If you are looking to patent a new idea then Westlaw can help! Find out how in the first of a new series of videos from the Westlaw team.
At Westlaw HK we are proud to launch the first Student Representative Programme in Hong Kong. We have worked closely with the three major universities in Hong Kong to develop the programme and to select the first Westlaw Student Representatives.
Westlaw HK Student Representatives
This programme is especially important to us because it helps us to give something back to the legal community with whom we work so closely. By providing advanced training to the Westlaw Student Representatives, we are helping them to get a head-start in their legal careers. Equally, the overall programme enables them to provide assistance to their peers and thereby enhance the general understanding of Hong Kong’s graduating law students on how to perform online legal research. These are, after all, the trainees of the future who will be carrying out lots of the legal research for the firms in which they start to practice.
We have just added Westlaw Business Currents to the Westlaw HK Blog as an RSS feed. You can find this on the left-hand-side of the screen. Westlaw Business Currents provides a legal lens on business news and ensures that lawyers can keep track of the financial markets and get the analysis relevant to the practice of law.
Business lawyers need news and timely analysis to stay on top of current trends and maintain a competitive edge for their organization and their clients.
Westlaw Business Currents delivers lawyer-authored content and Westlaw Business source documents together with Reuters news to keep you informed of the latest developments in your areas of interest – and to help you work smarter by leveraging what you know. And it’s all available in one accessible online location.
Thanks to Custom Tabs we have enhanced the usability of Canadian content with our new Canada Tab. This tab differs from the template format found on the current LawSource tab, in that the user can quickly perform a Terms and Connectors / Natural Language search while selecting the database(s). The content categories: Case law; Legislation; Journals and Reviews; Analytical; and Multibase will allow the user quick selection of databases to search.
New Canada Tab
Quick Links to Scope (summary of content) as well as Table of Contents have been enabled for the databases. This will allow the user to be confident in their search selection. Those interested in adding the Canada tab to their current tab set, please contact training@westlaw.com.hk to request this tab.
For those users who use a shortcut in getting to www.westlawhongkong.com.hk(either an icon on your desktop or saved as a favorite), we have been getting reports of a lag time in getting this site to open. If you are experiencing this slowdown, please open a new browser and simply type the westlawhongkong.com.hk or international.westlaw.com. Please feel free to contact us at training@westlaw.com.hk if you have any questions or are experiencing sign on issues.
Westlaw HK is pleased to announce the launch of a programme of scheduled training sessions in our state of the art meeting centre at:
Thomson Reuters
42/F Gloucester Tower
The Landmark
Central
Hong Kong
Training will be carried out by our legally qualified Online Trainer, Bill White JD.
TIMETABLE
| DATE | TOPIC | CAPACITY | START TIME | DURATION | ROOM |
| 27 Aug 09 | Westlaw HK (plus UK) Overview/Refresher* | 12 | 13:00 | 40 mins approx plus Q&A | Beijing |
| 10 Sep 09 | Westlaw HK (plus UK) Overview/Refresher* | 12 | 13:00 | 40 mins approx plus Q&A | Beijing |
| 24 Sep 09 | Westlaw HK (plus UK) Overview/Refresher* | 12 | 13:00 | 40 mins approx plus Q&A | Beijing |
| 08 Oct 09 | Westlaw HK (plus UK) Overview/Refresher* | 12 | 13:00 | 40 mins approx plus Q&A | Beijing |
*Option to bring your own laptop and follow-along on your own computer (please note this in your booking email)
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- New Westlaw HK subscribers
- Existing Westlaw HK subscribers who would like to get a refresher
- Users interested in subscribing to Westlaw HK
RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY
Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To secure your space at one or more sessions, please email training@westlaw.com.hk stating the following:
- Your name
- Your organisation
- Current subscriber/new subscriber/potential subscriber
- Your email address
- Your contact telephone number
Alternatively, please call +852 3762 3242 to book your place.
Please also feel free to request a session on a specific topic/jurisdiction/content type by emailing training@westlaw.com.hk
Email confirmations will be provided to all attendees
To view updates on session availability, please visit http://blog.westlaw.com.hk
Often find yourself needing United Kingdom or Australia materials to strengthen your Hong Kong search? We have created a multi-jurisdictional tab to save you time and effort. The user will now be able to conduct Terms and Connectors / Natural Language search and then choose one or more databases selected from our HK, UK & AUS collection. Easily find out whether your case is cited in other jurisdictions, discover similar legislation or broadly research secondary sources.
Simply email us at training@westlaw.com.hk and let us know if you need this tab for individual or account wide usage.
A major feature of Customizable Westlaw is the ability to “drag” a database or database group and “drop” it elsewhere on the page. No fancy steps to follow: Just slide it over!
But did you know that you can drag a database or database group to another Customizable Westlaw page? It’s a great way to keep database(s) at your fingertips for quick and easy use.
For example, suppose you want to copy the Combined World Journals and Law Reviews (WORLD-JLR) database from your World Journals tab your International Trade tab for quick usage. Click and hold your mouse over the Combined World Journals and Law Reviews database, then drag and drop onto the International Trade tab. Next simply click onto the International Trade tab and you will notice then new database listed as “recently added”. You can then move the group to a new location on the page, if you desire.
Note: You cannot drag an item to a tabbed page unless it’s a Customizable Westlaw page. Please contact your Westlaw Trainer (william.p.white@thomsonreuters.com) for more details.
