Mastering Google for Investigative/ Due Diligence Research
Ethics: Duty to Google ~ (ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.1 comment 8)
Discover if a lawyer has a “duty to Google” to be able to provide competent representation to a client
Learn the benefits and risks associated with using the technology of Internet research to maintain your competence
Learn Google Tips and Tricks and Other Internet Search Strategies Create more effective searches to locate crucial information you might otherwise miss
Learn what’s new in Google search
Discover hidden search features, secrets, and shortcuts
Key into Google’s “advanced search” menu to create more targeted searches
Filter search results to find precise information
Find addresses, phone, fax, and cell numbers for service of process, etc.
Uncover news from current and archival sources
Keep on top of your research using free alerts
Find images and learn about reverse image searching
Learn why you need “cache”
The Wayback Machine
Track down deleted or altered Web pages to use as evidence
Find out how to get Wayback Machine pages admitted into evidence
ABA books co-authored by speakers: Internet Legal Research on a Budget (2014); Google Gmail and Calendar in One Hour for Lawyers (2013); Find Info like a Pro, Volume Two: Mining the Internet’s Public Records for Investigative Research (2011); Find Info Like a Pro Volume One: Mining the Internet’s Publicly Available Resources for Investigative Research (2010); and Google For Lawyers (2010)