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Shepard’s Case Study: Federal Government Attorney

“Shepard’s dramatically reduces the time required to ensure that the cases I am citing are good law. It also is a valuable tool for locating cases or other authorities to support my arguments.”

“For example, I found a case which stood for a general principle that supported my argument, however the facts of the case were rather different from those of my case. I was able to use Shepard’s to locate a case that had more similar facts.”

Challenges

  • Solves the following challenges with Shepard’s:
    • Knowing that authorities are still good law
    • Improving productivity by streamlining & expediting research
    • Finding additional authority to bolster arguments
    • Ensuring pertinent legal info isn’t missing that could hurt cases

Use Case

  • Uses Shepard’s in the following ways:
    • To ensure that cases & authorities are still good law
    • To help formulate stronger arguments
    • To find more sources to clarify the law & support cases
    • Build support for cases
    • Access a broad number of sources to clarify the law
    • Save time on research and validation
  • Works in a federal government agency

Results

  • Shepard’s is differentiated from other citators in the following ways:
    • Ease of use
  • Feels that the value of Shepard’s to their research provides extremely high ROI.
  • Extremely dependent on Shepard’s to validate and research cases.

About Shepard's

LexisNexis is a leading global provider of content and technology solutions that enable legal professionals to work in faster, easier and more effective ways, make informed decisions and achieve better business outcomes.

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Source: TechValidate Survey of a Federal Government Agency
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  Published: Sep. 6, 2012   TVID: 3B2-783-A06




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