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)