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Research + Analysis

Information Management

Gold In Them Thar Hills: Docket Research and Litigation Analysis in State and Federal Courts

Sunday, July 16, 2023
2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Location: Hynes-311
Litigation dockets remain one of the open issues in legal research and data management. Dockets contain a wealth of information, both on their face and in the underlying filings listed within, but finding that information can be tricky. This session will explore what information a researcher can find within dockets and docket searching platforms, guide participants through some search scenarios and strings, and discuss some of the challenges and limitations of these resources.

Target Audience:

Any law librarians engaged in general legal research, as well as anyone who teaches or provides training about dockets and docket searching.

Takeaways:

  • Participants will appreciate the breadth of information available through state and federal docket searching.
  • Participants will learn, through a guided exercise, how to optimize search to find the needle in the haystack, and how to aggregate search results to find trends across multiple results.
  • Participants will learn of the legal and technical limitations of docket searching in federal and state courts, and will be kept abreast of recent litigation for open access to dockets.