1. Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research Sheri Lewis Associate Law Librarian for Public Services D’Angelo Law Library

2.  U. S. Supreme Court  The Court’s site: http://www.supremecourtus.govhttp://www.supremecourtus.gov  Cornell’s LII: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/  Scotus Blog: http://www.scotusblog.comhttp://www.scotusblog.com  Lower Federal Courts  Justia: http://www.justia.com/courts/federal-courts/http://www.justia.com/courts/federal-courts/  Cornell’s LII: http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.htmlhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html  Understanding the Federal Courts  http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/ http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/ Researching Federal Law: Cases

3.  U.S. Constitution : http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html  Sources for Slip/Session Laws (Congressional Acts)  Thomas at Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d111/d111laws.html http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d111/d111laws.html  GPO Access: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW 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 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html  (2003-2006): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=STAT UTE http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=STAT UTE Researching Federal Law: Statutes

4.  Sources for the United States Code  United States Code on GPO Access  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html  Cornell’s LII – US Code Collection  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/  U.S. House of Representatives: downloadable version  http://uscode.house.gov/download/downloadPDF.shtml http://uscode.house.gov/download/downloadPDF.shtml Researching Federal Law: Statutes

5.  Sources for Researching Congress  Thomas  http://thomas.loc.gov http://thomas.loc.gov  FDsys – GPO Access  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/  GovTrack  http://www.govtrack.us http://www.govtrack.us  Capitol Spotlight : http://www.cspan.org/capitolspotlight/cqwatch.asp http://www.cspan.org/capitolspotlight/cqwatch.asp  DLL Legislative History Research Guide http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/ref/lh.html Researching Federal Law: Legislation

6.  Code of Federal Regulations on GPO Access  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/  E - CFRhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfrhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr  Federal Register on GPO Access & FDsys  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR  Regulations.Gov: information on proposed regulations  http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#home http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#home  Federal Agencies: A to Z list on http://www.usa.gov http://www.usa.gov  U.S. Government Manual: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN Researching Federal Law: Regulations & Agencies

7.  Cornell LII’s Law By Source: States http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html  Findlaw: Cases and Codes: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw  Uniform Commercial Code http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html  National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform States Laws Web http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabi d=60 http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabi d=60  Effective dates for state legislatures http://www.statescape.com/resources/Effective_dates/effective_date s.asp http://www.statescape.com/resources/Effective_dates/effective_date s.asp  NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/lrl/50statetracking.htm http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/lrl/50statetracking.htm Researching State Law

8.  The Seattle Public Library: Municipal Codes Online http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_munic odes http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_munic odes  LexisNexis/Book Publishing Co. http://www.bpcnet.com/codes.htm  American Legal Publishing Corporation http://www.amlegal.com/library/  Municipal Code Corporation http://www.municode.com/Resources/online%20Library.a sp  General Code http://www.generalcode.com/webcode2.html Researching Local & Municipal Law

9.  Cornell LII: Wex - a collaboratively-built law dictionary & encyclopedia  http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex  Zimmerman’s Research Guide – Online Legal Encyclopedia  http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/ http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/  Cornell Law Library Research Guide Search Engine  http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/ Legal-Research-Engine.cfm http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/ Legal-Research-Engine.cfm Secondary Sources

10.  Cornell LII’sThe Bluebook:  http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ 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 http://www.martindale.com  Thomson Legal Record (formerly West Legal Directory) http://legalrecords.findlaw.com/ss/search_index.jsp?ch=LP Research Tools

11.  American Lawyer Media's Law.com http://www.law.com/index.shtml http://www.law.com/index.shtml  BLAWG: http://www.blawg.com/ http://www.blawg.com/  LLRX Court Rules, Forms & Dockets http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/ 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/ http://www.ilrg.com/forms/ Practice Resources

12.  The Public Library of Law http://www.plol.orghttp://www.plol.org  Justia http://www.justia.comhttp://www.justia.com  Google Scholar http://scholar.google.comhttp://scholar.google.com  Findlaw http://findlaw.comhttp://findlaw.com  LexisOne http://lexisone.comhttp://lexisone.com  Loislaw http://loislaw.comhttp://loislaw.com  Fastcase http://fastcase.comhttp://fastcase.com  HeinOnline Short-Term Access http://shop.heinonline.org/index?colshow=all http://shop.heinonline.org/index?colshow=all Free and Low Cost Law Databases

13.  Jureeka: http://jureeka.blogspot.comhttp://jureeka.blogspot.com  LII Citer: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/lii/citer http://topics.law.cornell.edu/lii/citer Citation Finder Tools

14. Questions? Sheri Lewis shl@uchicago.edu