Free websites, blogs, & RSS feeds for federal law Meg Kribble Emerging Technologies, Reference, & Instructional Services Librarian Shepard Broad Law Center - Nova Southeastern University January 18, 2008

Why use free websites? Many are trustworthy .gov, .edu May not always have Lexis/Westlaw Use for initial research before turning to L/W Save $$$

Many are trustworthy

.gov, .edu

May not always have Lexis/Westlaw

Use for initial research before turning to L/W

Save $$$

Official federal government websites US Courts http://www.uscourts.gov/ Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/ PACER (court records – see a librarian for access) http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ Congress http://www.house.gov and http://www.senate.gov THOMAS (legislative info) http://thomas.loc.gov USA.gov (U.S. government web portal and search engine) White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

US Courts

http://www.uscourts.gov/

Supreme Court

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

11 th Circuit Court of Appeals

http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/

PACER (court records – see a librarian for access)

http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

Congress

http://www.house.gov and http://www.senate.gov

THOMAS (legislative info)

http://thomas.loc.gov

USA.gov (U.S. government web portal and search engine)

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Other free federal law websites NSU Law Library recommended websites http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/library_tech/library/resources/internet.cfm Cornell Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/ FindLaw federal materials http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html#federal Lexisone.com > find cases for free Open Congress http://www.opencongress.org/ Villanova federal courts locator http://www.law.vill.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp

NSU Law Library recommended websites

http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/library_tech/library/resources/internet.cfm

Cornell Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

FindLaw federal materials

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html#federal

Lexisone.com > find cases for free

Open Congress

http://www.opencongress.org/

Villanova federal courts locator

http://www.law.vill.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp

Legal news sites ABA Journal http://abajournal.com/ Jurist http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/ NY Times Supreme Court news http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html NY Times Congress news http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/congress/index.html Washington Post Courts news http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/courts/

ABA Journal

http://abajournal.com/

Jurist

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

NY Times Supreme Court news

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html

NY Times Congress news

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/congress/index.html

Washington Post Courts news

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/courts/

Why read blogs? Instant reactions and analysis Discussion in comments Legal bloggers include: Professors Lawyers Judges Law librarians Law students etc. Use RSS feeds to get updates from all the sites and blogs you read delivered to one place

Instant reactions and analysis

Discussion in comments

Legal bloggers include:

Professors

Lawyers

Judges

Law librarians

Law students

etc.

Use RSS feeds to get updates from all the sites and blogs you read delivered to one place

Must-read federal law blogs SCOTUS blog http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ U.S. Supreme Court blog http://ussc.blogspot.com/ Southern District of Florida blog http://www.sdfla.blogspot.com/ Pssst…don’t forget Novalawcity, the Law Center blog: http://nsulaw.typepad.com/novalawcity

SCOTUS blog

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/

U.S. Supreme Court blog

http://ussc.blogspot.com/

Southern District of Florida blog

http://www.sdfla.blogspot.com/

Pssst…don’t forget Novalawcity, the Law Center blog:

http://nsulaw.typepad.com/novalawcity

Legal blog directories Blawg http://www.blawg.com/ Justia BlawgSearch http://blawgsearch.justia.com/ ABA Journal Directory http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs

Blawg

http://www.blawg.com/

Justia BlawgSearch

http://blawgsearch.justia.com/

ABA Journal Directory

http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs

How to get RSS feeds & subscribe to blogs Outlook or Internet Explorer 2007 Firefox Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com Google Reader http://reader.google.com 3-minute video primer on RSS how you can read more online in less time! http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

Outlook or Internet Explorer 2007

Firefox

Bloglines

http://www.bloglines.com

Google Reader

http://reader.google.com

3-minute video primer on RSS

how you can read more online in less time!

http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

RSS feeds Cornell Legal Info Institute Supreme Court decisions feeds http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/subscribe.html 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals opinions feed http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/ Washington Post congressional feeds http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/rss/ Make your own in Google News and other sites

Cornell Legal Info Institute Supreme Court decisions feeds

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/subscribe.html

11 th Circuit Court of Appeals opinions feed

http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/

Washington Post congressional feeds

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/rss/

Make your own in Google News and other sites

Questions? [email_address] 954-262-6201

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954-262-6201