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LARW: Legal Analysis Research & Writing Guide

For first year law students taking LARW.

Law Technology Trainers

Outlining & Research Organization Apps Purchased by the Library

powernotes iconThe Law Library buys the following apps which law students, faculty and staff can use for organizing research, notetaking and outlining for class: These two products use AI to automatically generate outlines from research and notes you have gathered into the platform.

Powernotes - Create an account with your university email address.

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Liquidtext - Click on the link, download the app, then login with the information that was emailed to you.

For more details on these products, use the tabs in the lefthand bar.

Legal Writing Software

Upon uploading your document, legal writing software can help you:

  • Create a table of authorities
  • Check quotes
  • Check citations (Shepardize or Keycite all the citations in a document at once)
  • Format citations
  • Make suggestions for cases you may have missed

There is also software for organizing research and automatic citation generation (eg. Zotero) - see Legal Citation - Electronic Citation Management 

Bloomberg

Lexis

Westlaw

Writing Apps