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. Finding Top Free Legal Research Sources
2. Become a Query Master
3. Search Like a Pro
4. Fact Investigation on the 'Net
5. "Secondary Source" on the 'Net
6. Avoid Ethical Pitfalls

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1. FINDING TOP FREE LEGAL RESEARCH SOURCES
   9:00 - 10:00, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. Directories
   2. Portals and Meta-Sites
   3. Free Access Legal Research Databases
   4. Oklahoma State Courts Network
   5. Other Vital Oklahoma Research Sources
   6. Legislative Information, Agencies, and Courts
2. BECOME A QUERY MASTER
   10:00 - 11:00, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. How Search Engines Work
   2. Boolean Logic Explained (Helps With Westlaw and Lexis, Too!)
   3. Advanced Query Tools on Free Search Engines
   4. Spotting and Avoiding Junk Sites
3. SEARCH LIKE A PRO
   11:15 - 12:15, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. Browser Magic - Find Functions, Bookmark Management and Other Tips
   2. Betcha' Didn't Know Google Could Do That!-Scholar, Images, Translation, etc.
   3. The Invisible 'Net-Finding "Unsearchable" Resources
   4. The "Wayback Machine"
   5. (Perfectly Legal) Website "Hacking"
4. FACT INVESTIGATION ON THE 'NET
   1:15 - 2:15, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. Constructing a Profile From Multiple Sources
   2. Online Public Records: Civil Courts, Criminal Records, Property, Licenses, etc.
   3. Web2.0: Facebook, Twitter and Other "Social Web" Sources
   4. Corporate Websites
   5. Online Corporate Information: SEC, News, Cybergripers
5. "SECONDARY SOURCES" ON THE 'NET
   2:15 - 3:15, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. RSS Newsfeeds, 'Blogs, Podcasts
   2. Legal Specialty Groups and Sites
   3. Practice Tools - Sample Pleadings and Contract Forms
   4. Jury Verdict Research
6. AVOID ETHICAL PITFALLS
   3:30 - 4:30, Leif E. Swedlow
   1. Is "Free" Research Good Enough?
   2. "Wikiality" - Online Credibility and Reliability
   3. Privilege and Privacy Issues
   4. To 'Blog or Not to 'Blog? (Also, to "Tweet" or Not to "Tweet"?)
   5. Unauthorized Practice of Law in Cyberspace

LEIF E. SWEDLOW is a shareholder in the Oklahoma City law firm of Andrews Davis, where he primarily handles business litigation and appeals in state and federal courts. He also advises on contracts and legal issues relating to information technology. Mr. Swedlow's experience includes general commercial and employment litigation, and a substantial concentration on information technology law matters, such as internet and e-commerce transactions, outsourcing, software licensing and intellectual property. Prior to joining the firm, he served as in-house counsel to a successful business-to-business e-commerce company. Mr. Swedlow wrote "Three Paradigms of Presence: A Solution for Personal Jurisdiction on the Internet," 22 O.C.U. Law Review 337 (1997). He serves as an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law, having also taught CLE courses on internet-based legal research. Mr. Swedlow earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Oklahoma City University. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas, and is admitted in the federal courts for all districts in Oklahoma, the Northern District of Texas and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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