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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 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;
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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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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
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