Attendees will receive a copy of Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch's 330-page book, The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet (9th ed. 2008) – a $59.95 VALUE!

This book is utilized for both programs and attendees of both programs will receive one book.

 

 

 

 

Attendees will learn how the Internet is changing the way they need to research in order to competently represent their clients – and to avoid ethical or malpractice issues! Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “google” the missing defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the defendant's claim of insufficient service of process. Effective Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer's due diligence routine. At this seminar, attendees will learn the best research strategies (including advanced search features at Google and other search engines) that will assist them in meeting their research obligations. “The standard of care imposing liability on lawyers for legal malpractice is changing owing to the increasing use of computers. Internet accessibility is about to profoundly change our research obligations…vast amounts of information are readily available to everyone, including courts and clients….” ABA GP Solo Newsletter

 

- Identify and Use the Best Search Engines

- Sites, Secrets, and Shortcuts Revealed

- Develop Super Search Strategies

- Key into Google's “Advanced Search” Menu

- Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research

 

- Locate Information from the “Invisible” Web

- Tools to Search “Smarter not Harder”

- Uncover Ways to Find Deleted Web Pages

 

 

 

 

A lawyer's research involves much more than just finding cases and statutes. Whether you're a transactional lawyer looking for information on a company, a consumer attorney tracking down a defective product, a matrimonial attorney searching for a spouse's assets, or a litigator looking for a missing witness, the Internet can be an indispensable source of information. The ABA's most recent technology survey found that while nearly 90% of attorneys used the Internet “to research news or current events,” less than half were using the public records or company background information, both of which are freely available on the Internet. The attorney who thinks they're “using the Internet in their practice” because they are reading the news or checking their stock portfolios online runs the risk of having cases dismissed, losing cases, or facing a malpractice suit…because of information they've missed.

 

- Develop Internet Investigative Search Strategies

- Learn to Extract Background Information from Dockets

- Unearth Bankruptcies

- Mine the Web for Missing People

- Glean Private or Personal Information from Blogs and Usenet Postings

- Identify Low Cost Investigative Databases to…Discover Addresses (Home and Email), Find Phone Numbers (Even Cellular), and Locate Someone's Aliases and Employer's Name

 

- Factual Information

- Press Releases

- Background Information

- Full-text Newspaper and Magazine Articles

- And, more…

 

- Online Telephone⁄Address Directories

- Real Property Records

- Death Records

- Criminal Records

- Birthdays

- Political Persuasion

- Social Security Numbers

 

- Find Out How to Dig Up “Dirt” About the Opposition

- Uncover Information to Attack a Witness' Credibility

- Seek-out the Smoking Gun

- Obtain Useful Background Information About Potential Clients, Potential Hires, and the Opposition

 

 

8:30 – 9:00 am

 

9:00 – 12:15 pm

 

10:30 – 10:45 am

 

12:15 pm

 

1:15 – 4:30 pm

 

2:30 – 2:45 pm

 

4:30 pm

 

 

 

Carole Levitt, Esq., President of Internet For Lawyers and ABA author, has over twenty years of combined experience in the legal field as a California attorney, Internet trainer, law librarian, and legal research and writing professor. She was the “Computer Counselor” columnist for the Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. Ms. Levitt received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL, graduating with distinction, and was a member of the school's law review. She earned her Masters in Library Science and her Bachelors in Political Science at the University of Illinois in Champaign -Urbana. Ms. Levitt serves on the ABA's Law Practice Management Executive Council and the section's Publishing Board.

 

Mark Rosch, Vice-President of Internet For Lawyers and ABA author, is the developer and manager of Internet for Lawyers' website and online education services. He serves as the editor of IFL's newsletter, The Internet Legal Research Update. Mr. Rosch authors numerous articles about computer technology in the law office for Law Technology News, Los Angeles Lawyer, Law Practice, FindLaw.com and the Los Angeles Daily Journal, among other publications. Mr. Rosch serves on the ABA's Law Practice Management Education Board. He is a graduate of Tulane University.

 

 

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