If you’ve just signed up for JADE or started a Professional trial, here are five things worth doing in your first session. None takes more than two minutes.

1. Search for something you’re working on right now. Don’t use a test query. Search for the actual case, statute, or topic you’re researching today. JADE recognises all standard Australian citation formats, so you can type “[2024] HCA 1” or “Trade Practices Act s 52” and it’ll figure out what you want.

2. Try section citations on a provision you use regularly. Navigate to a piece of legislation you know well. Expand the Section Citations panel. You’ll immediately see every case that’s cited that provision, traced to the paragraph. Sort by date to see the most recent judicial consideration.

3. Set up one alert. Go to My JADE > Alerts > Create New Alert. Pick a provision or court you care about. Choose daily digest. Tomorrow morning, you’ll get an email if anything new has been published. This is the single most valuable habit you can build on JADE.

4. Open a case and check the visualisation. Find a case you know well. Click the visualisation icon (three circles in a triangle). The precedent tracker shows you which cases it cites and which cases cite it. Hover over the lines to see the relationships. This is the fastest way to build an authorities list.

5. Bookmark this page. Come back to the JADE Manual whenever you need a refresher. The Search, Power Features, and Alerts sections cover everything you’ll need. And if you’re on a Professional trial, keep an eye on your trial guide at trial.jade.io — it tracks your progress and suggests what to try next.