We will describe how to effectively
use free and low-cost online resources including Google Scholar, Fastcase (free to
MSBA members), and resources from Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII). Karen will also review resources
for 'non-legal' research - finding heirs, witnesses, opposing parties, and
more.
This CLE is approved for
credit through November 24, 2021.
Presenter:
Karen Westwood
is the Library Director at Hennepin County
Anne Grande Law Library. Before that, Karen was the Warren E. Burger Library’s
head of reference. She received her M.S. in Library and Information Science in
1987 and worked in public and university libraries before launching her law
library career as a circuit-riding prison law librarian for Law Library Service
to Prisoners, a program of the Minnesota State Law Library, in 1990. Through the
years, Westwood worked her way up at the State Law
Library, but in 2004 she left to
attend law school at Hamline University School of Law. After graduating with honors
in 2007, Westwood spent 2 years as a corporate attorney with the Minneapolis
law firm of Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., before coming to William
Mitchell.
CLE
Credits:
1.0 Standard CLE Credit
| Event Code: 281736
Cost:
MSBA Members: $29.95
Non-MSBA Members:
$64.95