Legal & Investigative

Internet Research
on a Budget

LIVE Dallas November 10, 2015 Cityplace Events

LIVE Austin November 12, 2015 Texas Law Center
-ORLIVE Webcast WATCH from your home or office computer

MCLE CREDIT
6 Hours (1 Ethics)

DOWNLOADABLE
Course Materials

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800.204.2222 x1574

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TexasBarCLE presents the

Legal & Investigative Internet Research on a Budget

LIVE Dallas

Cityplace Events
November 10, 2015
Register by October 27th
and save $50!

LIVE Austin

Texas Law Center

November 12, 2015
Register by October 29th
and save $50!

- OR WATCH from your computer via

LIVE WEBCAST
#TBCLE

With cost-conscious clients scrutinizing legal bills, lawyers cannot afford to depend on expensive legal research
databases, especially when reliable free resources are available. Legal & Investigative Internet Research on a Budget
will help you quickly find the best free or low-cost resources online and use them for your research needs.
8:00 Registration
Coffee & Pastries Provided
9:00 Morning Session 3 hours
(Includes 15 Minute Break)
Mastering Google for Investigative
Research
Do lawyers have a duty to Google?
Key into Googles advanced search
menu to create more sophisticated and
targeted searches.
Keep on top of your research using free
alerts.
Find images and learn about reverse
image searching.
Learn why you need cache and the
Wayback Machine to locate deleted
or altered web pages, and how to get
them admitted into evidence.
Learn How to Search Like a Private
Investigator
Understanding key differences
between public records, publicly
available information, and proprietary
information.
Learn how you can use inexpensive
data broker databases to create
dossiers about your subjects.
Dig up criminal, drivers license, and
death records. Find birthdays, social
security numbers, and missing people.
Extract background information from
dockets.
Unearth bankruptcies.
How to Access Expensive Databases
for Free to Find:
Factual & background information.
Full-text newspaper, magazine articles
and press releases.

Retrieve Background Information

from Public Records and Publicly
Available Data Using:
Online telephone/address directories
to obtain information for service of
process, etc.
Public record portals
Criminal records and sex offender
registries
S.E.C. filings
Conducting Effective Internet Legal
Research: Casemaker and Fastcase
Learn how to conduct effective internet
legal research.
Become an expert at Fastcase and
Casemaker: the legal research and
citator databases and Apps provided
free by the Texas State Bar.
Discover the pros and cons of each
database.
Find out about the add-ons of each
database.
12:15 Break Lunch Provided
1:00 Afternoon Session 3 hours
(Includes 15 Minute Break)
Conducting Effective and Ethical
Social Media Research and Internet
Legal Research
How to Use Social Media Sites for
Investigative Research
Learn how to find social media profiles
and overcome discovery and evidentiary
challenges.
Discover how lawyers use social
media profiles for investigative and
background research to:

Seek out the smoking gun that can

be the turning point in a case.
Uncover information to attack

witnesses credibility.
Obtain useful background
information about parties, clients,
jurors, attorneys, and even judges.
Conducting Ethical Social Media
Research (1 hr ethics)
Review the ABA and other states social
media research ethics opinions and
guidelines.
What violates the deception or ex-parte
communication ethical rules?
Is it ethical to research the social media
profiles of participants in a lawsuit?
What could lead to an ethical violation
or spoliation charge?
Conducting Effective Internet Legal
Research
Learn how to conduct even more
Internet legal research from the author
of the ABAs Internet Legal Research on
a Budget book.
Quickly find and effectively use, reliable
free legal sites, blogs, portals, article
databases, and apps online.
Find out how Google Scholar can
supplement Fastcase and Casemaker.
Search for federal materials with
Congress.gov and FDsys the new
replacements to GPO Access and
Thomas.
4:15 Adjourn

Registration for the Live Webcast

How to Register for the Webcast

Claiming MCLE Credit

Webcast registration is only online and by using a credit card. Go to

TexasBarCLE.com and click on Webcasts. Then under the listing for Legal
and Investigative Internet Research on a Budget, click Register for
Webcast. Mail, fax, or phone registrations will not be accepted.

For the webcast, the MCLE number will be provided to you online at
the conclusion of your viewing, along with instructions on how to
claim your MCLE credit while still online.

Webcast Registration Fee and Course Material

About a week after the webcast, webcast registrants will have 9-12
months to finish viewing or reviewing the program online.

The fee is $345 per webcast registrant. Course materials are included as
PDFs for viewing, downloading, or printing during and after the webcast.

Replaying the Webcast on Your Computer

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Meet the Register By Deadline and Save $50
because early registrations help us ensure that sufficient course books, seating,
and refreshments are available. Course materials and seating will be reserved
for preregistrants until the start of the first topic.
Earn Discounts by Registering Five or More
from your firm or agency. Contact Firm & Group Sales Manager Laura Angle at
512-263-2802 or laura.angle@texasbar.com.
Active State, County, and Texas-Area Federal Judges, Administrative
Law Judges, Hearing Examiners, and Judges Staff Attorneys May
Attend for Free, Provided:
(1) the course directly relates to the judges tribunals jurisdiction, (2) the
judge is a full-time judge or retired under a judicial retirement system and (3)
space is available for all paying registrants. This privilege does not extend to
prosecutors, receivers, trustees, other court staff, or persons serving part-time in
a judicial capacity. Actual attendance is required to receive course materials.
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is subject to change without notice and is not a guarantee of available space.
DALLAS: Complimentary self-parking in the Cityplace Events garage with SBOT
staff validation.
AUSTIN: The Deloitte/Moody Bank parking garage at 400 W. 15th Street has
parking for State Bar of Texas meetings for $12 per day. The Capitol Visitors
Parking Garage on San Jacinto between 12th and 13th Streets has public
parking available for a maximum daily charge of $8.
If You Need Special Accommodations to Attend,
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Events in Dallas, please call us in advance of your arrival so that assisted parking
can be arranged for drivers of handicap-designated vehicles.
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your registration to a later presentation or (2) taking the course online later,
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refund instead, mail or fax (512-427-4443) your request so that we receive it at
least one business day before the program.
FREE TO OUR REGISTRANTS! Online Videos and MP3s of the Topics
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address when preregistering to be notified when and how these benefits
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The State Bar of Texas does not endorse political candidates. When a candidate
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Come join Carole Levitt and Mark

Rosch, internationally recognized
Internet trainers and and authors of
five American Bar Association books,
who will show you how to unearth
information FREE
(or at low cost!) on the Net.

Carole Levitt

Mark Rosch
Each attendee of the live
course will receive a copy
of the speakers 500-page book, The
Cybersleuths Guide to the Internet, 13th
edition (a $64.95 value).

Reserve Your Hotel Room Early

Hotel rooms have been blocked at special rates
on a space available basis. To make a reservation,
contact the hotel and indicate that you will be
attending the State Bar of Texas Course.

LIVEDallas
Cityplace Events
November 10, 2015
No hotel rooms have been
blocked for this presentation.
May We Suggest:
Warwick Melrose Hotel
3015 Oak Lawn Ave
Dallas, Texas 75219
214-521-5151

LIVEAustin
Texas Law Center
November 12, 2015
No hotel rooms have been
blocked for this presentation.
May We Suggest:
Doubletree Guest Suites
303 W. 15th St.
Austin, TX 78701
512-478-7000

TexasBarCLE Planning Team

Hedy Bower ................................ Director of Program Planning
Mary McDonald...................................Sr. Program Coordinator
Kathy Kasper...................................................Meeting Planner
Deserea Serna.............................Written Material Coordinator

State Bar of Texas

MCLE CREDIT

6 HOURS (1 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 901318085

Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas.

Allan K. DuBois...........................................................President
David E. Chamberlain..................................Chair of the Board
Frank Stevenson................................................ President-Elect
Trey Apffel......................................... Immediate Past President
C. Barret Thomas...............................................TYLA President
Mark D. White........................................Chair, CLE Committee
Susan Nelson................................Chair, Board PDP Committee
Michelle E. Hunter.........................................Executive Director
Patrick A. Nester...................................... Director, TexasBarCLE

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Legal & Investigative

Internet Research
on a Budget

November 10, 2015

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