The attorney's search for more efficient and accurate methods of self-education and legal research is the pursuit of perfection – perpetually in progress. Are you using all the tools at your disposal to save time and get the information you're looking for? This legal course offers a practical guide through the latest challenges and opportunities evolving technology presents in legal research and law practice management. Stay on the cutting edge of your practice with tips from experienced attorney faculty. Order today!

1. Staying Current on Upcoming Laws and Practice-Specific News
2. Organizing Legal Research and Delegating Tasks
3. Case-Specific Research
4. Advanced Online Legal Research Skills
5. Authenticating and Organizing the Search Results for Court Use
6. Legal Ethics 2.0: Rules of Professional Conduct in the Wireless World
7. Managing the Information Flow

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1. STAYING CURRENT ON UPCOMING LAWS AND PRACTICE-SPECIFIC NEWS
   9:00 - 10:00 Holly Agajanian
   1. Following Recent and Pending Legislation
   2. Practice-Specific and Issue-Specific Content News
   3. Tracking Significant Court Cases and Rulings and Their Potential Effect on Your Practice
   4. Scanning Legislation and Case Law in Other States to Uncover Potential Trends
   5. Keeping Track of the Latest Legal Technology
   6. Monitoring Client Market Trends
   7. Peer Attorney Practice Tips
      1. Listservs
      2. Blawgs
      3. Local and Online Networking
2. ORGANIZING LEGAL RESEARCH AND DELEGATING TASKS
   10:15 - 11:15 Holly Agajanian
   1. Setting Up General Research Guidelines
   2. Determining the Goal(s) of the Search
   3. Narrowing the Scope (Narrowing Down the Search Parameters)
   4. Choosing the Right Tool for the Search (Matching the Sources/Methods to the Type of Info You Need - Depending on the Goal)
   5. Identifying Key Focal Points
   6. Setting Timelines
   7. Keeping Track of Work Done and Time Spent
3. CASE-SPECIFIC RESEARCH
   11:15 - 12:15 Holly Agajanian
   1. Primary Law (Court Decisions, Statutes, Regulations, Rules) Online
   2. Sample Forms - Free or Low-Cost Online Briefs, Motions, Easements, Agreements, Divorce Petitions, etc.
   3. Finding Non-Legal Information for Your Legal Case
      1. Property Searches
      2. People Searches
   4. Other Paid and Free Online Litigation Resources
   5. Using Investigators
   6. Utilizing Local College Campuses and Libraries as a Resource
4. ADVANCED ONLINE LEGAL RESEARCH SKILLS
   1:15 - 2:15 Robert Mead
   1. Practical Tips for Searching Within a Site (Common Site Architecture Formulas)
   2. Understanding and Mitigating the Shortfalls of Search Engines
   3. Useful Shortcuts
   4. 7 Simple Mistakes That can Kill Your Online Search
   5. Top Time Wasters in Online Searches
   6. Choosing and Utilizing Paid and Free Online Legal Research Engines (WestlawNext, LexisNexis, BNA, Google Scholar, Fastcase, etc.)
      1. Recent and Upcoming Trends in Legal Research Provider Market
      2. Choosing the Provider to Fit Your Research Style
5. AUTHENTICATING AND ORGANIZING THE SEARCH RESULTS FOR COURT USE
   2:15 - 2:45 Robert Mead
   1. Tips for More Efficient Case Review
   2. Determining Relevance and Verifying Primacy
   3. Citing
   4. Organizing the Information for Use in the Case
   5. How to Not Reinvent the Wheel - Saving Your Search Results for Future Use
   6. Ensuring Admissibility
6. LEGAL ETHICS 2.0: RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN THE WIRELESS WORLD
   3:00 - 4:00 Robert Mead
   1. Thorough Research vs. Privacy Rights
   2. Researching Conflicts of Interest - How Deeply to Dig
   3. Attorney Speech and Legal Advice Online
7. MANAGING THE INFORMATION FLOW
   4:00 - 4:30 Robert Mead
   1. Organizing and Filtering Incoming E-Mails
   2. Mail/Delivery Information
   3. Organizing Your In-House Law Library
   4. Facilitating Travel
   5. Managing a Mobile Law Office
   6. Transferring Data Between Computers and Mobile Electronic Devices (Calendaring, E-Mail, Attachments, etc.)

HOLLY AGAJANIAN is an attorney with the Sante Fe law firm of Montgomery & Andrews P.A., where she focuses her practice on general civil litigation, insurance defense and coverage, and labor and employment law. Ms. Agajanian was assistant district attorney for New York County from 2002 to 2006. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law. Ms. Agajanian is admitted to practice in New York, the Southern District of New York, New Mexico and the U.S. District Court of New Mexico. She is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico (Labor, Employment and Health Care Law sections) and the American Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), and is the vice chair of the Publications Committee for the Employment Law Section of the Defense Research Institute. Ms. Agajanian is a proud member of the Board of Directors of Logan's Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for spinal muscular atrophy, the number one genetic killer of children under the age of two.

ROBERT MEAD is director of the New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library in Santa Fe, where he is the State Law Librarian. Mr. Mead was previously an instructor at the University of Kansas and the University of New Mexico, where he taught advanced legal research. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of New Mexico, and his master's degree from Emporia State University. Mr. Mead is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico and the American Association of Law Libraries.

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