From our friends at Legal Current, here is a nice tribute to Librarians! It was presented at the 2009 AALL in Washington, D.C.

Yes, we do appreciate their hard work.

It’s valued at $550.00 and it could be yours for attending a Webinar at WesteLearning Center.

Here’s How You Do it:
1. Visit the West eLearning Center
a. Enter your account info or
b. Create an account (all you need is an e-mail address)

2. Then attend one of the following webinars:

August 5th: Drug Effects and Drug-Related Issues in Litigation
1-2pm EDT
Register Now

August 6th: Drug Effects and Drug-Related Issues in Litigation
1-2pm EDT
Register Now

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to any natural person who is a legal resident of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico) who is 18 years or older at the time of entry, who has access to the Internet as of August 5, 2009. Sweepstakes entry period from 8/5/09 to 8/6/09. To enter, register and attend “Drug Effects and Drug-Related Issues in Litigation” beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on 8/5/09 or at 1 p.m. EDT 8/9/09 at http://www.westelearning.com or to enter without attending the webinar, on a 3” x 5” paper, hand print your complete name, street address (no P.O. boxes), city, state, ZIP code, date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy), plus telephone numbers. Mail your entry in a hand-addressed, business-size (#10) envelope with first-class postage affixed, to: Webinar Prize Sweepstakes, West eLearning Center, Attention: Marcus Anderson, P.O. D5-876, 620 Opperman Drive, Eagan, MN 55121 (must be post marked on either 8/5/09 or 8/6/09 and received by 8/12/09). Void where prohibited by law. Subject to the Official Rules. Sponsor: West eLearning Center, Product Marketing, Westlaw., Eagan, MN

Join us and guest speaker Dr. Dan Tennenhouse, author of Attorneys Medical Deskbook, for one of two exclusive West eLearning Webinars. Dr. Tennenhouse will be lecturing on the factors influencing drug effects and the role of drug information in Litigation. He will be discussing key steps and resources on Westlaw that can assist you in your next drug-related case.

There will be time after the presentation for a Q&A session, along with a brief product demo of Medical Litigator on Westlaw.

Stay tuned after the Medical Litigator demo for your chance to win a FREE 32″ HDTV.

Title: Drug Effects and Drug-Related Issues in
Litigation

Register Now: August 5th

Register Now August 6th

Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Dr. Dan Tennenhouse
Hosted by: West eLearning Center

About The Presenter: Dr. Dan Tennenhouse practices as a medical-legal consultant for attorneys in medical negligence, personal injury, family law, and criminal law cases. He practiced medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center for 25 years, where he also served as chair of the Incident Report Review Committee for 13 years. Tennenhouse is lecturer in Legal Medicine for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, where he has been teaching since 1973

Dr. Tennenhouse is a fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine and has served two terms on its board of governors. He was consultant in Risk Prevention Education for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, for 10 years. Dr. Tennenhouse is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law and the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Abbreviated Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to any natural person who is a legal resident of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico) who is 18 years or older at the time of entry, who has access to the Internet as of August 5, 2009. Sweepstakes entry period from 8/5/09 to 8/6/09. To enter, register and attend “Drug Effects and Drug-Related Issues in Litigation” beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on 8/5/09 or at 1 p.m. EDT 8/9/09 at http://www.westelearning.com or to enter without attending the webinar, on a 3” x 5” paper, hand print your complete name, street address (no P.O. boxes), city, state, ZIP code, date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy), plus telephone numbers. Mail your entry in a hand-addressed, business-size (#10) envelope with first-class postage affixed, to: Webinar Prize Sweepstakes, West eLearning Center, Attention: Marcus Anderson, P.O. D5-876, 620 Opperman Drive, Eagan, MN 55121 (must be post marked on either 8/5/09 or 8/6/09 and received by 8/12/09). Void where prohibited by law. Subject to the Official Rules. Sponsor: West eLearning Center, Product Marketing, Westlaw., Eagan, MN

Borrowed from Lawschool.westlaw.com, but still applies for all Westlaw users:

When printing documents on Westlaw, make the size of your document smaller by limiting the fields that are being displayed and printing only the sections you need.

Click on the arrow next to “Tools” on the bottom right side of the page and select “Limit by Fields”.

Instead of printing pages on Westlaw, email your research results. Click the envelope icon at the top right of the page.

With the new Administration’s emphasis on environment and energy issues, Westlaw users may be interested in three newsletters provided by “Environment & Energy Publishing:”

EEP-EED – Environment & Energy Daily

A newsletter that tracks activity in Congress relating to energy and the environment, including hearings, markups, bill introductions, floor actions, positions of key legislators, and stakeholders

EEP-GRW – Greenwire

A daily newsletter that covers the environmental issues being debated in every state, the White House and federal agencies, the courts, and the media around the globe. West recently changed the functionality of the Greenwire database so that a read/list command automatically runs upon selecting the database. Customers can, of course, click “edit search” to enter their own query if they don’t want to browse articles retrieved with the list command.

EEP-LL – Land Letter

A weekly newsletter that takes an in-depth look at regulation, litigation, and legislation surrounding natural resources issues, as well as highlighting the recent action on every major bill or regulation affecting natural resources.

In 2002, Westlaw Litigator began providing litigators with a wealth of resources to provide solutions that go beyond traditional research. By bringing pertinent information right to their desktops and automating some of the most tedious tasks in the litigation workflow, Westlaw Litigator has helped attorneys to be more productive from day one.

In the years since the introduction of Westlaw Litigator, Thomson Reuters has continued to invest in what litigators have said they need most: more content, more analysis, more service. Westlaw Litigator has continually been enhanced to tie all of these resources together and provide an integrated solution in one location. From client intake and case evaluation through trial and appeal, Westlaw Litigator provides market-leading solutions for all stages of litigation.

“Westlaw Litigator was developed after speaking with litigators and gathering an in-depth understanding of their ‘pain points.’ As we’ve gathered massive amounts of courtroom data, we have used KeyCite to integrate it and then we’ve built analysis and reporting tools to synthesize and provide meaningful output,” says Brian Knudsen, senior director, Practice Area Marketing. “In addition, we’ve capitalized on new technologies to address needs that litigators have beyond legal research, including productivity tools such as West Case Notebook that facilitate analysis of case information gathered during discovery and legal research, and services like West Court Reporting Services that provide deposition support.”

To inform customers, as well as Westlaw field staff, of the abundant and growing Westlaw Litigator product and service lineup, the marketing team has created a new campaign, including a video and short demo available on the thomsonreuters.com and west.thomson.com Web sites that illustrate how Westlaw Litigator increases productivity, creates efficiency and ensures accuracy throughout the litigation workflow.

• Westlaw Litigator video: A two-minute “pride in litigation” piece describing how Westlaw Litigator supports litigators on their quest to have a positive influence in their industry and on society.
• Westlaw Litigator Flash demo: This four-minute video compellingly illustrates how Westlaw Litigator provides a truly integrated solution, which is a significant advantage in the marketplace.

Please visit West’s Product Marketing Westlaw Litigator Story page to view the messaging our customers are receiving about our full offering of Westlaw’s litigation materials. This wiki site contains links to the materials listed above, as well as collateral pieces and other marketing information that you can use today to share the Westlaw Litigator advantages within your business initiatives.

Join us and guest speaker Dr. Dan Tennenhouse for one of two exclusive West eLearning Webinars. Drawing on his book Attorneys Medical Deskbook, Dr. Tennenhouse will be lecturing on the factors influencing drug effects and the role of drug information in Litigation. He will be discussing key steps and resources on Westlaw that can assist you in your next drug-related case.

There will be time after the presentation for questions and answers, along with a brief product demo of Medical Litigator on Westlaw.

At the end of the Webinar, we be conducting a drawing for attendees. Stay tuned to find out what the prizes will be.

Date: August 5th and
August 6th, 2009
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Dr. Dan Tennenhouse
Hosted by: West eLearning Center

About The Presenter:
Dr. Dan Tennenhouse practices as a medical-legal consultant for attorneys in medical negligence, personal injury, family law, and criminal law cases. He practiced medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center for 25 years, where he also served as chair of the Incident Report Review Committee for 13 years. Tennenhouse is lecturer in Legal Medicine for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, where he has been teaching since 1973.

Dr. Tennenhouse is a fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine and has served two terms on its board of governors. He was consultant in Risk Prevention Education for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, for 10 years. Dr. Tennenhouse is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law and the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Here’s one way to get Free Westlaw, and it’s always worth considering:

This was originally posted on the FindLaw Blog titled “STRATEGIST“

By Kevin Fayle on June 29, 2009 1:14 PM |

When business gets slow, it can be a good idea to take on some pro bono cases in order to keep active and spread the word about your firm. Pro bono work offers attorneys the chance to engage in some professional networking and learn about different areas of the law, all while doing good.

The only problem with pro bono work is that it’s pro bono. Attorneys don’t get paid, and complicated cases can result in a large amount of expenses, which can be hard to deal with when the economy is already slumping.
In order to assist attorneys who are working in their communities to provide access to the law for those who might otherwise lack the means to secure justice for themselves, West announced today the launch of a new program that will give away over $12 million in free Westlaw for pro bono cases. Called Do Justice, the program is a partnership with the Pro Bono Institute.

West’s (and also FindLaw’s) parent company, Thomson Reuters, also supports international pro bono efforts through TrustLaw, a forum for attorneys, NGOs and governments that focus on important areas of international law, such as anti-corruption initiatives.

As we start planning our our webinar schedules for the upcoming year, we want you start thinking about eLearning topics that would be of interest you. Just to get the ideas flowing, feel free to visit our site, take some lessons and earn some free gift cards.

Here’s How:

1. Visit the West eLearning Center
a. Enter your account info or
b. Create an account (all you need is an e-mail address)

2. Then take one of the following lessons:

• Using ResultsPlus
• Using KeyCite to Verify Good Law
• Accessing West CiteAdvisor and Setting Options
• Verifying Citation Formats and Creating a Table of Authorities

Eligible lessons are designated by a coffee-cup icon next to the lesson name. Visit again soon as we will be featuring many more courses and webinars this summer.

Come back often and look for more offers as the site evolves. We want you to help us mold the site for your benefit, and will be asking for input soon.

Thanks

This is a standing invitation from the WesteLearning Center to take a FREE Westlaw lesson.

There are many free learning tools available at the West eLearning Center, where online lessons can be taken any time, and at your own pace. With each new lesson, you’ll gain useful knowledge about how to use Westlaw more effectively and efficiently, giving you better results for you and your clients.

Simply visit the WesteLearning Center, and either:
1. Create a new account (all you need is an e-mail address). A temporary password will be created for you (you can change this after your first login). or
2. If you’ve already registered, simply login with your email address and password.