LibGuides: Law: News & current awareness

Keeping up to date

Current awareness (or keeping up to date) is an important aspect of practising law.

There are multiple ways to keep up to date with changes to the law:

Search alerts: be notified when new legislation, cases or articles are published matching your search terms
Journal table of contents alerts: be notified when new issues of particular journals are published
Newsletters: often published by commercial legal publishers and covering specific topics, newsletters may include new cases, legislation, policy updates and other legal industry news
Legal publisher alerts: e.g. CCH Tracker News, LexisNexis LegalExpress, Alert24 (Thomson Reuters)
Podcasts: Try a podcast if you prefer to listen to rather than read your news

Note: Individual logins (which are required for most alerts) cannot currently be created for Westlaw AU or CCH Intelliconnect.

Legal publisher alerts

LexisNexis LegalExpress
LexisNexis customers can register for daily email alerts; topics can be customised to your areas of interest.
Alert24 (Westlaw AU)
Frequently updated news alerts from Thomson Reuters. This link allows you to browse the 10 most recently added documents under each topic. Follow these Westlaw instructions to create Alert24 alerts.
CCH Tracker News
Monthly topic-based alerts on a range of topics. Browse by topic on the left-hand side, or look for 'Tracker' in the A-Z title list. It is not possible to create an individual login & subscribe to alerts via CCH.
LawTracker (Timebase)
Legislative Daily Activity Reports by jurisdiction. RSS feeds are also available by jurisdiction or subject. It is not possible to create an individual login & subscribe to alerts via LawOne.

Suggested podcasts

ABC Law Report: Accessible program about the law, airing Tuesdays at 6pm, or catch-up on the podcast.

Selden Society Lecture Series Podcast: cover a variety of topics that explore Australian legal heritage and the common law—presented by expert and experienced judicial officers, legal professionals and academics.