Skills for Learning workshops and events are mixture of live sessions and on demand recordings.
Your Academic Librarians encourage you to:
View training videos and get certified on legal research tools to improve your legal research skills, and enhance your employability.
The librarians have created a short video on how to get certification, also see the links below.
Lexis+ UK Legal Research Certification is available in foundation and advanced versions.
You may wish to view some of the Lexis training materials before embarking on your certification.
Important: When choosing to start the Lexis certification tests, ensure you have Lexis+ open in one browser tab or window, and the certification test in another as you'll need to move between them both.
Lexis+ virtual training sessions for students
Foundation Certification Guide (PDF)
Advanced Certification Guide (PDF)
Lexis+ Training Video: Foundation
Lexis+ Training Video: Advanced
Important: When choosing to start the Westlaw certification tests, ensure you have Westlaw open in one browser tab or window, and the certification test in another as you'll need to move between them both.
Westlaw UK Certification Training gives you an interactive walk-through of Westlaw UK with the option to test your skills. If you decide to take the test and pass, you’ll be Certified in Westlaw UK and be sent a certificate to demonstrate your skills, which you can list on your CV.
When you click on the link to start the training you are taken to training videos before you begin the test itself.
You may wish to look at Westlaw training materials before embarking on the test. To do this, login to Westlaw first before clicking the link for Westlaw UK User Guides.
This webinar is aimed at non Law students who need to find legal materials for an assignment or dissertation. After viewing this recording, students will be able to find legislation, case law and legal journal articles.
For specific help with academic skills, students can book up to two, 30 minute one-to-one appointments with an Academic Librarian or Academic Skills tutor per semester.
Appointments can take place online or at City or Headingley campus – please click into an individual appointment to see which locations are available (all slots can be booked as online appointments).
