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Introduction to Legal Research on Fastcase 2018 1/5/2018 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. 1 1/5/2018 29 States and Two‐Thirds of All Lawyers Bar Partners The Arkansas Bar Association The New York State Bar The West Virginia State Bar 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 Florida Bar The Oklahoma Bar Association The Kern County Bar Association The Hawaii State Bar Association The Oregon State Bar The Social Law Library (14,000 The Illinois State Bar Association The South Carolina Bar members in Massachusetts) The Iowa State Bar Association The State Bar of Arizona The National Association of The Louisiana State Bar The State Bar of Georgia Consumer Bankruptcy Association The State Bar of Montana Attorneys The Massachusetts Bar The State Bar of Nevada The American Immigration Lawyers Association The Maryland State Bar The State Bar of New Mexico The Jenkins Law Library Association The State Bar of South Dakota The Minnesota State Bar The Cincinnati Law Library The State Bar of Texas Association Association The State Bar of Wisconsin The Missouri Bar The Los Angeles County Law The Tennessee Bar Association Library The New Jersey State Bar The Virginia State Bar Association; 2 1/5/2018 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 3 1/5/2018 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! 4 1/5/2018 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. 5 1/5/2018 Alerts and Analytics with Docket Alarm The Problem With Search Results Overinclusive or Underinclusive. 6 1/5/2018 Overinclusive Underinclusive 7 1/5/2018 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. 8 1/5/2018 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 9 1/5/2018 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 10 1/5/2018 Enter a search term like Marbury v. 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