More and more information is available on state agency Web sites, much of it useful to lawyers and – best of all – free.

Here's review of the first new Illinois legal research tome in well over a decade.

Have we reached the point that using print citators to track the subsequent treatment of a case begs a malpractice suit?

West Group and LexisNexis both offer free online research services that, while much more modest than Lexis and Westlaw, are well worth visiting.

Jury instructions aren't hard to find in print, but you'll have less luck searching online.

Thanks to the General Assembly's Web site, researching recent legislative history is easier than ever. Here's a step-by-step guide.