Articles on Finding Illinois Law

There might be a broken link here or there, but the Law Library of Congress is still a great portal to free legal resources.

The Federal Digital System (FDsys) now includes an expanded library of federal cases.

Twitter is a great way to send and receive breaking legal news.

HeinOnline and Fastcase subscribers now have access to each other's data.

The new Bad Law Bot flags negative treatment of cases.

There's a plenty of free, online primary environmental law.

The LibGuide system connects to thousands of free research guides.

A fresh look at websites that offer free online municipal codes.

Congress.gov will soon succeed THOMAS as the go-to site for federal legislative research.

One benefit of practicing in a large jurisdiction - there are lots of forms.

Illinois-specific resources for labor and employment lawyers.

What better place to look for court information - everything from opinions to court rules to brief-writing guides - than the court's own website?

Federal agency adjudicatory decisions used to be hard to find, but now most are on the web.

Here's where to find basic immigration law information.

Here's how to find these useful resources on the web.

Now the supreme court publishes the official version of Illinois cases - here's what it means.

Interviews with Supreme Court justices about effective advocacy are themselves good models.

Should the government, not vendors, produce "official" versions of the law?

Free publications, including the daily e-CFR, make federal regulatory research easy.

Great (and free) Web-based resources.

Illinois tort law gets the full treatment in secondary sources.

Google now offers its own searchable case law database.

The new rules have extensive official commentary, something missing from the current RPC.

Have a research project? Go back to law school, or at least to a law school library near you.

These bibliographies help you find Illinois research tools on your topic.

A look at some free evidence-related online resources.

The statutes are online, of course. But here are other free resources.

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.