirm whether authority is still good law using Case Analysis.
• Print and download cases

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Asia - Researching Legislation and Commentary (Malaysia & United Kingdom)

Body

• Understand the coverage of Malaysia and United Kingdom content available on Westlaw Asia.
• Conduct a Home Page search.
• Work with content search templates to locate relevant documents.
• Navigate and filter results.
• Locate legislation and access current, historic and prospective law.
• Access and understand the Legislation Analysis information.
• Print and download content.
• Search and locate Journals and Commentary.
• Utilise current awareness sources to stay up-to-date

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Asia - Terms and Connectors (Advanced)

Body

• Understand the various Terms & Connectors and how they operate.
• Apply Terms & Connectors in online exercises.
• Identify keywords and the operators required to perform a search in Westlaw Asia.
• Construct a search string combining keywords and Terms and Connectors.
• Refine the results list on Westlaw Asia by applying filters or searching within results.
• Locate Westlaw Asia Help and Support

Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Edge UK - Research Essentials

Body
  • Understand the coverage of UK content available on Westlaw Asia.
  • Conduct a Home Page search for UK materials.
  • Utilise Westlaw Questions (Westlaw Edge UK exclusive).
  • Conduct a Natural Language search.
  • Conduct a Terms & Connectors search.
  • Work with content search templates to locate relevant documents.
  • Confirm whether authority is still good law using Case Analysis.
  • Understand how Case Analytics operates (Westlaw Edge UK exclusive).
  • Locate legislation and access current, historic and prospective law.
  • Access the Legislation Analysis information to understand the application of the law and how it has changed.
  • Create alerts, including Legislative alerts (Westlaw Edge UK exclusive).
  • Utilise current awareness sources to stay up-to-date.
  • Search and locate Journals and Commentary.
Start Date
End Date

Introduction to Westlaw UK

Body
  • Navigate the Westlaw UK home page
  • Browse to explore product content and scope
  • Identify different search methods for Cases, Legislation and Journals
  • Refine & filter results
  • Search within results
  • Extract resources
  • View search history (trail)
Start Date
End Date

Westlaw Asia - Getting Started

Body
  • Browse or search by ‘Content Type’ or ‘Jurisdiction’.
  • Conduct a Home Page search.
  • Filter results or search within results.
  • Re-order results list.
  • Create a search alert (ID Access).
  • Edit a search.
  • Browse to explore product content and scope.
  • Understand which content search templates to use to locate relevant documents.
  • Locate Westlaw Asia help and support.
Start Date
End Date

Navigating Westlaw Classic

Body

Attendees will be shown how to navigate the features and functionalities of Westlaw, understand the wide-ranging content available, how to use Key Numbers to find cases listed under a specific legal issue, conduct a search using WestSearch and navigate results for cases, statutes and court rules.

  • Understand the significance of Client ID.
  • Navigate the features and functionalities of Westlaw.
  • Browse or search by Content or by Federal and State Material.
  • Access Key Numbers to browse for cases listed under a legal issue.
  • Conduct a WestSearch.
  • Re-order results list.
  • Filter results or search within results.
  • Understand the significance of reported and unreported cases.
  • Navigate a case result.
  • Understand the different KeyCite Flags.
  • Search and browse for statutes and court rules.
  • Introduce International Materials.
Start Date
End Date

Practical Law - Research Essentials

Body
  • Switch to different platforms Practical Law UK/US/Global Home
  • Utilise personalized functionalities
  • Conduct a Home Page search
  • Understand the resource of Practices Notes on explanation of laws
  • Learn how the maintained content on Practical Law saves research time
  • Understand the resource of Standard Documents for contract drafting
  • Understand the resource of Checklists for project or transaction planning
  • Know different types of Checklists
  • Meet the Team — Practical Law's Expert Attorney Editors
  • Ask the Team
  • Set up Email alerts on Legal Updates to stay up-to-date.
  • Access What’s Market - summaries of recent deals and compare provisions
  • Browse by practice area under Global Guides or on Global Home
  • Perform a global Q&A comparison
Start Date
End Date

Practical Law - Research Essentials

Body
  • Switch to different platforms Practical Law UK/US/Global Home
  • Utilise personalized functionalities 
  • Conduct a Home Page search
  • Understand the resource of Practices Notes on explanation of laws
  • Learn how the maintained content on Practical Law saves research time
  • Understand the resource of Standard Documents for contract drafting
  • Understand the resource of Checklists for project or transaction planning
  • Know different types of Checklists
  • Meet the Team — Practical Law's Expert Attorney Editors
  • Ask the Team 
  • Set up email alerts on Legal Updates to stay up-to-date.
  • Access What’s Market - summaries of recent deals and compare provisions
  • Browse by practice area under Global Guides or on Global Home
  • Perform a global Q&A comparison
     
Start Date
End Date