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- 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
- 7. Home page Statute section
- 8. Case search results Opinion
- 9. Home page Search screen
- 10. 4 cited opinions within case, 9 cases citing case. Case search results Opinion
- 11. USC search results USC section