First Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers
by Delia Venables

Now in a February 2007 edition

Five Internet Studies for experienced internet users exploring topics with legal relevance.

Comments from people who have done these courses

Study One - Parliament and the Legislative Process

The processes of Parliament are available on the web, including current Bills, the stage they have reached, Parliamentary Committees and Hansard. Acts since 1966 are also available and S.I.'s. We also look at the new Statute Law Database.

Study Two - Government Online

Most Government bodies are now online and some of the web sites are very extensive; the main Directgov site is examined as well as the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty's Court Service. The Government is committed to providing a large proportion of its interactions with businesses and individuals online over the next few years.

Study Three - Free Sources for Legal Research Online

This Study looks at the free case law and current awareness sources available to lawyers which are available without charge from publishers, journals, courts and other legal bodies. In particular, it covers the very useful site of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII).

Study Four - Publishers' Sources for Legal Research Online

The study covers the most important subscription sources of legal research material available from the legal publishers online. The student can register for a free trial of one of these, as part of the study.

Study Five - Selling Legal Services Online

Ever since Richard Susskind first raised this topic, all firms with an eye to the future have been wondering how to sell legal services online - and some have been setting up trial sites. We tour some of the sites selling legal services online and also look at some of the reasons why doind this has proved to be harder than at first thought.

Earn your CPD!

The Studies qualify for 5 CPD hours from the Law Society for England & Wales and the Bar Council.

Please note that, due to increasingly stringent requirements from these bodies, there is now a simple test required for this course.

The questions are not on substantive issues of the law but are just designed to check that you have indeed gone through the materials as required and have visited some of the main legal web sites described.

Costs

The First Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers costs ***** Special offer *****
You can purchase both sets of Advanced Studies for £80 for an individual licence or £200 for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence (plus VAT).

I am happy to accept orders by email - just give me your name, firm/chambers, postal address and phone number and I will send you the printed part of the material with an invoice. (You use the printed material together with a special area of my web site to do the Studies).


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