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Legal databases
 Some are accessible from
the Widener library
 Some come with
professional memberships
 Some subscriptions must
be purchased
 Loislaw
• Fed & State Cases
• Fed & State Statutes
• Fed & State Regs
• Limited 2ndary Sources
 SmartLitigator
• US Supreme, 3rd Circuit
& Pa state Cases
• United States Code
• Pa state & county Rules
• Practicioner Q & A’s
• Forms
• Verdicts & Settlements
 Casemaker comes with Pa Bar
Assoc. membership
• $126 a year for newer attorneys
• Up to $315 for veteran attorneys
 Fastcase comes with Jenkins
Law Library membership
• $180 per attorney local
• $140 per attorney if 50 miles outside
Philly.
• HeinOnline, LLMC, ProQuest
Congressional, LegalTrac, Pa Legal
Forms, Nolo publications, etc.
Casemaker Fastcase SmartLitigator VersusLaw
Cost $60 month
$95 month includes
digest updating service
$65 month
$95 month includes
Fed Dist Crt cases
Included w/ Jenkins
$108 month
$195 month w/ verdicts
$39.95 a month for state
& federal cases. $13.95
month for Fed. App.
Fed. Cases Yes, and crt of claims,
bankruptcy, IRS rulings
Yes 3rd Circuit & Pa Dist. Crt. Yes, US Supreme, Circuit,
District, and Tribal
Fed. Statutes Yes, and session laws Yes Yes Yes
PA Cases Yes, and all other states Yes Yes Yes, appellate level of all
states
PA Statutes Yes, and current session
laws
No No No
CFR Yes Yes No Yes
PA Code No No No No
Secondary Sources &
additional features
Provides citing case
information, ability to
save search results, and
assign client ID
Provides citing case
information
Forms, Verdicts, Practice Q & A
articles
No
*Currently these mobile apps are FREE
Home page Statute section
Case search results Opinion
Home page Search screen
4 cited opinions
within case, 9
cases citing
case.
Case search results Opinion
USC search results USC section

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PPLR2015 -- Alternative Legal Databases

  • 2.  Some are accessible from the Widener library  Some come with professional memberships  Some subscriptions must be purchased
  • 3.  Loislaw • Fed & State Cases • Fed & State Statutes • Fed & State Regs • Limited 2ndary Sources  SmartLitigator • US Supreme, 3rd Circuit & Pa state Cases • United States Code • Pa state & county Rules • Practicioner Q & A’s • Forms • Verdicts & Settlements
  • 4.  Casemaker comes with Pa Bar Assoc. membership • $126 a year for newer attorneys • Up to $315 for veteran attorneys  Fastcase comes with Jenkins Law Library membership • $180 per attorney local • $140 per attorney if 50 miles outside Philly. • HeinOnline, LLMC, ProQuest Congressional, LegalTrac, Pa Legal Forms, Nolo publications, etc.
  • 5. Casemaker Fastcase SmartLitigator VersusLaw Cost $60 month $95 month includes digest updating service $65 month $95 month includes Fed Dist Crt cases Included w/ Jenkins $108 month $195 month w/ verdicts $39.95 a month for state & federal cases. $13.95 month for Fed. App. Fed. Cases Yes, and crt of claims, bankruptcy, IRS rulings Yes 3rd Circuit & Pa Dist. Crt. Yes, US Supreme, Circuit, District, and Tribal Fed. Statutes Yes, and session laws Yes Yes Yes PA Cases Yes, and all other states Yes Yes Yes, appellate level of all states PA Statutes Yes, and current session laws No No No CFR Yes Yes No Yes PA Code No No No No Secondary Sources & additional features Provides citing case information, ability to save search results, and assign client ID Provides citing case information Forms, Verdicts, Practice Q & A articles No
  • 6. *Currently these mobile apps are FREE
  • 10. 4 cited opinions within case, 9 cases citing case. Case search results Opinion
  • 11. USC search results USC section