Legal Resources


Cornel University Law School [www.law.cornell.edu]


Court TV [courttv.com]
Primarily news; also includes service for checking attorney discipline records, attorney locator service, newsgroup operated as "legal helpline" for general public.

Crimelynx [www.crimelynx.com]
Links to legal research, experts, investigation and forensic sites, crime policy; designed for criminal defense practioners

Internet Tools for Attorneys [www.netlawtools.com]
Mostly links to legal sites, web site development services.

Legal Ethics [www.legalethics.com]
Collection of national resources on ethical rules and regulations regarding Internet use by attorneys; maintained by Internet Legal Services.

The Injustice Line [home.earthlink.net/~ynot]
Stories and case histories of injustice.

Famous American Trials [law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm]
Interesting collection of information about a dozen high-profile trials; includes audio clips, visual exhibits, pleadings; maintained by a law professor.



Legal Databases


Lexis/Nexis [www.lexis-nexis.com]

Westlaw [www.westlaw.com]

VersusLaw [www.versuslaw.com]



Legal Publishers


West Group [www.westgroup.com]
Now including West, Lawyers Cooperative, Clark Boardman Callaghan and Bancroft-Whitney. Product and ordering information.



Legal Search Engines


Google Scholar [scholar.google.com]

Findlaw [www.findlaw.com]

Law Guru [www.lawguru.com/search/lawsearch.html]

Scirus [www.scirus.com]



Medical Databases


US National Library of Medicine Databases Resources & APIs [www.nlm.nih.gov]

Pubmed [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/]
Great search interface for medical research, including by author (use for experts). Collects related articles, downloads articles, all without charge.



Statistical Databases


Fedstats [www.fedstats.gov/search.html]
Maintained by more than 70 federal agencies, searchable large database including census, IRS and National Center for Health agencies.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data [www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/]
Access to over 500 data collections on criminal justice; searchable and browsable.

KnowX [www.knowx.com]
Maintained by Information America, a site offering largely fee-based access to business databases, including bankruptcy records, death records, some Michigan business judgments and corporate records.

US Census Bureau [search.census.gov]

2010 Census Information [2010.census.gov/2010census/]