Alaska Employment Law

The WestClip service is part of any Westlaw subscription. Once a day (or less frequently, if you wish), West will inform you if it has published an opinion with your search terms in part of your subscription database.  If you want faster service, you can get it, but West will charge you for it.  Under either the basic or the enhanced version of WestClip, you have the option of being notified by e-mail or FAX, or when you open your Westlaw screen.

How to create a WestClip search:

    1)  Sign on to Westlaw.

    2)  Click on “Alert Center” on the medium blue horizontal task bar.

    3)  On the Alert Center Directory page, click on “Create” on the light blue WestClip horizontal bar.

     4)  Under the grey ”Entry Details” bar, enter the appropriate Westlaw Database, and then enter your Query.

     5)   On the same page, click on “Edit” on the right end of the grey Delivery Settings bar (off to the right), and create your Frequency and Destination  settings.

      6)  Hit “Save” twice.

Examples

Example # 1: If you want West to notify you of any new District of Alaska opinion that includes the word “ERISA,” enter “DCTAK” for the Database, and use the Query “ERISA.”

Example # 2: If you want West to notify you of any new Alaska Supreme Court opinion that includes the phrase “sexual harassment,” use the “AK-CS” Database and the following Query - “sexual harassment” - retaining the quotation marks.