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Prepare to Practice

Lee Peoples

Oklahoma City University Law Library

Westlaw “PRO” Prices (2010)

• Westlaw Oklahoma Essentials (Oklahoma primary law, KeyCite) 1 attorney $1,392 (year)

• Westlaw Oklahoma Essentials Plus (adds USCA + 10th Circuit Case Law) 1 attorney $1,992 (year)

• Add Secondary Sources: typically between $1,000-$1,500 per source for 1 attorney

• By Credit Card; $14-$250 per document retrieved and $6.25 per Key Cite

Lexis Prices (2010)

• Basic State Primary Law (Oklahoma Statutes, Cases, and Shepard’s) 1 attorney $1,116; up to 10 $3,672

• State Enhanced (adds 10th Circuit, state statutes in the 10th circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S.C.S., expanded Shepard’s, OK law reviews) 1 attorney $2,520; up to 10 $6,432

• All databases with all jurisdiction Shepard’s - 1 attorney $5,220; up to 10 $20,220

• Pay as you go - Lexis no longer offers.

WestlawNext Pricing

• WL requires you to sign confidentially agreement.

• Small firms and solos can get flat rate access from about $1,400 - $18,000 per year.

Lexis Advance for Solo $175 per mo.

Transactional vs. Per Min.

• ALLCASES

(1 search) $206

• OK-CS (1 search) $24

• TP-ALL (1 search) $281

• Wright and Miller (1 search) $110

• Oklahoma Practice Series (1 search) $85

• ALLCASES $24

• OK-CS $9

• TP-ALL $27

• Wright and Miller $15

Initial Considerations - Proximity to existing libraries and to colleagues who may be willing to share

Recovering Online Research Costs

http://www.abanet.org/genpractice/resources/costrecovery/index.html

Recovering Research Costs

• Need to have an agreement with client– In writing– Explains how research costs will be charged– Model Rule 1.5 & ABA Formal Ethics Op. 93-

379

Recovering Research Costs

• A lawyer may seek reimbursement for the cost of services performed in-house, such as copying, or for other expenses incurred in-house, such as telephone charges, either by charging a reasonable amount to which the client has agreed in advance or by charging an amount that reasonably reflects the cost incurred by the lawyer.

Model Rule 1.5

Westlaw QuickView

• See what databases are in your plan, and the cost of going outside the plan

• Detailed reports to track usage

• Can generate invoices

• http://west.thomson.com/support/westlaw/account-management/quickview/

LexisNexis Client Validation

Cost Recovery Manager

http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/Training-and-Resources/Product-Resource-Centers/About-LexisNexis-Cost-Recovery-Manager/

Fastcase – FREE ($275 OBA DUES)

• All US SP Ct Cases• Federal Appellate Court Cases in F.2d• Federal District Court Cases From 1915• State Cases From 1950 – present• Statutes From All States• Federal Regulations • Court Rules From All States • Free iPhone App

• If Bar Doesn’t Provide Access prices range from $1,000 to $695 per year

FastCase

Watch for training on FastCase in the Award of Accomplishment in LR

FastCase

Advanced Caselaw Search

Search Results

CasemakerX25 Bar Associations (TX)

Attend Training in Award Program on Feb 26 or March 3rd – See Award TWEN page

FREEResearch Guides

http://law.okcu.libguides.com/index.php

Core Federal Collection (pp. 6)

• Statutes• Reporters • Administrative Materials• Court Rules• Treatises & Practice Resources

PACER

Bloomberg Law cost: $450 per user per month

For access to Bloomberg contact Jennifer Prilliman jsprilliman@okcu.edu

https://www.bloomberglaw.com/login.htm

Court Rules and Handbooks

Free Federal Rules (as eBooks)

http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute

Federal Local and Chamber Rules

Federal Local Court Forms

Federal Local Court Rules & Forms

Jury Instructions (pp. 9)

10th Cir. Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions

http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/clerk/rulesandforms.php

Oklahoma Jury Instructions

10 Circuit Practitioners’ Guide

Non-Jurisdiction Specific Litigation Forms

Handout pp. 3

Am Jur Series$1,000 per yr Westlaw - $3,000 print (each)

Bender’s Forms of Discovery$3,200 per year on LexisNexis - $3,600 per year in print

http://www.lexis.com/xlink?showcidslinks=on&ORIGINATION_CODE=00142&searchtype=get&search=3-22%20Bender%27s%20Forms%20of%20Discovery%20Interrogatories%20NO.%2022%3A1

Bender’s Federal Practice Forms$3,200 per year on LexisNexis

$3,600 per year in print

http://www.lexis.com/xlink?showcidslinks=on&ORIGINATION_CODE=00142&searchtype=get&search=10-56%20Bender%27s%20Federal%20Practice%20Forms%20Form%20No%2056%3A8

Oklahoma Briefs & Motions on Westlaw

WL Next - Briefs & Motions

Non Jurisdiction SpecificTransactional Forms

Handout pp. 3

Westlaw Form Finder

Transactional FormsFORMS-ALL

Available from the Westlaw database (WEST-LF)

Will from West Legal Forms

Available in WestlawSearch the database directory for Am Jur Legal Forms

Deed From Am Jur Legal Forms

Core Oklahoma Collection (pp. 11)

• Statutes• Reporters • Administrative

Materials• Municipal Ordinances• Practice Resources

(pp. 13)

OSCNFor Research & Dockets

OSCN Training in Award Program on Feb. 14

ODCR.com for 68 Counties

Prices: $10 per day, $50 per month, $129 quarter, $490 year

PDF Images

Court Rules and Handbooks

Vernon’s Oklahoma FormsWL (VRN-OKFORM)

$1,000 for the entire set new - $100 - $150 per volume

West’s Oklahoma Practice Series

OBA Formbook

Over 800 Forms on OBA-NET

http://www.oba-net.org/ (accessible to bar members only)

MuchmoreLN (OKLA;OKCIVP)

Approximately $150 per year to update

Muchmore Explanation

Muchmore Form

LN(OKLA;OKBOFR)

Oklahoma Estate Planning

LN(OKLA;OKEPFM)

Oklahoma CLE Collection

Search for CLEs in the Law Library Catalog From Your Office

Subject Specific Practice Areas

Handout (pp. 15 – end) Bankruptcy

Business OrganizationsCriminal Law

Estate PlanningFamily LawInsurance

Personal InjuryTax

Texas

Free Access at the OCU Law Library

• Bring your email address or thumb drive

• Research and download documents from these databases for free!

Scan to USB Drive

Email to yourself

OCU Law Library Copier / Scanners

Use iPhone / iPad as Document Scanner

CamScanner Pro - $5

Subject Specific DatabasesCCH, RIA, BNA

BNA

CCH

RIA

Best Case Bankruptcy Software

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TrialPad

Search the OCU Law Library Catalog

http://lawlibdb.okcu.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=mobile_generic

"This monumental resource is theproduct of rare expertise and scholarship by a respected expert in the field of legal literature...For those attorneys without the benefit of the assistance of a professional law librarian, Svengalis' book is a godsend."

-Donna Bausch ABA Law Practice Management

Sells for $115Published by Rhode Island Law Press

Also available in the Lexis Library (LEGBGD)

The World of Legal Publishing

• Thomson (CA)($4.5 billion in sales 2009)– West– RIA– Findlaw

• Reed Elsevier (UK/NL)($3.4 billion in sales 2009)– Congressional Information Service (CIS)– Martindale Hubble– LexisNexis– Shepard’s– Matthew Bender

• Wolters Kluwer (NL)($3 billion in sales 2009)– Aspen– CCH– Loislaw

Supplements: The Real Money Maker

• Law book vendors generate 80% of their revenue through supplements

• Treatises can cost over $1,000 per year to update

• Moore’s Federal Practice costs $2,693 per year to update

The Facts About Supplements

• Distinguish between primary and secondary materials

• Most are cumulative

• Consider supplementing every other year or not at all

Used Law Books

• Savings Example:

Federal Reporter 2nd and 3rd new: $14,000 – used: Free

• Incomplete sets make bad used purchases• CCH, BNA, and true loose-leafs are bad used

purchases• Formbooks, Treatises, and anything that is

cheap and easy to update makes a good used book purchase

Used Law Book Vendors

• Lawbook Exchange Ltd. http://www.lawbookexchange.com

• Law Book Network http://lawbook.com

• Oklahoma Bar Journal

• OBA Net

FastCase iPad App

Free Access to PACER (some but not all documents)

http://archive.recapthelaw.org/

Court Rules

http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/

Wright & Miller$1,800 per year on Westlaw

$2,400 per year in print