With the coming arrival of Westlaw Advantage for students, Westlaw promises “the combined power of agentic AI and industry-leading content.” Beyond the promised changes to the underlying technology, the launch adds yet another name to Westlaw’s long line of rebrands with each one marking how the company has tried to define the future of legal …
Beyond Big Law: The Importance of AI Skills for All Law Students
When law students are introduced to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the law school setting, it is often done with a focus on expensive legal-specific tools like Westlaw’s CoCounsel or Lexis’ Protege. In practice, these tools are typically only affordable for large law firms, leaving many public interest-focused law students feeling like it’s not useful …
Using DAWSON to Access Federal Tax Court Records
You may be familiar with PACER, which provides public access to electronic federal court records. But did you know that the Federal Tax Court has its own case management system? It’s called DAWSON (Docket Access Within a Secure Online Network), and unlike PACER, it’s completely free to use! DAWSON, which launched in 2020, is the …
New Docket Research Tool: Search Advisor on Bloomberg Law
What is Search Advisor? There’s a new feature on Bloomberg Law that can help you with your docket searches! Over the summer, Bloomberg launched a new Dockets Home Page. The redesigned page includes an option to track dockets, as well as an interactive U.S. map that allows you to quickly view Bloomberg’s extensive docket coverage in …
Updates to Digital Study Aids
With the semester in full swing, the law library has just completed updates to the Digital Study Aids by Legal Topic Resource Guide. These digital resources are available to the UNC Law community through the library and cover every area of law from administrative law to torts. A few of the latest study aids are …
New Books Highlight: There Is No Place for Us
Brian Goldstone, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (2025). Just past the entryway of the library opposite the circulation desk, a century-old bookcase holds staff picks and new books. Many of these titles dig into interesting topics like Who Owns Outer Space? or The Ethics of Fur. One book highlights …
Using Agency Websites to Conduct Administrative Law Research
Visiting a government agency’s website can be a valuable first step when performing administrative law research. Agency websites generally provide background on the agency, as well as information on the agency’s rules, enforcement actions, administrative decisions and rulings, and guidance on how to comply with regulations. To begin your administrative law research, check the A-Z …
Lost in the Stacks? There’s a Map for that!
Recent users of the University Libraries’ online catalog may notice a difference in search results when the law library and Davis library both have copies of the same book. The following screenshot shows an example of the difference in search results. StackMap Implementation In the Fall Semester of 2022, the law library began plans to …
Using CoCounsel to Compare Documents
Have you tried CoCounsel, Thomson Reuters’s generative AI legal assistant, yet? CoCounsel can help users perform a range of legal tasks, including researching, reviewing, summarizing, and drafting. Today, we’ll look at CoCounsel’s Compare Documents skill, which can find and compare specific information across two or more documents. What can you do with Compare Documents? You …
Executive Action Trackers
Within the first two months of his second term, President Donald Trump issued more than 75 executive orders. These executive orders range in topic, leaving many lawyers and law students struggling to stay informed about evolving laws and the impact on their lives and areas of practice. A large number of these executive orders have …