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Old 10-08-2010, 09:27 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by balok View Post
I completely agree. I've found that I'm more efficient in legal research when using real books. In fact, as a young lawyer, I definitely think I have an edge over other lawyers my age who favour electronic tools and neglect printed volumes. Some inexperienced researchers will even miss important cases because their "keywords" in their database query, even when well chosen, were unable to bring forth all relevant results.

I don't see how an ebook reader could be of use to a lawyer, except possibly for reading entire treatises or long cases.
I'd say that as a "young lawyer", you might want to realize that an e-book IS a "real" book....its just an electronic version of a paper book.
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