Online legal dictionary? Forum

[knowledgenotebook]

Which online law dictionary is closest to the quality of "Black's Law Dictionary"?

Thanks.

[kalvano]

http://dictionary.law.com/

[09042014]

Doesn't westlaw or have blacks in their data base?

[knowledgenotebook]

http://dictionary.law.com/

Thanks. And if you have to rate 3 things that are most important to a law student, what are they?
Would a law dictionary be one of them?

Thanks again.

[cake]

Doesn't westlaw or have blacks in their data base?

Yes, Westlaw has Black's.

[fathergoose]

http://dictionary.law.com/

Thanks. And if you have to rate 3 things that are most important to a law student, what are they?
Would a law dictionary be one of them?

Thanks again.

(1) Good whiskey
(2) A lack of any social life
(3) masochistic tendencies

Law dictionary is well down the second page

[knowledgenotebook]

http://dictionary.law.com/

Thanks. And if you have to rate 3 things that are most important to a law student, what are they?
Would a law dictionary be one of them?

Thanks again.

(1) Good whiskey
(2) A lack of any social life
(3) masochistic tendencies

Law dictionary is well down the second page

Of course other than sarcasm.

[kalvano]

http://dictionary.law.com/

Thanks. And if you have to rate 3 things that are most important to a law student, what are they?
Would a law dictionary be one of them?

Thanks again.

(1) Good whiskey
(2) A lack of any social life
(3) masochistic tendencies

Law dictionary is well down the second page

Of course other than sarcasm.

That's not sarcasm. It's true. There is no reason to buy a legal dictionary.

[fathergoose]

That's not my attempt at humor. I suggest buffalo trace for (1)

[knowledgenotebook]

That's not my attempt at humor. I suggest buffalo trace for (1)

All right, I wouldn't mind checking it out.

With regard to "3 things that are most important to a law student", probably I could have worded it a bit differently, that is,
3 things that are most important to legal study something...

[kalvano]

1) Westlaw Next
2) Westlaw Next
3) Westlaw Next

[knowledgenotebook]

1) Westlaw Next
2) Westlaw Next
3) Westlaw Next

ok, that's probably for legal research, thanks. now, I saw many law students can't stop typing while listening to law professor's lecture...
the "legal notes" in the law student's laptop is 'leveraged' for a deeper legal study with "legal research" such as Westlaw Next and texbook?
where do they go? (Of course retention of essentials by memory is one thing), I mean, physically, would
1) one type of law student add legal research results to existing notes where relevant/related? Add page number something reference as well for the textbook... ?
2) another type, simply add legal research URL and textbook page # etc. meta data, into the existing notes?
3) mixture of the above?

Which one seems more popular and why?

Thanks.

[kalvano]

I'm honestly not sure what you're asking. The people who can't stop typing are either G-chatting or transcribing every word the professor says.

Neither will do much for you.

When it comes to notes:

1) Do the reading
2) Pick out from lecture supplemental ideas and things the professor thinks important
3) Supplement as needed from E&E's, etc.

[knowledgenotebook]

I'm honestly not sure what you're asking. The people who can't stop typing are either G-chatting or transcribing every word the professor says.

Neither will do much for you.

When it comes to notes:

1) Do the reading
2) Pick out from lecture supplemental ideas and things the professor thinks important
3) Supplement as needed from E&E's, etc.

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(1) " people who can't stop typing "
It shouldn't taken literally. The observation is law students do take notes during a lecture.

(2) 1) "Do the reading"
while doing that, do a lot of students, highlight stuff as a pupil do or write down something at the corner or side something like a high school student do or insert thought/observation into either an existing related note (to augment) or doing something similar?

Note:
I'm not a law student but this subject is relevant to me.

Thanks for your time.