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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. 


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 Laws of Hong Kong, Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong and a lot more.

Speaker: Susan Wu (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: Sasa Lam (Thomson Reuters)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout

Westlaw Asia

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Westlaw Asia 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: Sasa Lam (Thomson Reuters)

Duration: 50 min

Video  Handout