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American Bar Association Study
Members were asked ...
“Which one fee-based online service do you use most
often overall for legal research?”
About the ABA Legal Technology Survey
The ABA surveyed the legal profession from January through
May 2012 on the use of technology in the profession.
For more information, go to: lawtechnology.org
Litigator Preference Study
*Includes RIA® Checkpoint®, BNA, Loislaw, Fastcase, Casemaker,
VersusLaw, CCH, and “other.”
About the Litigator Study
This independent third-party study sponsored by Thomson Reuters was
conducted by Lieberman Research Worldwide in May 2010. Doubleblind methodology was used, and the respondents were litigators
who identified themselves as active online researchers.
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Litigators were asked ...
“Which of the following do you prefer to use when
doing online legal research?”
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42%
42%
38%
26%
Percent Preferred
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Percent Preferred
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Westlaw® and WestlawNext over any other online legal research service.
38%
29%
23%
18%
25%
24%
21% 22%
22%
19%
18% 18%
15%
19%
17%
16%
10%
4%
2%
4%
<1%
* Includes Casemaker, Fastcase, Loislaw,
VersusLaw, and other legal services. “No
preference” responses omitted from chart.
Law Librarian Survey
Librarians who report that their firms are moving
toward using a fixed-rate contract with a sole
provider for electronic research were asked ...
“Which vendor are you leaning toward?”
67%
Westlaw
33%
LexisNexis
Westlaw
LexisNexis
All others combined*
About the Law Librarian Survey
The American Lawyer® magazine conducted the
tenth annual survey of Am Law 200 library directors
in May 2011. The respondents include law librarians
from 82 firms.
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