4月14日
Nashville (Tennessee) Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminar
April 16
Thursday, April 16, 2009
9:00 AM
Tennessee State University
Downtown Avon Williams Campus
330 10th Street North
Room 353
MORNING SESSION: Super Search Engine Strategies for Legal Professionals
Attendees will learn how the Internet is changing the way they need to
research in order to competently represent their clients - and avoid
ethical or malpractice issues!
Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the
court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “Google” the missing
defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the
defendant’s claim of insufficient service of process. Effective
Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer’s due
diligence routine.
At this seminar, attendees will learn the best search engine
research strategies that will assist them in meeting their research
obligations.
Mastering Google and Beyond:
- Identify and Use the Best Search Engines
- Sites, Secrets, and Shortcuts Revealed
- Develop Super Search Strategies
- Key into Google’s “Advanced Search” Menu
- Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research
- Learn About the "Visible" and "Invisible" Web
- Uncover Ways to Find Deleted Web Pages
AFTERNOON SESSION: The Cybersleuth's Guide to Investigative Research
A lawyer’s research involves much more than just finding cases and
statutes. Whether you’re a transactional lawyer looking for information
about a company, a consumer attorney tracking down a defective product,
a matrimonial attorney searching for a spouse’s assets, or a litigator
looking for a missing witness - THE INTERNET IS AN INDISPENSABLE
SOURCE!
Discover
why Social Networking sites (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace) can be
the newest and best investigative tool and how the sites are being used
by legal professionals to their advantage.
Nationally recognized Internet trainers and authors of The
Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet will show you how to find and use
specific websites to unearth factual and investigative information for
FREE (or very cheaply) on the Internet. Instead of first turning to
experts, consultants, skip tracers, and private investigators,
attendees will quickly learn how to be their own Cybersleuth.
Learn To:
- Mine the Web for Missing People
- Access Expensive Databases… For Free
- Retrieve Full-text Newspaper & Magazine Articles, and Press Releases (for free)
- Discover Quick and Easy Methods to Access Background Information and Public Records
- Locate Real Property & Criminal Records
- Learn Why Social Network Websites are Important Tools
- Bacakground Expert Witnesses & Potential Jurors