SPECIFIC TOOLS. PRACTICAL WORKFLOWS.
Don’t just open a research platform. Pick the job you need to do, follow a short workflow, and leave with something useful for class or legal writing.
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Generate a sourced map of a focused legal issue, including key rules, leading cases, and authority on both sides.
Orienting an open memo, brief, or unfamiliar research problem before building your own search trail.
Write a focused question that names the jurisdiction, legal issue, decisive facts, and the research goal.
Review the overview and cited authorities, then refine the query when a rule, exception, or counterargument is missing.
Open the primary sources, check their current status in Westlaw, and independently confirm every proposition you use.
Use Deep Research to orient your work, not replace it. Validate every authority, quotation, and current-status signal yourself.
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3 focused workflows · Rotates every Sunday
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Turn an assigned opinion into a working case brief, then ask targeted follow-up questions about the court’s reasoning.
Best for: Cold-call prep, untangling a long opinion, and checking whether your own brief caught the rule, holding, key facts, and procedural posture.
Thomson Reuters · Westlaw
Translate an unfamiliar legal term or phrase without guessing from its everyday meaning.
Best for: Casebook reading, cold-call notes, and using precise legal language in an outline.
Thomson Reuters · Westlaw
Generate a sourced map of a focused legal issue, including key rules, leading cases, and authority on both sides.
Best for: Orienting an open memo, brief, or unfamiliar research problem before building your own search trail.