WestLaw has Superior Secondary Sources for the Immigration Lawyer
February 13, 2018
WestLaw has Superior Secondary Sources for the Immigration Lawyer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Thomson Reuters Westlaw
I use WestLaw as one of two legal research platforms. I have used WestLaw since law school and have never looked back. I only practice immigration law, so the most important thing for me are secondary sources and periodicals so I can stay up-to-date. WestLaw had superior content to Lexis when I decided to sign a contract. I need to get answers to my procedural and substantive questions fast and WestLaw helps me do that quickly and efficiently.
- Immigration content
- Navigation is fairly intuitive better UI than Lexis
- Overpriced
- Doesn't link statutes the way that immigration lawyers cite them
- User interface could be better
- Too expensive
- Need the content it provides
- Good secondary sources
I picked WestLaw because they had better secondary sources for my immigration law practice. I've also used WestLaw a lot more over the years so I am more comfortable with the interface. Lexis is slightly cheaper but not meaningfully so. Again, lawyers are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to legal research platforms. The industry needs to be disrupted as both companies feel stuck in the early '00s