LEGAL
RESEARCH
Starting points
American Association of Law Libraries Legal Research Links (http://www.aallnet.org/about/legal_links.asp)
FindLaw
(www.findlaw.com)
Comprehensive site for legal
research.
FirstGov
(www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml)
A centralized place to find information from local,
state, and U.S. government agency websites. From the U.S.
government.
Law
Library of Congress
(http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html)
Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for
the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN). Annotated linksto sources
of information worldwide on government and law available free
online.
Law.Com
(www.law.com)
Comprehensive site for legal
research.
Seventh Circuit’s
Virtual Library
(http://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/reflinks.htm)
An extensive
collection of links for legal researchers within the Seventh Circuit.
Sites have been reviewed and annotated. Extensive collection of links to
official government sites.
WashLaw WEB
(http://www.washlaw.edu)
Links to many, many law-related
resources. From Washburn University School of Law.
Westlaw
(http://www.westlaw.com)
Extensive collection of legal
resources. Requires password.
WWW Virtual
Law Library (http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib)
From Indiana University School of Law. Legal material organized by organization
type and legal topic. Also includes a list of search tools and other
comprehensive sites for law.
Jurist - "Legal Intelligence
for an Educated Democracy" (http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/)
A one-stop law locator from the University
of Pittsburgh School of Law and Professor Bernard J. Hibbitts.
Illinois
Supreme Court & Appellate Court Opinions (www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/Search.htm)
Access to Illinois cases through the official
site of Illinois Courts.
FedLaw (www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm)
Index to federal legal research including
links to Federal Statutes and Regulations, Federal Judiciary and much
more.
Professional organizations / development
American Bar
Association (www.abanet.org)
American Judges
Association (http://aja.ncsc.dni.us)
Chicago Bar
Association (http://www.chicagobar.org)
Illinois Bar
Association (http://www.illinoisbar.org)
Illinois Institute
of Continuing Legal Education
(http://www.illinoiscle.com)
National Association of
Legal Assistants (http://www.nala.org)
National Association
for Court Management (http://www.nacmnet.org)
National Center for
State Courts (http://www.ncsconline.org/)
Law news
Judiciary Now
(http://www.uscourts.gov/judnow)
News and features from the
U.S. Courts.
Law.Com (www.law.com)
A
legal news site updated every business day.
Law Bulletin Publishing
Company (http://www.lawbulletin.com)
Courts & Cases
Federal
Courts (http://www.uscourts.gov)
From
the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. "The purpose of this site
is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the
Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government."
Federal
Cases (http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS)
Illinois Courts
Official Site (http://www.state.il.us/court)
Illinois Judiciary
(http://www.state.il.us/state/judicial.htm)
Illinois
Cases (www.state.il.us/court)
"Illinois Supreme Court
opinions filed since May 23, 1996, and Appellate Court opinions filed
since September 1, 1996."
Selected
Illinois Appellate Court Case Summaries
(www.prairienet.org/fordiroq/law/appsumms.htm)
Summaries from
the last 3 months.
Illinois Circuit Courts
Circuit
Court of Cook County
(http://www.cookcountycourt.org)
Includes directory of court
facilities, judges, government agencies and other resources. Provides
unofficial copies of court rules and orders.
Fourth
Judicial Circuit
(http://www.effingham.net/4thcircuit)
Seventh Judicial
Circuit (http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/court.htm
)
Eleventh Judicial
Circuit (http://www.mclean.gov/Elections/mcjudg.html)
Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit
(http://www.lasallecounty.com/judge/index.html)
Sixteenth Judicial
Circuit (http://www.co.kane.il.us/judicial/index.htm
)
Eighteenth
Judicial Circuit
(http://www.co.dupage.il.us/jofbldg/ccourt.html )
Nineteenth Judicial
Circuit (http://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us)
Legislative material
U.S. Code (searchable)
(http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm)
Congressional materials
(http://thomas.loc.gov)
Very extensive federal legislative
history, congressional news, and other information. Searchable.
Illinois
Compiled Statutes (http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp)
Forms
Seventh
Circuit
(www.ca7.uscourts.gov/filing.htm)
Cook
County (www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org)
Law dictionaries
The 'Lectric
Law Library's Legal Lexicon's Lyceum (http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm)
Law directories
www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
(http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html)
900,000 listings of U.S. lawyers and law firms.
Law journals & publishers
Directory of Law Publishers
(http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/pubr/law.html)
University Law
Review Project (http://www.lawreview.org)
A free service
from the Coalition of Online Law Journals. Search online law journals or
sign up for a free e-mail abstract service.
Statistics
U.S. Department
of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/)
"BJS collects,
analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal
offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all
levels of government."
Employment
Law Employment
Center
(http://www.lawjobs.com)
National job listings, classifieds,
and ads for paralegals, law support staff, and lawyers
National Federation
of Paralegal Associations
(http://www.paralegals.org)
Includes Career Center link with
paralegal directory, job listings, and recruiters; job listings
organized by state
Fun Stuff
Wills of the Famous
(http://www.courttv.com/legaldocs/newsmakers/wills)
Full text
of wills from John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Diana, Princess of Wales; "Shoeless"
Joe Jackson; and others.
Famous
Trials
(http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm)
Transcripts,
trial records, historical notes, and other information from 16 famous
trials. Trials include the Scopes "Monkey" trial (1925), the O.J.
Simpson trial (1995), the Chicago Seven Conspiracy trial (1969-70), and
the Amistad trials (1839-40).
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