Casemaker
ATTENTION CASEMAKER USERS: Continuing its commitment to content excellence, Casemaker has again invested in expanding its Federal library content. Most recently Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation decisions were added, along with data expansions in the Court of Appeals for Armed Forces back to 1975, the Tax Court back to 1940, the Circuit Court of Appeals back to 1879, and the Supreme Court back to 1759.
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You can email the Casemaker Helpline: helpdesk@lawriter.net OR call toll-free 877-659-0801, M-F 8am-8pm EST. Representatives who are trained on Casemaker are available to assist you. Callers can speak with attorneys in the office if more complicated questions arise.
For after-hours assistance:
Casemaker Answering Service automatically kicks in during the non-office hours (M-F 8pm-8am EST and all day Sat & Sun). This is an outside answering service. The representatives answering the calls have an outline of questions and responses for callers. If there is an emergency during off-hours (emergency usually consists of the system or entire books being down), then IT and Support Staff are notified. For non-emergencies, the answering service representative will take a message from the caller and send an email to the Casemaker Helpline for service the next business day. There is always a live person the caller will communicate with – either the Casemaker Representative or the Answering Service Representative.
Here's a list of updated features and some fixes that you will appreciate:
1. HTML FAQ/Manual brought in line with the PDF versions.
2. Link to the recorded training video added.
3. 'Tell Us' link added at the top of the header that provides users with a form to make suggestions and give Casemaker feedback.
4. Modified MultiState Case Law so that an error no longer appears when users forget to select a state; instead users are sent back to the search form and told to select at least one state.
5. Added a message to the sign in form that indicates that bar members must log in through the bar association and a link is provided to www.casemaker.us with a list of consortium members (which, in turn, links to the respective bar sites).
6. Updated the PDF/RTF printing to include the header material at the top of the printed document.
7. Fixed the bar message editing so that customer support can update messages for individual bars.
Performance Enhancements:
CASEcheck Updates
Casemaker’s very own version of KeyCite© or Shepard’s® is new and improved! When viewing a case, users are now able to see all cases citing the case being viewed. A list of citing references appears on the upper right side of the screen under the CASEcheck icon when viewing a case. Citing references are organized by category. Clicking on the category icon will open up a new window with links to the relevant cases. Viewing a listed case will open another window containing the case, including its CASEcheck results.
MultiBook Search
Checkboxes make the MultiBook feature is now even easier to use! When entering a search term, MultiBook automatically includes all books in that search. To limit a search to selected books, click the book box at the top of the list to uncheck it and then select the relevant books. Otherwise, look at the list and uncheck books that do not need to be included in the search.
Printing Improvements
Now header material is included at the top of a PDF/RTF printed document.
Performance Enhancements
Casemaker has been upgraded to ensure faster navigation and browsing.
Lawriter LLC, the online legal publisher for Casemaker, now provides help with search logic. You can call Lawriter at (877) 659-0801 to ask for assistance. After 8:00 p.m., eastern time, you must leave a message with the answering service, and a Lawriter representative will call you back.
Contact your local bar association and suggest a CLE-accredited Casemaker demonstration! To schedule a Casemaker demo, contact Reba Nance or Michelle Gersic at the Colorado Bar Association, (303) 860-1115 or (800) 332-6736.
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The Casemaker Library's state libraries include case law from all 50 states, going back to at least 1950, and farther back in most instances.
