Comprehensive Legal Research
Websites
DITTAKAVI RAO
2011
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.com
 Justia – www.justia.com
 Heiros Gamos – www.hg.org
 Cornell – www.law.cornell.edu
 LawerExpress – www.lawerexpress.com
 Washlaw – www.washlaw.edu
 Library 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
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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. Constitution
Allows 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 lawyers
 Excellent coverage of current legal news
 Tabs include: Law Headlines, Legal Research, Blogs,
Tools & Travel, Practice Area etc.
 Free membership provides: RSS news, pop-up
calendar and meeting planner
 Create your own personal tab with resources
Legal Research
Sources
Practice Tools