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U N I V E R S I T Y O F R I C H M O N D S C H O O L O F L A W L I B R A R Y

Low-Cost & Free Legal Research Services

Research Guides – Why?

Free and Low Cost Legal Research - Guides Low-Cost Legal Research Services on the Web

University of Washington Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/lowcostcalr.html

Free and Low Cost Resources for Legal Research Pace Law School Library http://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/free

Free & Low-Cost Legal Research Sites University of San Francisco Law Library http://legalresearch.usfca.edu/FreeLegalResearchSites

Many others

More Research Guides

Other Law Libraries: UR Law Library: http://law.richmond.libguides.com/ Numerous – search by subject matter and use the

words “research guide” in your search combined with your subject matter

Find Research Guides at Other Locations LLRX.com: http://www.llrx.com/ Law.com: http://www.law.com beSpacific.com: http://bespacific.com/ LexisNexis - Zimmerman’s Research Guides:

http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/

Federal & State – Sources for Statutes & Regulations

Federal Government Congress.gov (formerly Thomas): http://beta.congress.gov/ FDsys (formerly GPOAccess): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

State, Municipal, and Local Governments Example: Virginia General Assembly Legislative

Information System: http://lis.virginia.gov/ State court websites:

http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/ State research guides: https://

www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/index.cfm City & County Codes/Ordinances/etc.:

http://www.municode.com

Note: See other sites on the Case Law page

Legal Information Institutes

Country-Specific Sites United States: Cornell Legal Information Institute:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ Other Legal Information Institutes

World Legal Information Institute: see listing of the 14 LIIs at the following: http://www.worldlii.org/

Case Law - Free/Not Quite Free Sites

Cases, statutes, and more U.S. Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov Federal courts of appeals & district courts (check

specific websites) Justia: www.justia.com Findlaw: www.findlaw.com (select “Legal Professional” Public Library of Law: www.plol.org Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ Casemaker: www.casemaker.us/; LoislawConnect:

estore.loislaw.com; and VersusLaw: www.versuslaw.com Fastcase : www.fastcase.org

UR law login: fastcase@richmond.edu; richmondlaw

Dockets & Case Filings

Sources for dockets PACER (charges): http://www.pacer.gov/

RECAP: https://www.recapthelaw.org/

PacerPro: https://www.pacerpro.com/

Justia (some access free): http://dockets.justia.com/

Bloomberg Law: https://www.bloomberglaw.com/start

Useful Other Sites

Google & Google Scholar Generally: http://www.google.com Google Scholar (legal):

http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search RefDesk: http://www.refdesk.com/ Expert Witnesses: http://expertpages.com Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page