Effectively Using Google, Including Gemini, for Legal Research (On-Demand)

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$129.00

Course Description

Effectively Using Google, Including Gemini, for Legal Research is a one-hour CLE designed to help practitioners become more familiar with the legal research capabilities of Google. It will review using Google to locate both primary sources of law, i.e., cases, and secondary sources, articles and other items. It will also discuss how to integrate Google’s AI, Gemini, into the research process.

Syllabus

  1. Using The Google Search Bar
  2. Gemini
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Prompt Engineering
  3. Advanced Google:
    • What Is It?
    • Where Do I Find It?
    • What Search Operators Are Available?
  4. Google Scholar
    • Primary Sources
      • Cases
      • Citators
    • Secondary Sources
      • Articles
      • Google Scholar As an Academic Search Engine
  5. Google Alerts
  6. Google Books
  7. Google Business Profile
  8. What Google Does Not Contain
  9. Integrating Google with Gemini

Credit Details

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Course Instructor

Lisa Smith-Butler, Esq.

Original Date Of Course

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Lisa Smith-Butler, Esq.
Lisa Smith-Butler, Esq.
Lisa Smith-Butler, Esq. earned her J.D., Cum Laude, from Creighton University School of Law and her M.L.S. from Clark Atlanta University, and she practiced law in Georgia and Nebraska before transitioning to law librarianship in 1993. She has served in increasingly senior positions in law library administration at multiple universities, including as Associate Dean of Libraries at Charleston School of Law from 2009 to 2017, and currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Law at Charleston School of Law where she teaches courses in Torts, Children and the Law, Professional Responsibility, and Workplace Privacy.
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