If we could tap into the knowledge of the legal community at large, we could build a library
of free legal research materials that could rival any paid ones.
We have about 2.9 million volumes in our collection and we have a very extensive website that I think can really help people trying to do
free legal research online.
He describes it as an open - access, law article database that will
provide free legal research and be governed by a strict no - advertising policy.
Let me know in the comments if you have any additional resources, tools or general guidance to share when it comes to improving access to
free legal research after law school.
Obviously, such a revelation takes on greater importance since the service is relatively new (see Bob Ambrogi's introductory post from November), and since the question of whether
free legal research services can ever rise to the level of competitiveness with the «Wexisberg» triumverate remains much on the minds of those who watch the industry.
That was the case starting in 2010 when Fastcase released its series of apps
for free legal research from iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
The app, which had been previously only available on iPad and iPhone, allows attorneys to perform
free legal research through Fastcase's state and federal law library.
You can join me today at 1 p.m. for «How to
Conduct Free Legal Research Online,» a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association, Center for Professional Development, Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, and the Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress.
Below you'll find a recording of class # 5 for the Topics in Digital Law Course: Sarah Glassmeyer
on free legal research.
In an already crowded field, CourtListener, the newest
free legal research website in town, impresses with its repositories of millions of legal opinions, thousands of judge reports (primarily directory type information), an audio collection of oral arguments, and millions of... Continue reading →
These developments come amid an unusual confluence of events already stirring the legal atmosphere, with Google making its first foray into legal research, Bloomberg Law positioning itself as a serious contender to take on West and Lexis, and Fastcase preparing to
deliver free legal research to the iPhone (and the iPad?).
The most significant change comes in the area of making
free legal research available, with 42 bars offering free or reduced legal research, primarily through services like Fast Case, Versuslaw or Casemaker.
In this presentation, «Google Scholar and Legal Research Tips,» Charity Anastasio, Director of Law Office Management Assistance at Maryland State Bar Association, provides a full hour of expert advice on many
different free legal research tools.
Although Washington appellate opinions were also available through
free legal research sites, the court's announcement said that the free sites «didn't have fully updated and reliably accurate versions of all opinions.»
At the University of Denver College of Law, Mollie served as Managing Director of Social Justice Action Group (S - JAG), a volunteer organization that
provides free legal research and writing assistance to public interest attorneys who are actively pursuing social justice.
I will be providing more examples of helpful websites that provide primary and secondary sources regarding statutes, regulations, caselaw, executive orders, and more, in my ABA Premier Speaker Series webinar titled «How to
Conduct Free Legal Research Online,» on March 19, 2018.
FWIW, Sarah's now with CALI as their director of content development and she shared the flow chart recently as part of a session
on free legal research.
In addition, LawHUB integrates with third - party tools, including FastCase
for free legal research, Clio for practice management, LawPay for payment processing and Google Calendar for scheduling.
This free app is available for iPhones, iPads and Android devices and allows you to
conduct free legal research on the fly, even if you don't have a Fastcase subscription.
Sandy Gallant - Jones: So, Barbara, you just did a fantastic presentation here at the Mid-Year Conference on How to Conduct
Free Legal Research Online.
Visit our online Clerk's Office Self - Help Center to learn more about our free Law Library,
free legal research through Lexis Nexis database, low cost family law legal assistance via Low Bono program appointments, do - it - yourself form packets and more.
She wanted to let me know that her company would donate a limited amount
of free legal research to lawyers displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
It launched in 2013 as
a free legal research site that would use crowdsourcing to annotate cases.
While WeCite is not comparable to Shepard's or KeyCite in its thoroughness, capabilities or analysis, it is a useful addition to
this free legal research site.
What if
a free legal research site could post cases and other primary legal materials and ask its users to help enhance, explain and explicate those materials?
The journey is to develop
a free legal research platform that is as robust and useful as a paid site.
I've written both here and for the ABA Journal about Casetext,
a free legal research platform that uses crowdsourcing to add annotations and descriptions to cases.
Rather than address the larger premise, simy want to note my personal opinion that, as an Internet researcher, I am thrilled that blawgers post case summaries — they provide another source of
free legal research to mine.
It launched in July 2013 as
a free legal research site that used crowdsourcing to annotate its cases.
Fastcase is a great,
free legal research tool that provides access to a large law library incorporating case law for all 50 states and access to statutes for most states and the federal government.
It was only a few weeks ago when Fastcase announced that they'd finally brought
their free legal research app to Android.
Although I have the benefit of a number of internal online research guides where I work, I occasionally find myself resorting to
my free legal research and writing site.
Now VersusLaw is taking a giant step backward in price, all the way to zero, with the launch of
its free legal research service, FindACase.
To prepare, I gathered
some free legal research / legal content resources for a handout.
Doing that, Bodine says, will help members get new clients, earn national recognition and media attention, and get access to
a free legal research resource.