Better law information?

Help us to improve your law information service. (And get preferential benefits now.)

The Law Society of South Africa needs legal practioners like you to help us to understand what law information you need and what needs improving.

Please take a few minutes to easily choose answers to these 9 simple questions here. Your anonymous insights will be added to our profession-wide study that will be used to shape improvements to your law information service.

Contributors to this study qualify for early inclusion in the Law Society of South Africa's preferential benefit programme to be launched shortly. Choose to add your email information below to get added to our inner circle.

Thank you for your valuable input. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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* 1. Please select a category that indicates your role in the legal profession?

Advocate

Attorney

Non practicing attorney/legal advisor

Candidate attorney

Paralegal

Professional assistant

Advocate

Librarian/Information officer

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Please select a category that indicates your role in the legal profession?

Advocate

Attorney

Non practicing attorney/legal advisor

Candidate attorney

Paralegal

Professional assistant

Advocate

Librarian/Information officer

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How many practioners (fee earners) work in your practice?

Sole practioner

2-10

10-19

20-49

More than 50

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* 4. Generally, how satisfied are you with the usefulness of the legal information you currently get?

Not at all

Not very

Quite

Very

Extremely

If you are not happy with your law information, add any comments to help us understand what you are dissatisfied with.

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* 5. How important are the following categories of information to you?

	Not at all	Not very	Quite	Very	Critical
Court rolls & notices	Court rolls & notices Not at all	Court rolls & notices Not very	Court rolls & notices Quite	Court rolls & notices Very	Court rolls & notices Critical
Law reports/case info	Law reports/case info Not at all	Law reports/case info Not very	Law reports/case info Quite	Law reports/case info Very	Law reports/case info Critical
Legislation updates	Legislation updates Not at all	Legislation updates Not very	Legislation updates Quite	Legislation updates Very	Legislation updates Critical
Legal profession regulations & rules	Legal profession regulations & rules Not at all	Legal profession regulations & rules Not very	Legal profession regulations & rules Quite	Legal profession regulations & rules Very	Legal profession regulations & rules Critical
Legal profession news	Legal profession news Not at all	Legal profession news Not very	Legal profession news Quite	Legal profession news Very	Legal profession news Critical
Legal profession services directory and contacts	Legal profession services directory and contacts Not at all	Legal profession services directory and contacts Not very	Legal profession services directory and contacts Quite	Legal profession services directory and contacts Very	Legal profession services directory and contacts Critical
Profession structure, bodies and contacts.	Profession structure, bodies and contacts. Not at all	Profession structure, bodies and contacts. Not very	Profession structure, bodies and contacts. Quite	Profession structure, bodies and contacts. Very	Profession structure, bodies and contacts. Critical
Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession	Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession Not at all	Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession Not very	Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession Quite	Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession Very	Upcoming webinars and conferences for the legal profession Critical
Schedule of training courses for the legal profession	Schedule of training courses for the legal profession Not at all	Schedule of training courses for the legal profession Not very	Schedule of training courses for the legal profession Quite	Schedule of training courses for the legal profession Very	Schedule of training courses for the legal profession Critical
Information about practicing law in other countries	Information about practicing law in other countries Not at all	Information about practicing law in other countries Not very	Information about practicing law in other countries Quite	Information about practicing law in other countries Very	Information about practicing law in other countries Critical
Information about running a legal practice business	Information about running a legal practice business Not at all	Information about running a legal practice business Not very	Information about running a legal practice business Quite	Information about running a legal practice business Very	Information about running a legal practice business Critical
Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession.	Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession. Not at all	Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession. Not very	Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession. Quite	Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession. Very	Trends/strategic issues impacting the legal profession. Critical
Legal profession research papers	Legal profession research papers Not at all	Legal profession research papers Not very	Legal profession research papers Quite	Legal profession research papers Very	Legal profession research papers Critical
Consumer research relevant to the legal profession.	Consumer research relevant to the legal profession. Not at all	Consumer research relevant to the legal profession. Not very	Consumer research relevant to the legal profession. Quite	Consumer research relevant to the legal profession. Very	Consumer research relevant to the legal profession. Critical

Please add any other legal information categories that are important to you.

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* 6. How often do use any of these specific sources of law information?

	Never	Seldom	Occasionally	Often	All the time
Juta	Juta Never	Juta Seldom	Juta Occasionally	Juta Often	Juta All the time
Lexis Nexis	Lexis Nexis Never	Lexis Nexis Seldom	Lexis Nexis Occasionally	Lexis Nexis Often	Lexis Nexis All the time
Sabinet	Sabinet Never	Sabinet Seldom	Sabinet Occasionally	Sabinet Often	Sabinet All the time
Legal Practice Council	Legal Practice Council Never	Legal Practice Council Seldom	Legal Practice Council Occasionally	Legal Practice Council Often	Legal Practice Council All the time
Government Gazette	Government Gazette Never	Government Gazette Seldom	Government Gazette Occasionally	Government Gazette Often	Government Gazette All the time
Law Journals	Law Journals Never	Law Journals Seldom	Law Journals Occasionally	Law Journals Often	Law Journals All the time
De Rebus	De Rebus Never	De Rebus Seldom	De Rebus Occasionally	De Rebus Often	De Rebus All the time
SAFLII	SAFLII Never	SAFLII Seldom	SAFLII Occasionally	SAFLII Often	SAFLII All the time
Other media (Legal Maverick etc)	Other media (Legal Maverick etc) Never	Other media (Legal Maverick etc) Seldom	Other media (Legal Maverick etc) Occasionally	Other media (Legal Maverick etc) Often	Other media (Legal Maverick etc) All the time
Newspapers (Legal sections)	Newspapers (Legal sections) Never	Newspapers (Legal sections) Seldom	Newspapers (Legal sections) Occasionally	Newspapers (Legal sections) Often	Newspapers (Legal sections) All the time
Legal association newsletters	Legal association newsletters Never	Legal association newsletters Seldom	Legal association newsletters Occasionally	Legal association newsletters Often	Legal association newsletters All the time
Legal association websites	Legal association websites Never	Legal association websites Seldom	Legal association websites Occasionally	Legal association websites Often	Legal association websites All the time
Legal firm websites	Legal firm websites Never	Legal firm websites Seldom	Legal firm websites Occasionally	Legal firm websites Often	Legal firm websites All the time
Legal firm newsletters	Legal firm newsletters Never	Legal firm newsletters Seldom	Legal firm newsletters Occasionally	Legal firm newsletters Often	Legal firm newsletters All the time
Legal conferences/webinars	Legal conferences/webinars Never	Legal conferences/webinars Seldom	Legal conferences/webinars Occasionally	Legal conferences/webinars Often	Legal conferences/webinars All the time
Social media groups (Legal)	Social media groups (Legal) Never	Social media groups (Legal) Seldom	Social media groups (Legal) Occasionally	Social media groups (Legal) Often	Social media groups (Legal) All the time
Social media	Social media Never	Social media Seldom	Social media Occasionally	Social media Often	Social media All the time
Google/search engines	Google/search engines Never	Google/search engines Seldom	Google/search engines Occasionally	Google/search engines Often	Google/search engines All the time

Please add any other information source that you use here.

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* 7. Please name the specific sources of legal information that you currently rely on the most in order of their importance and usefulness to you?

1st

2nd

3rd

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* 8. How do you prefer to get your law information

Digitally

Both digitally and print

Add any comment that helps us to understand your information supply preferences.

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* 9. Does your firm have a dedicated librarian/information officer?

Yes

Add a comment to clarify your answer

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* 10. Please identify any areas where your law information can be improved. And /or suggest any ways that the Law Society of South Africa could act to help you to get the legal information you want, when you want it, and the way you want it.

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* 11. Because you've contributed to this study, you qualify to be included in the Law Society of South Africa's preferential benefits programme. Add your contact information below to join in and get more info. Your contact information will only be used to send you a membership notification and benefits info. Your information will not be connected to your answers in this study or shared with anyone.

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Your organisation

Job title

Email Address

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