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 - 9:50, Karen Quinn
   1. Legal Research Today
   2. Search Engines and How They Work
   3. Evaluating Internet Sites
   4. A Closer Look At Google and Search Engines that "Think"
   5. Advanced Searching on Google
   6. Power of Find Feature to Scan Web Pages Quickly
   7. Managing Bookmarks
   8. RSS Feeds, Legal Blogs and Podcasts
   9. Social Networking - Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
   10. Mobile Applications for Legal Research
2. FINDING FREE LEGAL RESEARCH SITES AND FREE CASE LAW
   9:50 - 10:30, Karen Quinn
   1. Legal Portals
   2. Finding and Using Free, Full Text Case Law Sites
   3. Ethics Opinions
   4. Secondary Authority on the Web
   5. New on the Web
   6. International Research
   7. Your Local Law Library - Free and "Connected"
3. DISCOVER THE INVISIBLE WEB
   10:45 - 11:30, Elizabeth G. Holmes
   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
   11:30 - 12:30, Elizabeth G. Holmes
   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
   1:30 - 2:15, Karen Quinn
   1. Public Records
   2. Professional Licenses
   3. Court Records and Briefs
   4. Vital Statistics
   5. Real and Personal Property Records
6. FINDING "PRACTICE" TOOLS
   2:15 - 2:55, Kyle K. Courtney
   1. Sample Briefs, Motions, Complaints and Settlements
   2. Sample Forms and Contracts
   3. Uncover Jury Verdicts
7. LOCATING PERSONS AND FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   3:10 - 3:50, Kyle K. Courtney
   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
   3:50 - 4:30, Kyle K. Courtney
   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

KYLE K. COURTNEY is an attorney presently working at Harvard Law School as the Head of External Resource Sharing and Faculty Research.  He currently maintains a dual appointment at Northeastern University teaching International and Foreign Legal Research for the School of Law, and Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights for the interdisciplinary Information Assurance program at the College of Computer and Information Science.  For the past five years, Mr. Courtney has continued to design and teach seminars in international legal research methods for the Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers' Network.  He graduated with distinction from Suffolk University School of Law, where he was accepted into the school's specialized Intellectual Property program. Mr. Courtney earned his MLS from Simmons College in Boston. He is a published author and writes a monthly column on research methods for Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly.  Mr. Courtney's book, International Human Rights: Research and Process, is forthcoming in 2011.

ELIZABETH G. HOLMES is the librarian at Partridge Snow & Hahn, LLP, where for the last three years she has managed the firms information resources, and provided reference and research for members of the firm. She was a faculty member for NBIs 2008 Find It Free and Fast on the Net seminar. While a law librarian at the University of Georgia, Ms. Holmes gave several seminars on Internet searching, and the use of the Internet for legal research for legal professionals for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia. She has also spoken on subject access to Internet resources and on management skills for librarians at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries. Ms. Holmes earned her B.A. degree from Lafayette College and M.S.L.I.S. degree from the University of Rhode Island. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the Law Librarians of New England (LLNE), the Association of Boston Law Librarians (ABLL), and the Rhode Island Library Association (RILA).

KAREN QUINN is State Law Librarian at the Rhode Island State Law Library, where she provides reference and research for the Judiciary, members of the Rhode Island bar, students from a variety of educational institutions and the citizens of Rhode Island. Ms. Quinn lectures often on legal research skills and has given seminars on internet use in legal research for a variety of groups including the Rhode Island Library Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association, the RI League of Cities and Towns as well as the National Business Institute. She earned her B.A. degree from Emmanuel College in Boston and M.L.I.S. degree from the University of Rhode Island . Ms. Quinn is a member of the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL), president of the NELLCO Library Consortium, Treasurer for the Law Librarians of New England (LLNE) and chair of the Board of Trustees for the Lincoln Public Library.

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