When researching information for a case, legal professionals often look to the internet as a primary source. If you want to get the most out of your internet searches, you need streamlined research skills that will help you to eliminate unproductive search time – and get the results you need. Let us show you how to harness the power of the internet and search like a pro.

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 Personas 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, Christopher Cisneros
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 Closer 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
   9:50 - 10:30, Brock Collins
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"
4. Monitoring Cases and Filings
3. DISCOVER THE INVISIBLE WEB
   10:45 - 11:30, Amy F. Pillé
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, Pamala L. Hodge
1. Statutes, Bills and Legislative History
2. Regulations and Agencies
3. Find Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and Dockets
4. What You Can Find in Administrative Law Materials?
5. INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH: PUBLIC RECORDS AND "PUBLICLY AVAILABLE" INFORMATION
   1:30 - 2:15, Pamala L. Hodge
1. Accessing Public Records
2. Professional Licenses
3. Associations, Affiliations and Organizations
4. Criminal Records
5. Vital Statistics: Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records
6. Real and Personal Property Records
7. Online Libraries
6. FINDING "PRACTICE" TOOLS
   2:15 - 2:55, Brock Collins
1. Sample Briefs, Motions, Complaints and Settlements
2. Sample Forms and Contracts
3. Discovery Assignments and Filings
4. Uncover Jury Verdicts
7. LOCATING PERSONS AND FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   3:10 - 3:50, Amy F. Pillé
1. Phone Numbers and Addresses of Missing People
2. Social Media
3. Places of Business and Work History
4. Bankruptcies
5. Neighbors, Relatives and Associates
6. Mailing List Postings, Charitable or Political Donations, Etc.
7. Attorneys, Judges and Experts
8. Online Obituaries
8. LOCATING COMPANIES FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   3:50 - 4:30, Pamala L. Hodge
1. Information From Government Agencies Regulating Companies
2. Industry Specific Sites and Information
3. State Corporate Records/Registered Agents and Fictitious Business Names
4. Directories for Private, Public and Foreign Companies
5. Company Web Sites
6. News and Information About Companies, Products and Executives
7. Stock Quotes - Current and Historical
8. SEC Filings

CHRISTOPHER CISNEROS is co-founder of Zafari, Inc., an award-winning marketing, web and graphic design firm in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Cisneros creates high-impact websites, company brands, identity and marketing collateral, and provides search engine optimization, website marketing services and more.

BROCK COLLINS is a legal writing professor and director of bar preparation programs at the Charleston School of Law. Before joining the faculty in 2006, he served as law clerk to several judges at the state and federal level. Mr. Collins is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and the South Carolina Bar, and he also is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, and the U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. He earned his B.A. degree from Indiana University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he served as notes editor for the Kentucky Law Journal.

PAMALA L. HODGE is a paralegal with the law firm The Steinberg Law firm, LLP, where her areas of specialization are personal injury, Social Security Disability, and litigation. Ms. Hodge trains and mentors students that are at the end of their program at Trident Technical College and are doing their internship and also is a member of the Paralegal Advisory Committee.

AMY F. PILLE is an attorney with Pierce, Herns, Sloan & McLeod, LLC, where her areas of practice include products liability law and toxic tort litigation. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the honors program at the College of Charleston with a major in political science and her J.D. degree from Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia after being awarded a merit-based full tuition Mercer Lawyer Scholarship. While at Mercer Law, Ms. Pillé was the president of the Mercer Technology and Intellectual Property Law Society. She was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2006 and the United States District Court, District of South Carolina in 2008. She is a member of the Charleston County Bar, South Carolina Bar and American Bar Association. 

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