Subject Index Legal Research

Two Web sites are bringing free cases and more to the public

There's a wealth of legal-ethics information online if you know where to look.

A growing number of law-review articles are free for the viewing.

Every Illinois lawyer should visit the Web site of the Illinois courts.

Here’s a grab bag of miscellaneous and – mostly – free research sites.

A look at state agency Web sites that offer the agency's administrative decisions and more.

Is print research disappearing in the age of Google?

This exciting benefit more than repays your dues investment.

It's now an excellent starting point for research.

Much of the primary federal law once available only for a fee is now free on the Web.

A look at some leading one-stop-shopping centers of legal research. 

The net is best used as a compliment to, not replacement for, traditional sources of legal information.

A necessary first step in legal research is to identify what an answer might look like and where one might find it.

The 80/20 rule has implications for how you do–and pay for–legal research.

The Big Two legal data providers offer more affordable options than ever.

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

Sometimes research still works best with books, and sometimes it works better on the computer. We're still trying to figure out why and when.

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

Is legal research a science grounded in precise measurements or is it an art based on subjective editorial judgments? And does it matter?

New lawyers and summer clerks, listen up: you're researching real cases now. Here are some pointers to help you with the critical first task of any research assignment; determining its scope and limits.

The rise of electronic sources has changed legal research forever, and it may be changing the nature of law itself.

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

Some leading litigation-related online resources.

You can use a librarian to conduct research more effectively, even if you don't have one on staff.

Some leading litigation-related online resources.

Here are some of the helpful Internet resources; most of them free; for corporate and securities lawyers.

The print law library is dead. Long live the Internet law library.

Resources abound on the 'Net for p.i. lawyers. Here are some of the best.

Don't let your brainchildren be like the proverbial cobbler's shoeless kids; lawyer, protect your IP rights.