Bite-Sized Legal Research

Maureen Moran introduces Fastcase, a resource accessible through UR and available through the Virginia State Bar. Fastcase offers powerful searching and data visualization tools and comprehensive legal databases.

Joyce Manna Janto discusses the strengths and weaknesses of using Google for conducting Legal Research, explains tests that help identify reliable sources, and provides helpful tips to ensure effective search results.

Elizabeth Schiller provides an in-depth guide to Leadership Connect, a powerful resource for searching people and organizations with government, media, law and lobbying firms, nonprofits, companies, and courts. She demonstrates how you can use Leadership Connect to find and make connections with specific people in organizations you might have things in common with.