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://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/http://www.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.gpo.gov/fdsys http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys  Sources for Slip/Session Laws (Congressional Acts)  Thomas at Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov http://thomas.loc.gov  GPO FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=P LAW http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=P LAW  U.S. Statutes at Large  (1789-1875) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html  (1951-2009): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=ST ATUTE http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=ST ATUTE Researching Federal Law: Statutes

4.  Sources for the United States Code  United States Code on GPO FDsys  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?coll ectionCode=USCODE http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?coll ectionCode=USCODE  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  GPO FDsys  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/  GovTrack  http://www.govtrack.us http://www.govtrack.us  Open Congress  http://www.opencongress.org/ http://www.opencongress.org/  CQ Roll Call : http://corporate.cqrollcall.com/content/4/en/CQ_Roll_Call_Daily_Briefing http://corporate.cqrollcall.com/content/4/en/CQ_Roll_Call_Daily_Briefing  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.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR  E - CFRhttp://www.ecfr.govhttp://www.ecfr.gov  Federal Register on GPO FDsys  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 http://www.regulations.gov  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/#statelawhttp://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 Law Commission Legislation http://www.uniformlaws.org/http://www.uniformlaws.org/  Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute / Uniform Law Locators  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/  Effective dates for state legislatures http://www.statescape.com/resources/Effective_dates/effective_dates.a sp http://www.statescape.com/resources/Effective_dates/effective_dates.a sp  NCSL 50-State Legislative Website Directory http://www.ncsl.org/about- us/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspxhttp://www.ncsl.org/about- us/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspx Researching State Law

8.  Municode Municipal Code Library http://www.municode.com/library/  American Legal Publishing Corporation http://www.amlegal.com/library/  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://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/WhatWeDo/ResearchGu ides/CLL-Legal-Research-Engine.cfm http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/WhatWeDo/ResearchGu ides/CLL-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://www.thomsonlegalrecord.com/info/ 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  LexisNexis Communities http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/ http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/ Free and Low Cost Law Databases

13. Questions? Sheri Lewis shl@uchicago.edu