KATRINA JUNE LEE, SUSAN AZYNDAR, AND INGRID MATTSON

JUNE 4 , 2015

A New Era: Integrating Legal Research Tools Ravel, Casetext and Other New Technology Platforms in the Legal Writing Classroom

Roadmap

What is new about next-gen research toolsBrief demonstration of the toolsHow do these tools fit in with research

pedagogyHow to use these tools in your classes

Casetext & Ravel

Casetext Free Full-text of cases Crowd-sourced annotations

Pedagogical benefit: interactive engagement with case law

Ravel Law Free Full-text of cases Visual representation indicating which cases are

significant for a given point of law Pedagogical benefit: assists visual learners

Casetext

Ravel

Comment 8 to ABA Model Rule 1.1

Duty to Maintain Competency in Technology 12+ states have adopted a duty to maintain

competency

Pedagogy Themes

Ethics Costs Confidentiality

Information Literacy Context Strategy Source Evaluation

Learning StylesMetacognition

Teaching “Next Generation” Legal Research Tools

Ohio State ModuleSplit Groups – Westlaw, Lexis, Ravel,

CasetextPublic Legal Writing: Your Own WeCite

Conclusion

Your students will benefit from these tools Reinforce basic, ethical research skills New technology is expanding Legal profession is evolving

Fastcase Ravel

Questions