Weblogs, blawgs, and other legal resources
New York Case Law
- New York Law Reporting Bureau
- Appellate Briefs- Appellate Division, Second Department
- Unified Court System
- Court of Appeals Decisions (Findlaw)
- AltLaw (Federal Cases)
- The Public Library of Law
- Feed for New York Court of Appeals Recent Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court
- ScotusBlog (Akin Gump sponsored weblawg that tracks daily goings on of United States Supreme Court)
- ScotusWiki (Companion site to ScotusBlog)
- Oyez (United States Supreme Court media, including briefs, videos and audio of oral arguments, background)
- The Curiae Project (provides briefs, records, and other relevant material of U.S. Supreme Court)
Federal District Court Filings
- District Court Filings and Docket by Justia.com
- Federal District Court Opinions and Orders by Justia.com
Court Documents
- JD Supra (JD Supra offers free access to a constantly expanding database of legal documents (filings, decisions, forms, articles)
- PreCYdent (open law source that also has a constantly expanding database of legal documents)
New York Laws
- FindLaw.com (New York Statutes)
- Justia.com (New York Statutes)
- Laws of New York (State of New York)
- New York Legislative Bills 2007-2008
NYCRR
- NYCRR on New York Secretary of State Site
- Unofficial New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (free access, powered by Westlaw)
Municipal Codes for New York
- New York Municipality websites (by name)
- New York Municipality websites (by county)
- E-Code Library (NY), from General Code, Rochester. Access to the municipal codes of hundreds of cities and townships in New York (like Chili) and other states.
Other New York Resource
- New York State Library
Application for Library Card (here)
Legal Podcasts or “Plawdcasts”
- LegalTalkNetwork (podcasts based on legal issues)
Wiki Resources
- English language Wikipedia (should we use this at all for legal research?)
- Michael Scott from “The Office” weighs in on Wikipedia’s reliability
- Wex (collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia)
- Tax Almanac
Legal Meta-Sites
- LII/Legal Information Institute (excellent resource for New York law)
- FindLaw.com for Legal Professionals
- JD Supra
- Law.com
- ABA LawLink (a compendium of online links to governmental and other legal information)
