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Introduction to Legal Research on Fastcase 2018

What is Fastcase? Founded in 1999 The mission Democratize the law Make legal research smarter Embraced by market Partners with 29 state bar associations Over 800,000 subscribers.

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29 States and Two‐Thirds of All Lawyers

Bar Partners The Arkansas The New York State Bar The West The D.C. Bar Association; Virgin Islands Bar Association The Delaware State Bar The North Carolina Bar The San Fernando Valley Bar Association Association Association The The Kern County Bar Association The Hawaii The The Social Law Library (14,000 The Illinois State Bar Association The members in Massachusetts) The Iowa State Bar Association The The National Association of The Louisiana State Bar The Consumer Bankruptcy Association The Attorneys The Massachusetts Bar The The American Immigration Lawyers Association The Maryland State Bar The The Jenkins Law Library Association The State Bar of South Dakota The Minnesota State Bar The Cincinnati Law Library The Association Association The The Los Angeles County Law The Tennessee Bar Association Library The New Jersey State Bar The Virginia State Bar Association;

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What’s in the Fastcase Database?

Free Materials New York Court of Appeals Decisions A.D. Decisions Miscellaneous Decisions N.Y. Consolidated Laws N.Y.C.R.R. N.Y. Constitution U.S. Supreme Court Federal Second Circuit U.S. Code

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Discounted Upgrade

All 50 States All Federal Courts of Appeal All Federal District Courts All Bankruptcy Courts

Regular Price: $995/year Discounted NYSBA Member Price: $195/year 80% Discount

Upgrades free to new members for first two years after law school

NYSBA Publications on Fastcase!

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American Association of Law Libraries

New Product of the Year award 2010 2014

Partner Integration: Clio

Fastcase integrated the most comprehensive, yet easy‐to‐use cloud‐ based law practice management software in the world.

This exclusive partnership allows the over 150,000 lawyers who trust Clio to be the backbone of their practice.

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Alerts and Analytics with Docket Alarm

The Problem With Search

Results Overinclusive or Underinclusive.

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Overinclusive

Underinclusive

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Goldilox with Big Data Analytics

Why should you try it?

The principle behind Fastcase is a lot like Google.

More automation, less leg work.

Researching on Fastcase is not like browsing through indexes on 90’s Yahoo.

Fastcase eliminates the “luck” element of haphazardly finding an important case early in your research.

Find cases on purpose instead.

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Press

“This is a fundamental break from the way legal research has been performed since the mid‐1700s….” ‐‐ Forbes Magazine June 30, 2008

How Small Firms Use Fastcase

.Primary service .National supplement to avoid off‐plan charges .Occasional researcher .Expand practice .Facilitate pro bono .Be more competitive .Better resources .Find results faster

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How Large Firms Use Fastcase . House account for primary law research . Advanced analytics to ensure complete results . A place to start your research . Easy case pulls . Only one clock . Save money . Increase cost recovery . Reduce usage of Westlaw and Lexis . Negotiating leverage . Summer associates . Facilitate pro bono

Getting started —Logging in

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Enter a search term like Marbury v. Madison My Research Home into either search box and click on “Go” to begin research

Advanced Caselaw Search

 Click on the “Advanced” search link at the top of any page in Fastcase 7

 Many more options are available:

 Choose the document library/ libraries  Select a particular document type  Select a jurisdiction

 Adjust your date range. Search tips can be displayed by checking this box

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Mix and match jurisdictions and document types

 Select a document type, a jurisdiction, or a court level to see options.

 Or mix and match in any combination.

State filters

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Results screen

Sorting search results

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Visual law

Forecite

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Filters and the Tag Cloud

Navigating cases

 Use the highlight feature to find important information quickly.

 Easily navigate to other cases in your results list that display along the left side of the case.

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Authority Check Report

Bad Law Bot

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Searching statutes, regulations and more

Click here to search historical versions of your statute, court rule, or regulation

Statute search results

Manipulate your results using the same sorting tools that are available for Caselaw searches.

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Outline View

View a Statute Section

 View your results along the left side.  In the upper left hand corner is the outline view button.

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Print, download, or email documents

These options are available at the top of each Fastcase document.

Printing options

 Fastcase allows you to download, save, and print an unlimited amount of primary law documents.

 You can change the number of columns and file format (Microsoft Word or PDF).

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Save Your Favorite Documents

Public link —share with anyone Copy this address to share with anyone for free.  You can share Primary Law documents with anyone, even if they do not have access to Fastcase.

 Just click Public Link to open a new Public tab. Share the web address with friends, colleagues, and clients.

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Use “mobile sync” to pair your accounts

Customer Support

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