| Indulge 2008 Goes to Court! |
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Stetson Law School |
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April 21-22, 2008 |
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The court date is set! The 3rd Annual Indulge Conference is ready for registration and is scheduled for April 21-22, 2008! Work two cases from start to finish and gain more interactive case experience at a real law school while following a case all the way to trial in a real court room setting. Increase your medical-legal expertise by learning hands-on and doing more cases from start to finish. As usual, we are planning some exciting events and speakers as well. The scheduled speakers and events will be announced in the near future. Since it is the "Indulge" Conference, attendees will get the same VIP treatment and benefits as all the the previous years. CEs are also available and are approved for ALNC and CLNI certification renewal. |
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Seat reservations are now available for the first 60 people to reserve. Space is limited as usual. This announcement is the first announcement and RN MARKET News recipients get the first chance to reserve. Reservations will be available on the Web soon so get your seat before everyone finds out! |
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Book now while you can! Everyone is ready to reserve and there are only 60 seats available!
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Call to Reserve:
813-251-3609
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| New Address: |
| 112 S Armenia Ave |
| Tampa, FL 33609 |
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RN MARKET is extremely excited to announce the purchase of our new office building. As of the first of the year, RN MARKET is conducting business using the new contact information listed above and will continue to share its offices with LNI Institute and LNC Firm. This new office building gives us more space and freedom to meet the needs of our customers. Give us a call if you would like to stop by to see our place in person. |
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| Preventing Email Spam |
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Anyone who uses an email account knows what email spam is. Unfortunately, email spam has become a part of our everyday lives. Even though most people know what email spam is, most don't know where it comes from and how to prevent it.
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Your email account will start to collect spam when spam companies or spam computers obtain your email address through different methods. A lot of times, the user of the email account has given their information to the spam companies without knowing. Unfortunately, there is no way to track who is gaining access to your email information. However, there are ways to prevent spam from finding your email account.
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The most well known method of preventing spam is to use a spam blocker to check your email. These work well a lot of times. However, depending on the spam blocker you use, the spam blocker may block emails that you don't want blocked. So, you don't want it set too sensitive. Pretty much, every online email company (e.g. Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, etc.) have their own spam blocker built into your account. You can usually adjust the sensitivity through your account. If you are using Outlook to receive your email, you should have spam blocker built in there as well. Check your email account to see what spam blocking options you have. |
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The spam blocker is your first line of defense against spam. However, there are ways that spam can be prevented from ever getting to your email account. One way to keep control of the amount of the spam you get is to only give your email information to companies and Web sites following privacy policies. Many Web sites and companies, like RN MARKET, follow strict privacy policies that ensure you that they will be the only ones using your contact information. Other companies may not follow privacy policies and may be selling your contact information to other companies. |
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You can also control where the spam goes by keeping a couple of different email accounts. For example, if you have a business email, only use it for business. Do not use that account for online purchases or mailing lists unless the company follows a strict privacy policy. If you keep your business email account for use only with your clients and business, the spam will not be able to find you. You can have another email account that you can designate as the personal or spam email account. You would use this account when making online purchases and doing other functions online that require you to give your personal information to Web sites you may not trust. You do still have to go through this spam account once in a while so it doesn't fill up. |
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Email spam has become a regular annoyance in our everyday life. However, if you play it smart, it won't become too much of a problem for you. |
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The term “Legal Research” may give many people a bad taste in their mouths at the mere mention of it. This process, however, is very important to anyone that must retrieve documents that contain legal information. Knowing the proper techniques of legal research can save law firms, students, legal nurse consultants, and others valuable time while ensuring that a quality work or student product is produced.
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Simply put, legal research involves identifying and retrieving information that is necessary to support legal decision making. For anyone familiar with the nursing process, the steps are similar. The steps of legal research include identifying and analyzing a problem and conclude with the application and the communication of the results of the process. As technology advances, legal research has become increasingly electronic in nature, but the process itself remains essentially the same.
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Many types of legal authorities exist. Of the most importance to legal research, however, are primary and secondary legal authorities. Primary authority refers to actual legal documents and texts such as statutes, constitutions, and regulations. Secondary authorities describe the primary authorities. The process of legal research involves investigation into one or both of these types of authorities.
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While the process of legal research may vary a bit from person to person, the basic steps remain the same. A strategy should be followed by the researcher in order to ensure that no information is missed and that the final product is the result of a thorough investigation. A sample strategy should begin with identifying the problem or issue. What exactly is the case or issue about and what legal issues will require research? Effective research cannot be conducted if the issue that must be researched is not completely understood.
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The next step in the legal research process is to brainstorm search terms. For instance, if the case concerns abortion, what other terms may be used to research this topic and are also synonyms of abortion? For example, the terms “termination of pregnancy” and “elective miscarriage” may be terms used as synonyms of abortion. Jurisdiction and time frame of the issue must also be determined. What laws govern the when and the where of the issue?
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The types of information sources must next be decided on. Will the researcher use electronic sources? Many legal databases are online now to include Westlaw and LexisNexis. Some are free but some charge a fee for the user to access the database. Does the researcher have access to a law library with volumes of books to peruse? Secondary sources should be researched first, followed by primary sources. This will help the researcher to understand the primary authorities more completely when the time comes to read them. Other materials such as ethical materials and other non-legal materials may also have to be referenced. The steps may have to be repeated as necessary if the results of the legal research do not reveal the required or necessary information.
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Many legal research textbooks exist to assist the novice researcher with various techniques to increase the proficiency of research skills. Another tip that may assist researchers is to find someone to assist with the research process. For instance, a librarian may be of assistance. The Internet may also be an excellent source of information regarding the legal research process. Performing Web searches with search engines such as Google or Yahoo may identify multiple avenues for the researcher to follow. Gone are the days when one must search volume after volume in a library for one legal source. The Internet has brought an endless stream of information to all who wish to access it. One must take care to ensure that all information gathered is from a reliable and trusted source, but, if utilized properly, the Internet can be an extremely valuable source of information.
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The United States Government boasts three branches. These three branches include the Judicial branch, the Legislative branch, and the Executive branch. Each of these three branches of government contain various sources and topics for legal research. The Judicial branch of government is the court system. Researchers who wish to investigate current cases in trial or mediation may need to find a previous court case in order to find more information that will help explain a specific case. Many levels of courts exist, and not all of the opinions of each of these courts are published. An excellent resource for researchers is the Supreme Court and its decisions. The cases for the Supreme Court and other courts may often be found on the Internet using modern technology and effective search criteria. Of course, texts may also be good source for older court decisions as well. Cases may be found using various search terms such as criminal or tort cases. It may be quite difficult to find a particular case if specific search criteria is not known. Also, when a case is found care must be taken to make sure that it was not overturned at some later date by a higher court.
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The Legislative branch of the government includes all laws and statutes. These laws and statutes, like court cases, may be found in text and, increasingly, on the Web. Texts also exist such as the United States Code which may help the researcher find specific laws related to specific cases. The Library of Congress provides access to many legislative documents as well. Local governments’ laws are actually more difficult to find in this instance than federal and state laws. More extensive searching may be required for local statutes as many of these are not made available to the public and may be more obscure.
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The Executive branch is responsible for outlining exactly how the laws and statutes of the Legislative branch are to be carried out. A researcher may require information from a specific agency that identifies how the agency is to carry out a specific law. This type of information is varied and may be found on the Internet or in other places such as the United States Government Printing Office. Various regulations may be researched regarding specific agencies and the governing laws and statutes. Federal agencies themselves may be contacted to help assist the researcher find specific information.
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Professional journals and textbooks are an excellent source of secondary authority sources to support the primary sources. These may be accessed via the Web or local libraries. Lists of public libraries on the Internet are a good place to help the researcher find a library close by. The Library of Congress has an “ask the librarian” service that is free to the public and may be used to assist a researcher to find information. A final option, although not free, may be to consult with an attorney and ask for his or her help with specific research questions.
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Legal research may be complex and time consuming, depending on the information that is sought. The researcher may become frustrated with the complexities of legal information and trying to find specific information for his or her project or issue. By utilizing patience and a specific research process, however, the legal researcher will be able to ferret out the required information that will assist him in writing the perfect paper, prosecuting the perfect case, or just increasing his knowledge of the legal realm.
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