Publically Available Legal Resources

I compiled this as a protest to LexisNexis and Westlaw. I hope this allows others to better navigate the legal and scholarly resources that are publicly available.

US Case and Codified Law
GoogleLegalSearch(Shows Referenced Cases)  

Justia    

PLOL(Free Registration Required)           

LII(Read the Law Heading)

Search.USA.gov(Easy Search Function for Codified Law)

Legislative History
LibraryOfCongress/Thomas        

Administrative Law

Index of Agencies

AdministrativeDecisions

Administrative Code

JustiaCodeFederalRegulations

Federal Register

Executive Branch Agencies and Independent Agencies

ILRG

US Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Oyez

Local Ordinances

MiniCode           

Court Rules, Legal Forms, and Dockets

LLRX

USCourtForms 

Justia

FederalForms

PLOL

DocStoc

ILRG

Federal Court Information

Justia    

State and Local Government General Information

State&LocalGov            

General Statistical Information

PollingReport

Federal Stats

US Gov Stats

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Legal Encyclopedias

LII

NOLO

FindLaw

Citizen’sMediaLaw         

Wikipedia/GoogleSearch(May lead to other primary and secondary sources available at your library)

Jury Instructions/Verdict Information

Georgetown (Starting at "1. Model Civil Jury Instructions by Federal Circuit")

Briefs

LLRX

Trial Advocacy

IllinoisTrialPractice

Legal Dictionary

Law.com

LegalExplainations

Free Physical Resources

Call your local public university library, law library, or city library. They typically have immense resources (Ex//ScienceDirect, Elsevier, Annotated References), especially if you live in an urban area.

Paid

LexisNexis and Westlaw are available for outrageously high prices from $15-$75 per minute.

You can find other paid resources ($15-$200/month) that don’t offer much more than what you can get for free. Ex// TheLaw.net, Fastcase, Loislaw, National Law Library, Versus Law, and CaseClark