The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "lawyers" ...
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Tracking professional and business licenses and enforcement
A list of links to help track licenses for professionals such as lawyers, doctors, etc.
Tags: professionals; doctors; lawyers
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Canadian Law
Libel law in Canada and Restraints on reporting on criminal cases in Canada. Differences with the United States.
Tags: libel; criminal cases; law; Canada
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Watching out for legal perils for journalist in the United States
Tips on defamation, contempt, invasion of privacy, etc in the United States courts.
Tags: defamation; contempt; invasion of privacy; courts
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Better Watchdogs: Covering Appalachia
Ken Ward of the Charleston Gazette advises reporters how to talk to lawyers, and read GAO audits and federal agencies' regulatory agendas. Other tips are to avoid relying on press releases, and make law your friend.
Tags: documents; regulations; statutes; General Accounting Office
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Writing about Misconduct by Prosecutors
This short but informative tipsheet gives hints on how to cover and write about prosecutorial misconduct. It has some common sense and some real nitty gritty information as well.
Tags: law; lawyer misconduct
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Property Records- Checking Out Lawyers
Don Ray highlights the path to follow when searching for property records at the town, city or county level. From tax rolls to trust deeds the tipsheet explains what to search for and where.
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Sports: Making CAR part of the team
Linsk provides sone of the data sources that were instrumental in his coverage of the University of Minnesota's basketball academic fraud scandal in 1999.
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Legal Tips for Investigative Reporting
Here's some lawyerly advice on when use of hidden cameras are appropriate, necessary and importantly -- legally defensible
Tags: public access; fairness; public health; news gathering; email security breach; keeping documents from a source; solicit to break law; gag motion; lawyers
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Tipsheet No: 1382
Joe Hallinan provides insight on where to look for research investigations. Tips include using depositions, traffic reports, coroner's reports, state gaming boards and Securities & Exchange Commission records among others.
Tags: research; investigations; lawyers; Securities and Exchange Commission; state gaming boards; records; reports
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Tips on Working Your Organization
This tipsheet lists ways on how to involve other departments of a newpaper staff into the story, including the photo/graphics staff and lawyers.