Overview

Legal research is not only for Constitutional Court judges’ clerks! Candidate attorneys need to learn the basics of conducting legal research to prepare effectively for clients’ matters. Conducting legal research involves going the extra mile to ensure that case law and general legal information is up to date and correctly applied to clients’ matters. There are various sources of legal information with each having a different value in terms of their usage. They  need to know these sources and how to use each source.

Join Adv. Lisa Thomas on the 09th of November from 10:00am-12:00pm as she opens the realms of legal research to expose candidate attorneys to one the best habits they can practice for their future careers

Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar the attendee should know:

• The attendee will have a background of all the resources for legal research (free and paid)
• The attendee will know how to ensure accurate case law research
• The attendee will understand the research value of difference sources
• The attendee will understand where and how to use each research source
• The attendee will learn how efficient research leads to efficient argument/drafting

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Sources of legal research
• The value of each research source
• Researching case law:  (lower or higher court/appeal/latest decision on the topic/whether decision overturned or not)
• Researching legislation (validity/tested by cases/repealed/amendments/unconstitutional)
• How to use each type of research source effectively
• Efficient researching and a diligent practiioner

About the presenter

A former criminal defence advocate and in-house counsel in Durban, Lisa has seen the law practice from both sides. She graduated with her LLB, completed her pupillage, and was admitted as an advocate in 2008. Her current area of interest is in alternative dispute resolution, specifically mediation. She is a maverick for humanity and ethics within the legal profession in South Africa with a focus on candidate attorneys

Who should attend?

• Candidate attorneys 
• Law students
• Pupil Advocates
• Paralegals
• Young/ Junior legal practitioners

Price

• R 100.00 per person
• Discount available for group bookings

For those of you who are unable to attend the live webinar, the recording will be made available to you shortly after the event.

Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• A summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.