[blindLaw] Lexis vs West Law

[Teresita Rios]

I mostly rely on WestLaw, occasionally use Lexus+ to do some final research
because rarely some cases are on Lexus+ and not on Westlaw. But I can do
without Lexus+.

Warmly,
Teresita Rios


On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:07 AM Vaughn Brown via BlindLaw <
blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I prefer Westlaw, used it in my schooling without a problem. When I tried
> using Lexis the home page was not accessible. It showed an image to click
> on to launch the site but the image was not clickable by keyboard methods.
>
> Go with Westlaw! It is loaded with useful features.
>
> Vaughn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sanho
> Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 10:48 PM
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> Cc: Sanho Steele-Louchart <sanho817 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Lexis vs West Law
>
> Hello,
>
> I personally prefer Westlaw. My experience is that it's more accessible,
> more intuitive, and more robust. The only time I've used Lexis in the past
> couple of years was to access People Search. TR/Westlaw also has fantastic
> research assistance and tech support via phone. Never having used Lexis's
> similar services, I can't speak to them one way or the other.
>
> Warmth,
> Sanho
>
> > On Jul 14, 2021, at 7:51 PM, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My firm has both west law and lexis. Would you say one is easier to
> learn than the other? I've only been using JAWS for a few years, so I can't
> say I am the most advanced. Which site is a smoother experience using a
> screen reader?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Syed
> >
> >
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