University of Wisconsin Law School



INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH LINKSMany of the links and resources below are from Professor Mark Steiner’s Internet Legal Research class website by permission. Visit:. I.Overview and StrategyKnow the strengths and weaknesses of free online legal research sites and methods. Take advantage of these strengths, and be careful about these weaknesses in your online legal research. II.Advantages of Free Internet Legal ResearchMaybe less expensive for clients An ever-increasing amount of legal informationA lot of reliable information (official websites)A lot of current information III.Disadvantages of Free Internet Legal ResearchLess efficient search engines than Westlaw or LexisMany irrelevant materials to sort out Fewer practice aids and secondary sourcesUncertain reliability (if not official sites)Uncertain updatingIV.Sample WebsitesGeneral Legal News and Commentary engines:Google ScholarGoogle Scholar (Legal):[Narrow by “Legal opinions and journals”]Google Advanced search: your Google search: sample search enginesMeta-engines (searches the “big dogs” Google, Yahoo, and Bing)Specialized search engines(U.S. government information portal)Legal Information Resources:1.Legal research guides (law libraries) (legal research guides) (research guides and search engine)(general and subject-specific research guides) (law subject guides) (research links for individual state materials)2.Researching facts and reference materials(people search)(select primary sources and law-related information)(sample legal documents)3.Researching primary legal sources Basic legal information sites (portals and directories)Legal Information Institute (for lawyers)Federal legal materialsGeneralFederal Digital System (formerly GPO Access) . Federal Courts law online (ABA guide) (recent federal cases). Code of Congress – legislative history documents (Beta) Site – agency documents of Federal Regulations Register legal materialsGeneralLaw Librarians Association of Wisconsin - legal materials State Law Library Court System Reference Bureau (statutes, etc.) Code and Register states’ legal materialsNational Center for State Courts – court websites HYPERLINK "" ................
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