LexisNexis Interview Preparation 2004
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- LexisNexis Research Task Pages: Lexis.com Research Tasks Pages, available
exclusively on the lexis.com research system, give you a head start on your
research by organizing all the materials you’re likely to need in one easy to find
place.
Use the Law School Research Tasks Page when you are new to lexis.com or
don’t use it frequently enough to become an expert.
- Career Development Sources Overview:
- LexisNexis has an unparallelled array of career sources on this page
including Martindale-Hubbell’s US and international listings and various
area of law listings for specialized content
- Martindale-Hubbell: The firm's or hiring person's background
- Overview: Generations of lawyers have relied on Martindale-Hubbell as the
authoritative resource for information on the worldwide legal profession.
With a history spanning more than 133 years, the Martindale-Hubbell is
currently powered by a database of over one million lawyers and law
firms in 160 countries. A great deal of information on each is easily
available including practice area, geographic location, firm size, attorney
rating and more.
- Martindale-Hubbell is a part of the LexisNexis family of companies available
exclusively through the LexisNexis Research System
- Martindale-Hubbell, US Listings: Select this source on the Career
Development page
- Segment Searches: Laser accurate search of a particular portion of a
document while excluding the remainder to minimizes useless search
results
- Martindale-Hubbell Segments: Click Restrict Search Using Document
Segments: Use drop-down arrow on search box to display the various
segments or parts of a Martindale-Hubbell listing. To find out what
segments are available in a particular source, you can click on the I next
to that source. That brings you to a screen that provides you with
information about you source, including a list of segments for that source
and how to use them.
- Select Name Segment & Type in Add Box: David /2 Epstein
- Click Add and the segment search will appear in the search box as
name(David /2 Epstein)
- Proximity Connector Usage: /2 is used to permit up to two words e.g.
middle name, between the first and last names
- Expanded Cite List
- Quickly browse through the list of search results without having to go in and
look at each one.
- Show Hits displays each time your search term appears in a document
allowing you to easily find the most relevant documents in your search
- You can quickly tag documents for printing from the Expanded Cite List.
- News Group File Information
- Overview: LexisNexis News Group File contains the largest available
new database for your research: Over 10,000 sources
- All Forms of News Media: easily find news articles, TV transcripts, wire
services involving the person interviewing you and the law
firm/corporation where you will be interviewing
- News Group File, All: Find this source through the following source path:
News & Business Tab, News, All.
- News Segments: Click Restrict Search Using Document Segments: Use
drop-down arrow on search box to display the various segments or parts
of a news source
- Select Hlead Segment & Type in Add Box: David /2 Epstein /10 attorney or
lawyer
- Hlead Segment: Searches only headline and lead paragraph for articles
directly on the subject
- Click Add and the segment search will appear in the search box as hlead(
David /2 Epstein /10 attorney or lawyer)
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- Proximity Connector Usage: /2 is used to permit up to two words e.g.
middle name, between the first and last names; /10 is used to find
references where the word attorney or lawyer appears within 10 words of
the name
- If No Results: Run same search without the hlead segment
- Law Review/Journal Articles: Finding out if your interviewer has written any law
review or journal articles
- Overview: LexisNexis has over 700 law review and journals online
providing you with an opportunity to read the interviewer’s scholarship
and engage the interviewer in meaningful discourse during the interview.
- US Law Reviews and Journals: Find this source through the following
source path: Legal tab, Secondary Legal, Law Reviews & Journals
- Law Review Segments: Click Restrict Search Using Document Segments: Use
drop-down arrow on search box to display the various segments or
parts of a law review source
- Select Author Segment & Type in Add Box: David /2 Epstein
- Click Add and the segment search will appear in the search box as author(
David /2 Epstein)
- Proximity Connector Usage: /2 is used to permit up to two words e.g.
middle name, between the first and last names
- Case Law: See if your interviewer or firm is listed as counsel in a case.
- Overview: LexisNexis has the largest collection of reported and
unreported federal and state cases dating back to the establishment of
the United States. This will provide you with an opportunity to be
acquainted with the types of cases and legal issues the attorney or firm
has dealt with in the past as a part of meaningful discourse during the
interview.
- Federal Cases, Combined. Find this source through the following source
path: Search Tab, Legal tab, Cases, US, Federal Court Cases,
Combined.
- Case Segments: Click Restrict Search Using Document Segments: Use
drop-down arrow on search box to display the various segments or parts
of a Case source
- Select Counsel Segment & Type in Add Box: David /2 Epstein
- Click Add and the segment search will appear in the search box as
hlead(David /2 Epstein)
- Proximity Connector Usage: /2 is used to permit up to two words e.g.
middle name, between the first and last names. You can then use Focus to
search the retrieved cases for a subject of interest to you, e.g. litigat! Or tax!
- History:
- One Full Month: Keeping track of your research has never been easier.
History on Lexis.com automatically remembers all your research from the
last 30 days.
- Tracking Research Progress is Easy: Helpful search descriptions allow
you to track your research progress and quickly determine what
resources you have exhausted.
- Today’s Results/Archived Results: Use Today’s Results to quickly
scan your most recent search activity. Archived Results are held for an
additional 29 days. Either set of search activity can be printed or emailed
in order to thoroughly keep track of your activity or share it with others.
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