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Why WestLaw moves at a glacial pace. I hate Lexis, but WLN is so slow at times I'm almost tempted to use their competitor.

How can you hate Lexis? I much prefer them.

Westlaw Next seems to be pretty snappy and is amazing for organizational purposes. It's probably the major reason I actually like legal writing,

How could anybody hate lexis when it has the "copy w/ cite", "more like this", AND "shepards"?

jdubb990 wrote:How could anybody hate lexis when it has the "copy w/ cite", "more like this", AND "shepards"?

Have you used WestlawNext?

OP, are you using safari? I've heard it works really slowly with safari.

Gatriel wrote:Why WestLaw moves at a glacial pace. I hate Lexis, but WLN is so slow at times I'm almost tempted to use their competitor.

Are you the PHOSITA?

I should pitch the idea to Google for a GoogleLegal. Given how much better their search engine is, and how much firms pay Westlaw/Lexis they could make a killing.

westlaw rep. told us google is working on something, and to keep your eyes open for it in the next five years.

inchoate_con wrote:

jdubb990 wrote:How could anybody hate lexis when it has the "copy w/ cite", "more like this", AND "shepards"?

Have you used WestlawNext?

My thoughts exactly. The only people that dont hate Lexis are people who's schools didn't get WestlawNext.

I use Lexis for aesthetic reasons. It looks prettier.

beach_terror wrote:I use Lexis for aesthetic reasons. It looks prettier.

WestlawNext brah

jdubb990 wrote:How could anybody hate lexis when it has the "copy w/ cite", "more like this", AND "shepards"?

These same features are available in the basic version of Westlaw.

skoobily doobily wrote:I should pitch the idea to Google for a GoogleLegal. Given how much better their search engine is, and how much firms pay Westlaw/Lexis they could make a killing.

They have Google Scholar right now. It's pretty decent for preliminary research.

skoobily doobily wrote:I should pitch the idea to Google for a GoogleLegal. Given how much better their search engine is, and how much firms pay Westlaw/Lexis they could make a killing.

WestlawNext already scooped your idea. They now have a pretty damn good natural language search algorithm.

JazzOne wrote:

skoobily doobily wrote:I should pitch the idea to Google for a GoogleLegal. Given how much better their search engine is, and how much firms pay Westlaw/Lexis they could make a killing.

WestlawNext already scooped your idea. They now have a pretty damn good natural language search algorithm.

Anything that can be done, can be done better by Google. This is true of all things, including contradictions. "Even (and only) Google can do things better than Google can."

skoobily doobily wrote:

JazzOne wrote:

skoobily doobily wrote:I should pitch the idea to Google for a GoogleLegal. Given how much better their search engine is, and how much firms pay Westlaw/Lexis they could make a killing.

WestlawNext already scooped your idea. They now have a pretty damn good natural language search algorithm.

Anything that can be done, can be done better by Google. This is true of all things, including contradictions. "Even (and only) Google can do things better than Google can."

Yeah, perhaps Google should try to acquire Lexis. The thing that Google is lacking is the raw data. They don't have a few million cases digitized. A collaboration between Google and Lexis would be pretty cool.

WL like lightning here.

Yeah I am using Safari, but its the same gig with FireFox as well.

KeyCite with WLN + Copy with Reference made the memo a breeze. All the librarians hate WLN with a passion, as it effectively eliminates the need for them. If we could only now get rid of the circulation desk and take the $75k a year were spending on them and put in a Starbucks in their place. Actual utility out of the library.

JazzOne wrote:[
Yeah, perhaps Google should try to acquire Lexis. The thing that Google is lacking is the raw data. They don't have a few million cases digitized. A collaboration between Google and Lexis would be pretty cool.

That really is the only thing I could see competing with WLN. It would be interesting to say the least.