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Comprehensive Legal Research Websites

Comprehensive Legal Websites

Provides information to Legal Researchers, Law Practitioners, Law Students, Paralegals and General Public.

Links to official, private, educational and commercial sites.

Free registration includes: e-newsletters, custom tabs, RSS feeds, site search feature etc.

There are several comprehensive sites in addition to what we have here.

Comprehensive Legal Websites

Findlaw – www.findlaw.comJustia – www.justia.comHeiros Gamos – www.hg.orgCornell – www.law.cornell.eduLawerExpress – www.lawerexpress.comWashlaw – www.washlaw.eduLibrary of Congress – www.loc.gov/law

Findlaw (www.findlaw.com)

Findlaw owned by Thomson is a multifaceted website designed to provide resources for legal professionals.

It has links to all primary, secondary legal resources and many more.

For legal research links click on “visit our professional site” (http://lp.findlaw.com) link on top right corner.

Subscribe to RSS Feeds

Justia (www.justia.com)

The site is focused on making legal information, resources and services easy to find on the Internet.

Good resource for blawgs, podcasts, and court filings.

Each legal practice area provides basic information, articles, glossary, related Internet links etc.

Federal court dockets and filing information similar to PACER is available. Full text of the pleadings not available.

Click on more to get more services

Similar to PACER,does not provide text to pleadings

etc. to a case

Cornell (www.law.cornell.edu)

Maintained by Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute (LII).

Provides links to primary and secondary legal resources and many more.

Bluebook citation examples, Wex that is a combination of dictionary and encyclopedia are highlights.

Provides annotations to U.S. ConstitutionAllows individual Title search & subscription

to RSS feed of U. S. C (United States Code)

RSS Feeds and Search

individual Titles

Annotations (cases) to

every section

Scroll it down for individual state

jurisdictions

HeirosGamos (www.hg.org)

Site makes law, government, and related professional information easily accessible to legal professional, business and consumers.

Tabs include Law Firms, Legal Services, Law & Practice, Employment, Students, Associations, Publications, and Events.

Comprehensive collection of links to worldwide legal information

Law Library of Congress (www.loc.gov/law)

Includes GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) that provides links to international legal databases.

Guide to Law Online that provides links to federal and state legal guides and resources.

Multinational Collection Databases that provides resources on legal topics.

Provides links to

state legal & adm.

resources

WashLaw (www.washlaw.edu)

Site maintained by Washburn University School of Law Library directs users to thousands of websites providing a variety of legal information.

Easy to use Table of Contents organized under tabs and headings. Headings include States, Federal and International.

Click ‘subject index’ on bottom right to find all the resources of the site.

Alphabetical list of the subjects

available

LawyerExpress (www.lawyerexpress.com)

Developed by lawyers for lawyersExcellent coverage of current legal newsTabs include: Law Headlines, Legal Research,

Blogs, Tools & Travel, Practice Area etc.Free membership provides: RSS news, pop-

up calendar and meeting plannerCreate your own personal tab with resources

Legal Research Sources

Practice Tools