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Research Trends & Best Practices

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Sharpen your legal research skills in this 45-minute master class. Learn from Reference Librarian, Hannah Steeves, how understanding physical materials can anchor your understanding of and proficiency with digital tools. Then have product experts walk you through how to research faster and more efficiently with Westlaw Canada's exclusive finding tools, such as the Canadian Abridgment on Westlaw. This webinar takes you beyond the basics and provides insight into best practices.

Who should attend this webinar? This webinar is suitable for new legal researchers, people in teaching/training roles, as well as experienced legal researchers looking to advance their skills and understanding of legal research tools.

Topics:

Physical to Digital: Using physical materials to understand digital tools

The digitalisation of legal research
Using physical materials to understand digital tools
Responsibilities of researchers and legal research providers

Effectively leveraging legal research tools, including:

The Canadian Abridgment Online
Legal Topics
KeyCite
Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL)
Words and Phrases/Defined Terms

Improving access to secondary source content through technology

Meet the speakers

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Natalie Murphy

Executive Customer Learning Consultant,

Thomson Reuters

Natalie Murphy joined Thomson Reuters after practicing at a full-service law firm in Toronto. She has over 20 years of experience at Thomson Reuters in a variety of roles including working as a Reference Lawyer and as an Executive Customer Learning Consultant. In her current role, Natalie works closely with our customers to help them understand the best ways to use the many product offerings of Thomson Reuters and maximize workflow productivity.

Hannah Steeves

Instruction & Reference Librarian, Sir James Dunn Law Library,

Dalhousie University

Hannah Steeves is an Instruction & Reference Librarian at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, Dalhousie University. She teaches Legal Research & Writing at the Schulich School of Law and Legal Literature & Librarianship at the School of Information Management. She is currently working towards an LLM in Intellectual Property Law through Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development. Her research interests are focused on digital literacy for legal research, access to information, and open research.

Kristin Brook

Manager, Product Management, Thomson Reuters

Kristin Brook is a manager on the Westlaw Canada product management team, focused on the development of Westlaw Edge Canada. Kristin enjoys interacting with and receiving feedback from customers to better understand how Westlaw can meet their legal research needs. Kristin received her JD from Queen’s University, and she is licensed to practice law in Ontario.

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