New Features on Lexis Advance Coming in January 2017

Today, the Legal Tech Institute at Harris County Law Library hosted a training session called Introduction to Lexis Advance. This Vendor Visit provided a nice overview of basic search functions within Lexis Advance and featured many tips and tricks for more effectively locating cases and statutes. The session also offered a preview of upgrades that will be added to the Law Library's Lexis subscription in January. Upgrades include:

• National Primary Plus - National cases, statutes, administrative and agency materials plus all law reviews and journals
• National Briefs, Pleadings, and Motions - includes documents from the most dynamic and high-stakes practice areas of litigation
• National Verdicts and Settlements - including IDEX and American Lawyer Media (ALM) VerdictSearch
• News - robust collection of all LexisNexis news sources 
• Matthew Bender Federal Practice Forms - provides a complete range of litigation forms needed for practice in any federal court from federal district courts through and including the Supreme Court of the United States 
• Lexis for Microsoft Office

The Legal Tech Institute will offer training sessions in the new year to introduce these and other features of Lexis Advance. Check the LTI Course Catalog for details about Vendor Visits and the rest of our legal tech CLE programs. 

Blending Your Legal Research, a Legal Tech InStitute CLE

Join us at noon on Thursday, December 8, 2016 for a one-hour CLE entitled Blending Your Legal Research. This program, the latest course offering of the Legal Tech Institute at Harris County Law Library, will emphasize the value of using free online research tools to develop more effective research strategies, especially when combined with Westlaw and Lexis, two of the legal databases offered free of charge to Law Library visitors. This "blending" of legal research tools and strategies will be the focus of the hour, and we're happy to welcome two special guests from the Texas State Law Library to help us demonstrate this approach.  

Librarians from the TxSLL will talk about their Digital Collection, which includes a whole library of eBooks from Lexis. They will demonstrate how to access these resources remotely with a TxSLL library card, which you can register for onsite on the day of the program.

Those who attend in person or who view the live stream of this presentation on the Harris County Law Library's YouTube channel will be eligible for one hour of CLE credit.

To enroll in this course, please visit the LTI website. We hope to see you there!

Master Microsoft Word at the Harris County Law Library's Legal Tech Institute

The Legal Tech Institute at Harris County Law Library is offering a free CLE program this Thursday, November 17th, at 12:00 pm. Join us as we present Microsoft Word for Lawyers and Other Law Types, and ramp up your productivity in just one hour. Learn time-saving tips for drafting legal documents more efficiently. Automate routine tasks, and eliminate the frustration of using Word in your daily practice. Become a Microsoft Word power user!

This practical, skills-based presentation will be customized for the needs of today's legal professionals and is guaranteed to make your work easier. Please join us!  For details and to register for this course, please visit the Legal Tech Institute Events page.