The way we use the internet today is leagues away from how it was being used even five years ago. In order to keep the pace, you need streamlined research skills that will make the internet an asset rather than a liability for your firm. How do your skills stack up? Do you know the best, most efficient ways to get what you need? Order today to find out how to harness the internet as an excellent resource.

1. How to Search Like a Pro
2. Finding Free Legal Research Sites and Free Case Law
3. Discover the Invisible Web
4. Government Internet Resources: Federal State and Local
5. Investigative Research: Public Records and “Publicly Available” Information
6. Finding “Practice” Tools
7. Locating Persons and Finding Background Information
8. Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information

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1. HOW TO SEARCH LIKE A PRO
   9:00 - 10:00, Benjamin Thompson
   1. What's the Difference Between a Search Engine and a Directory?
   2. How do Search Engines Really Work?
   3. Learn Boolean Logic to Create the Best Search Strategies for Finding Relevant Documents
   4. Which Search Engines are the Best?
   5. A Close Look at Google and Search Engines That "Think"
   6. Learn Browser Tricks - the Power of the "Find" Function to Scan Web Pages Quickly
   7. Managing Bookmarks
   8. Effectively Using RSS Feeds, Blogs and Podcasts
2. FINDING FREE LEGAL RESEARCH SITES AND FREE CASE LAW
   10:00 - 10:30, Jayne L. Sebby
   1. Finding the Shortcuts to Legal Research: Free Legal Portals and Meta-Sites
   2. Finding and Using Free, Full-Text Case Law Sites
   3. Learn About the Free (Poor Man's) "Shepards"
3. DISCOVER THE INVISIBLE WEB
   10:45 - 11:15, Jayne L. Sebby
   1. What is the Invisible Web?
   2. How Does it Differ From the Visible Web?
   3. Learn to Find "Invisible Documents"
   4. Where do Old Web Pages Go? Learn to Locate Them
4. GOVERNMENT INTERNET RESOURCES: FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
   11:15 - 12:15, Benjamin Thompson
   1. Statutes, Bills and Legislative History
   2. Regulations and Agencies
   3. Find Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and Dockets
5. INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH: PUBLIC RECORDS AND "PUBLICLY AVAILABLE" INFORMATION
   1:15 - 2:15, Mindy Rush Chipman
   1. Accessing Public Records
   2. Professional Licenses
   3. Criminal Records
   4. Vital Statistics: Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records
   5. Real and Personal Property Records
6. FINDING "PRACTICE" TOOLS
   2:30 - 3:30, Mindy Rush Chipman
   1. Sample Briefs, Motions, Complaints and Settlements
   2. Sample Forms and Contracts
   3. Uncover Jury Verdicts
   4. Using Freelance Attorneys as a Resource
7. LOCATING PERSONS AND FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   3:30 - 4:00, Jayne L. Sebby
   1. Phone Numbers and Addresses of Missing People
   2. Social Security Numbers
   3. Bankruptcies
   4. Neighbors, Relatives and Associates
   5. Mailing List Postings, Blogs, Etc.
   6. Attorneys, Judges and Experts
8. LOCATING COMPANIES FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   4:00 - 4:30, Jayne L. Sebby
   1. Company Web Sites
   2. Directories for Private, Public and Foreign Companies
   3. Stock Quotes - Current and Historical
   4. SEC Filings
   5. State Corporate Records/Registered Agents and Fictitious Business Names
   6. News and Information About Companies, Products and Executives
   7. Information From Government Agencies Regulating Companies

MINDY RUSH CHIPMAN J.D., M.L.I.S., of Rush Chipman Law Office, has a solid legal and information science education, a long professional history of helping a wide variety of clients with legal needs, and a passion for complex legal research and writing. Rush Chipman Law Office provides traditional representation, as well as unbundled legal services, including freelance legal research and writing for other attorneys.

JAYNE L SEBBY is a solo practitioner focusing on intellectual propert,. media, and business law in Lincoln, Nebraska. Ms. Sebby earned her undergraduate degree in broadcasting and film from the University of Iowa and worked as a producer/director in both public and commercial television. She earned her law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is admitted to practice in Nebraska federal and state courts. Ms. Sebby is currently president of the Woods Park Neighborhood Association and the Greater Lincoln Obedience Club. She also has strong ties to the creative community of SE Nebraska

BENJAMIN THOMPSON is the president of Thompson Law Office, PC, LLO. Previously, Mr. Thompson was a founding and managing partner with Johnson Thompson LLP in Omaha, Nebraska, and an associate with Monteau & Peebles LLP. Prior to private practice, Mr. Thompson served as a judicial clerk to Justice John F. Wright with the Nebraska Supreme Court. He provides a perspective uniquely informed by his experience clerking for judges at both the trial and appellate levels. This experience, bolstered by his tenure as senior articles editor for the Iowa Law Review, allowed Mr. Thompson to further refine his analytical research and writing skills. He is as comfortable in the courtroom as he is in the boardroom. Mr. Thompson has participated in mediation, arbitration and litigation of various matters, including commercial transactions. He has assisted in the negotiation of intergovernmental cooperative agreements and the resolution of various disputes. Mr. Thompson has represented government and business entities as general counsel. He is a member of the American, Nebraska State, Omaha and California State bar associations and Robert M. Spire Inn of Court. Mr. Thompson earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and his J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law.

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Phone: 866-240-1890

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