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Administrative Law Research Guide: Updating

Updating

  • Updating federal regulations using Lexis and Westlaw
    •  Shepard’s, KeyCite, etc.
  • Updating federal regulations in print 
    1. List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA)
    2. List of CFR Parts Affected During [month] in Reader Aids in Federal Register (FR)
  • GPO FDsys includes official CFR,Federal Register, and LSA and unofficial e-CFR.

 

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Use ALERTS to keep up to date with developments in administrative law through Westlaw and Lexis.

Get notifications via e-mail (or RSS feed, HTML, XML or portal) of new cases, new and pending legislation, docket changes, publications and news on your topic, as well as any changes to citing authorities affecting the law you've found.

Westlaw Next

  • WestClip - Get new documents that match your search criteria
  • KeyCite Alert - Receive updates and changes to citing authorities
  • Docket Alert - Find out when new cases are filed that meet your criteria (party, jurisdiction, case type, etc.)
  • Docket Track - Know about changes and additions to dockets
  • Publication Alert - Lean when new documents are added to a particular publication on Westlaw Next

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Lexis Advance

  • Search Alert - Find good results with a set of search terms? Set up an alert to monitor them for changes 
  • Shepard's Alert - Set alerts to monitor changes in analysis for Shepardized cases or statutes
  • Publication Alert - Have a publication (or group of publications) you like? Get alerts when new articles are added.
  • Topic Alert - Retrieve new and updated documents from a variety of content types on a particular topic
  • Compare Results Alert - Compare results of two searches, and set an alert for related new documents

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