Kansas Cybersleuth Investigative Research Mcle

September 22, 2009

Sheraton Overland Park

Kansas Law Center 1200 SW Harrison Topeka, Kan.

Kansas approval is pending for 6.5 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credit for this seminar. Missouri has approved this seminar for 6.6 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credit.

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Super Search Engine Strategies and Investigative Research Strategies For The Legal Professional

The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet

THE CYBERSLEUTH’S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET:

The Course Schedule

The Presenters:

ABA Authors of ’The Lawyer’s Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet’ 8:30 am - 9:00 am — Registration

9:00 am - 12:00 noon — Morning Session (Includes a 15-Minute Refreshment Break) Super Search Engine Strategies for the Legal Professional Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “google” the missing defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the defendant’s claim of insufficient service of process. Effective Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer’s due diligence routine. At this seminar, attendees will learn the best research strategies (including advanced search features at Google and other search engines) that will assist them in meeting their research obligations. “The standard of care imposing liability on lawyers for legal malpractice is changing owing to the increasing use of computers. Internet accessibility is about to profoundly change our research obligations…vast amounts of information are readily available to everyone, including courts and clients….” ABA GP Solo Newsletter.

Carole Levitt, Esq. has over twenty years of combined experience in the legal field as a California attorney, Internet trainer, Law Librarian and Legal Research and Writing Professor. She was the “Computer Counselor” columnist for the Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. Ms. Levitt received her Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, graduating with distinction, and was a member of the school’s law review. She earned her Masters in Library Science and her Bachelors in Political Science at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Ms. Levitt serves on the ABA’s Law Practice Management Executive Council and the section’s Publishing Board.

Mark

Rosch

is the developer and manager of Internet for Lawyers’ (IFL) website and online education services. He serves as the editor of IFL’s newsletter, The Internet Legal Research Update. Mr. Rosch authors numerous articles about computer technology in the law office for Law Technology News, Los Angeles Lawyer, Law Practice, FindLaw.com and the Los Angeles Daily Journal among other publications. He graduated from Tulane University, in New Orleans. Mr. Rosch serves on the ABA’s Law Practice Management Education Board. Attention Persons with Disabilities: We will make reasonable efforts to make our seminars accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability who wishes to attend our seminar and need accommodations relating to your disability, please contact the CLE department at (785) 234-5696. A request should be made at least ten (10) days in advance of the seminar.

Super Search Engine Strategies: Mastering Google and Beyond • Identify and Use the Best Search Engines • Sites, Secrets and Shortcuts Revealed • Develop Super Search Strategies • Key into Google’s “Advanced Search” Menu • Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research • Fundamental Distinctions Between the “Visible” and “Invisible” Web • Locate Information from the “Invisible” Web • Tools to Search “Smarter not Harder” • Uncover Ways to Find Deleted Web Pages

12:00 noon — Lunch on Your Own

Nationally recognized Internet trainers and authors of The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet will show you how to use and find specific Web sites to unearth factual and investigative information FREE (or at low cost!) on the Net. Instead of first turning to experts, consultants, skip tracers, and private investigators, seminar attendees will quickly learn how to be their own cybersleuth.

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm — Afternoon Session (Includes a 15-Minute Refreshment Break)

Investigative Research Strategies for the Legal Professional The ABA’s most recent Technology Survey found that while nearly 90% of attorneys used the Internet “to research news or current events,” less than half were using the public records or company background information, both of which are freely available on the Internet. The attorney who thinks they’re “using the Internet in their practice” because they are reading the news or checking their stock portfolios online runs the risk of having cases dismissed, losing cases, or facing a malpractice suit… because of information they’ve missed.

Learn How to Search Like a Private Investigator: • Develop Internet Investigative Search Strategies • Learn to Extract Background Information from Dockets • Unearth Bankruptcies • Mine the Web for Missing People • Glean Private or Personal Information from Blogs and Usenet Postings

Identify Low Cost Investigative Databases to… • Discover Addresses (Home and E-mail) • Find Phone Numbers (Even Cellular) • Locate Someone’s Aliases and Employer’s Name

How to Access Expensive Databases…For Free…to Find • Factual Information • Background Information • Full-text Newspaper and Magazine Articles • Press Releases • And, more…

Discover Quick and Easy Methods to Access Background Information from Public Records & Publicly Available Data • Online Telephone/Address Directories • Death Records • Birthdays • Social Security Numbers • Real Property Records • Criminal Records • Political Persuasion • Expert Witnesses • S.E.C. Filings

Learn Why Social Network Sites are Becoming the Latest & Greatest Investigative Tool • Find out How to Dig Up “Dirt” about the Opposition • Uncover Information to Attack a Witness’ Credibility • Seek out the Smoking Gun • Obtain Useful Background Information about Potential Clients, Potential Hires, and the Opposition