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Legal Resources Online

This guide contains selected free online legal research resources related to United States Federal and State material

Federal Legal Resources

Congress.gov
Legislative information from the Library of Congress. Includes current legislation, current activity for both houses, and Federal law information.

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
Includes the full U.S. Code, all Supreme Court decisions since 1992 (along with 600 earlier decisions selected for historical importance), New York Court of Appeals opinions, as well as secondary sources that provide explanatory information and further research resources.

Government Printing Office
The Government Printing Office provides electronic access to many official U.S. publications such as the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Immigration Law: A Primer [PDF]
An introduction to immigration law from Michael A. Scaperlanda, Associate Dean for Scholarship and Research at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

RECAP: Better access to public court records
Aimed at improving government transparency, RECAP is a Firefox add-on that allows users to donate to and search a public repository of government documents.

General Purpose Legal Resources

Findlaw
Free legal information on a wide variety of topics.

Guide to Law Online
Prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.

Justia
A comprehensive site with a broad scope; it includes information on international law, a lawyer directory, and a law blog directory.

LLRX.com
Law and technology resources for legal professionals.

The Oyez Project
A multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality ‘tour’ of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.

Public Library of Law
Compilation of free legal materials from across the Web.

WashLaw
Provides users with links to law-related materials on the Internet. All links are maintained by staff members of the Washburn University School of Law Library.

Zimmerman’s Research Guide
An online encyclopedia for legal researchers compiled by Andrew Zimmerman and made available by Lexis-Nexis.