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Library Workshop Recordings and Resources

Searching Key Law Databases

The Searching Key Law Databases workshops aim to familiarize students with the major law databases. The workshops were conducted by experienced trainers or training specialists. 


Kluwer Arbitration

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Kluwer Arbitration is the world’s leading and indispensable online resource for international arbitration research. The platform enables users to quickly access our collection of arbitration materials and to make faster and more informed decisions. In addition to primary resources, users could discover commentary from leading experts and extended book collection.

Speaker: Yuxin REN, Wolters Kluwer

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout

Lexis+ Hong Kong

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Lexis+ Hong Kong (formerly Lexis Advance Hong Kong) is a major law database that provides primary and secondary sources of law in Hong Kong and other common law jurisdictions. Important works that are only available from Lexis include the Halsbury’s Law of Hong Kong, Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong and a lot more.

Speaker: Charmay Lam (LexisNexis)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout

Practical Law

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Practical Law has a vast set of practice notes and standard documents which can be used as they are or tailored for specific legal transactions, meaning you don’t need to draft or research from scratch. The database is also structured in a way to facilitate comparative study across jurisdictions.

Speaker: Iris ZHANG (Thomson Reuters)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout

vLex Justis

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This database has been enhanced in 2022. The original United Kingdom Core Collection has been expanded to contain over one million full-text cases and legislative provisions. The database now also allows users to navigate directly between primary law and secondary materials.

Speaker: Riana Van-Smith (vLex)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout

Westlaw Asia & Westlaw Classic

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Westlaw Asia and Westlaw Classic provides primary and secondary sources of law in Hong Kong and other common law jurisdictions. Important works that are only available from Westlaw Asia include the Civil Procedure, Hong Kong Civil Procedure, Archbold, Archbold Hong Kong and a lot more.

Speaker: Iris ZHANG (Thomson Reuters)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout