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Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research

Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research. Sheri Lewis. Associate Law Librarian for Public Services D’Angelo Law Library. Researching Federal Law: Cases. U. S. Supreme Court The Court’s site: http://www.supremecourtus.gov Cornell’s LII: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/

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Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research

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  1. Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research

    Sheri Lewis Associate Law Librarian for Public Services D’Angelo Law Library
  2. Researching Federal Law: Cases U. S. Supreme Court The Court’s site: http://www.supremecourtus.gov Cornell’s LII: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/ Scotus Blog: http://www.scotusblog.com Lower Federal Courts Justia: http://www.justia.com/courts/federal-courts/ Cornell’s LII: http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html Understanding the Federal Courts http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/
  3. Researching Federal Law: Statutes U.S. Constitution: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys Sources for Slip/Session Laws (Congressional Acts) Thomas at Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov GPO FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW U.S. Statutes at Large (1789-1875) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html (1951-2009): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=STATUTE
  4. Researching Federal Law: Statutes Sources for the United States Code United States Code on GPO FDsys http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?collectionCode=USCODE Cornell’s LII – US Code Collection http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ U.S. House of Representatives: downloadable version http://uscode.house.gov/download/downloadPDF.shtml
  5. Researching Federal Law: Legislation Sources for Researching Congress Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov GPO FDsys http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ GovTrack http://www.govtrack.us Open Congress http://www.opencongress.org/ CQ Roll Call: http://corporate.cqrollcall.com/content/4/en/CQ_Roll_Call_Daily_Briefing DLL Legislative History Research Guide http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/ref/lh.html
  6. Researching Federal Law: Regulations & Agencies Code of Federal Regulations on GPO Access http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR E - CFRhttp://www.ecfr.gov Federal Register on GPO FDsys http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR Regulations.Gov: information on proposed regulations http://www.regulations.gov Federal Agencies: A to Z list on http://www.usa.gov U.S. Government Manual: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN
  7. Researching State Law Cornell LII’s Law By Source: States http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html Findlaw: Cases and Codes: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw Uniform Commercial Code http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Law Commission Legislation http://www.uniformlaws.org/ Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute / Uniform Law Locators http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ Effective dates for state legislatures http://www.statescape.com/resources/Effective_dates/effective_dates.asp NCSL 50-State Legislative Website Directory http://www.ncsl.org/about-us/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspx
  8. Researching Local & Municipal Law Municode Municipal Code Library http://www.municode.com/library/ American Legal Publishing Corporation http://www.amlegal.com/library/ General Code http://www.generalcode.com/webcode2.html
  9. Secondary Sources Cornell LII: Wex - a collaboratively-built law dictionary & encyclopedia http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex Zimmerman’s Research Guide – Online Legal Encyclopedia http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/ Cornell Law Library Research Guide Search Engine http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/CLL-Legal-Research-Engine.cfm
  10. Research Tools Cornell LII’sThe Bluebook: http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Federal Judicial Center’s Biographical Database http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory http://www.martindale.com Thomson Legal Record (formerly West Legal Directory) http://www.thomsonlegalrecord.com/info/
  11. Practice Resources American Lawyer Media's Law.com http://www.law.com/index.shtml BLAWG: http://www.blawg.com/ LLRX Court Rules, Forms & Dockets http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/ FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Federal and State Resources, Forms http://lp.findlaw.com/ Internet Legal Research Group Forms http://www.ilrg.com/forms/
  12. Free and Low Cost Law Databases The Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org Justiahttp://www.justia.com Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com Findlawhttp://findlaw.com LexisNexis Communities http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/
  13. Questions? Sheri Lewis shl@uchicago.edu
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