Internet legal research on a budget : free and low-cost resources for lawyers

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Where to find it

Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF242.A1 L479 2014
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Available

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Summary

With cost-conscious clients scrutinizing legal bills, lawyers cannot afford to depend on expensive legal research databases, especially when reliable free resources are available. Internet Legal Research on a Budget will help you quickly find the best free or low-cost resources online and use them for your research needs. The authors share the top websites, apps, blogs, Twitter feeds, and crowdsourced resources that will save you time, money, and frustration during the research process.

Contents

Websites for general legal research -- Websites by practice area -- Apps for general legal research -- Free commercial portals and directories -- Government, academic, and association portals and directories -- Free commercial online case law databases -- Free governmental online case law databases -- An introduction to casemaker -- An introduction to fastcase -- Federal statutory research -- Federal legislative and congressional materials -- Federal executive and administrative law -- State, local, territorial, and tribal law -- Foreign, international, and comparative law resources -- Dockets -- Social media -- Researching people -- Cite-checking cases.

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