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Lawyering Process

Events and Training

Registration for Events and Training

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Judge’s Day and Writing Awards

Judges’ Day was created in 2000 by Associate Professor K.K. DuVivier, former Director of the Lawyering Process Program. Held each spring at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Judges’ Day is an opportunity for the law school community to honor judiciary from the Rocky Mountain region and for students to interact with judges and to hear real oral arguments to the Colorado Court of Appeals right here on campus.

The Reese and Hartje writing award nominees and winners are recognized at Judges’ Day every spring. 		TBA Closed
Casemap

These sessions teach what the software is, how to use the software, and what role it will play in Lawyering Process. Please bring a laptop to the training session. Registration is not required for the sessions posted below. For more information regarding CaseMap, please visit our technology page. 		TBA Closed
Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis Training

  • Lexis “Basic” Session
    This class is designed to establish a basic comfort level, or familiarity, with the LexisNexis research system. Topics covered include LexisNexis law school homepage, Get a Document, Printing and emailing documents for free, Topical research using Search Advisor, Source selection, Basic terms & connectors searching, and Help databases.

  • Westlaw “Basic” Session
    This class covers the following topics related to the Westlaw research system: Customizing your Westlaw Password with Jurisdictional Tabs; Finding case law by citation and by title or party name; The parts of a case on Westlaw, including Key Numbers and Head notes; Printing/Downloading/E-mailing Documents; Using the Directory to locate sources/databases; Searching by term with Natural Language and KeySearch; Secondary Sources—ALR/AMJUR/Journals and Law Reviews.

    All Lexis and Westlaw classes are 50 minutes long and are held in the Computer Instruction Center (CIC) – room 259. Each session holds 32 people. Please bring your password to the training session.
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