LibGuides: Legal Resources: Websites

Google Scholar Search

Google Scholar
A short video demonstration of using Google Scholar for academic research.
Google Scholar Cited By
A short video demonstrating how to use the 'cited by' feature in Google Scholar to find citing publications.

Courts & Procedure
Organized alphabetically by term. Provided by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell University Law School.
Google Scholar Case Law
Limit searches to case law from federal and/or state courts.
Oyez
A free law project at Chicago-Kent, is a multimedia archive of most Supreme Court cases in audio and transcripts from 1955.
United States Courts
This site is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary. The purpose of this site is to provide information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.
United States Courts Opinions
United States Courts Opinions (USCOURTS) collection is a project between the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts.
US Supreme Court Opinions
Organized by term.

State Law by Source
The LII collection of state legal materials gathers, state by state, Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and regulations for the fifty states, plus D.C., and the U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions.
State Statues Topical Index
Provided by the Legal Information Institute. Organized by Topic and then listed by state.
U.S. Code: Table of Contents
Provided by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School.
United States Code
Office of the Law Revision Council, search or browse the US Code.
United States Code
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
United States Statutes at Large
FDsys database of the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress.
US Codes & Statues
Organized by US Code and by state from FindLaw.com

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
Provided by the American Society of International Law, provides primary law materials, research guides, and links to authoritative Web sites.
Global Legal Information Catalog
The database works as an interface with the Library of Congress's online catalog and is searchable by jurisdiction, title, subject and keyword.
International Bar Assocation
Professional organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
International Law Institute
An independent, non-political, non-profit educational institute serving a global constituency; Provides training and technical assistance in international law, international economics and other aspects of international relations.

American Bar Assocation
Professional organization that provides membership services, professional education and ethics guidelines, and advances the rule of law.
American Civil Liberties Union
Works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
American Law Institute
Nonprofit, independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law.
Lambda Legal
A nonprofit, national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Southern Law Poverty Center
SPLC is an non-profit organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.

American Bar Association Public Resources
This page provides the public with information about the law, the courts and legal education.
Bluebook Guide
Provided by Georgetown Law Library, The Bluebook Guide is the style manual for citing to legal documents within the United States.This site offers tips for using this citation style.
Cornell University Legal Resource Guides
A leading source of legal research information, Cornell University Library offers legal guides for all types of law, including foreign law by country.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.
Guide to Law Online
Prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
2016 revised version by Peter W. Martin. Authoritative online guide to legal citation formatting.
Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
Guide available in PDF download from FindLaw.com
Justia
Provides users with free case law, codes, regulations, legal articles and legal blog and twitterer databases, as well as additional community resources.

Espacenet Patent Search
Provides access to search over 90 million patents world-wide.
Google Patent Search
Search and read the full text of patents from around the world. More info here: https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/6390996
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.Full-text of patents from 1976 & full-page images from 1790. Access to 4 million registered & pending trademarks.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Perform a trademark search by text or image in brand data from multiple national and international sources, including trademarks, appellations of origin and official emblems.

Bureau of Indian Affairs
The oldest bureau of the US Department of the Interior, IA provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Indian Tribes and Resources for Native Americans
from USA.gov this page offers information about tribes, cultural resources and legal resources for Native Americans.
Tribal Court Clearinghouse
A project of the Tribal Law & Policy Institute, this is a comprehensive website established in June 1997 to serve as a resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Nations, American Indian and Alaska Native people, tribal justice systems, victims services providers, tribal service providers, and others involved in the improvement of justice in Indian country.
Tribal Law Resource
American Bar Association resource pages on Trial Law.