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Internet Legal Issues and Research
Faye JonesDirector and Professor
Florida State UniversityCollege of Law Library
fejones@law.fsu.edu
Acknowledgements
Florida State University Law Library Mary McCormick, J.D., M.S.
Assistant Director for Public Services Margaret Clark, M.S.
Reference Librarian Marin Dell, J.D., M.S.
Reference Librarian U.S. Department of Defense
ARPA/DARPA, http://www.darpa.mil/body/arpa_darpa.html
Internet Legal Issues
Internet Legal Issues E-commerce
Contracts, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Cybercrime E-discovery issues and metadata E-data from automobile black boxes
Is Your Car Spying on You? MVEDRs
Ethical issues Risks of law firm websites, blogs and email
Ex parte communication Mullins v. Department of Commerce, 06-3284 (C.A. Fed Circuit,
May 4, 2007) E-lawyering
LegalXML, http://www.legalxml.org/about/index.shtml
Keeping up with the Joneses, Esq.
Blogs & RSS feeds DennisKennedy.com
Feedblitz Tech Law Prof Blog
Google To Offer Deep Government Info for Four States California, Arizona, Utah and Virginia To Googlize inaccessible data in state electronic files
Search engines Google and 47+ others
Internet legal research
Florida Electronic Library
http://www.flelibrary.org/
Available resources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books, providing information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology, and health issues.
FloridaLawHelp.org
FloridaLawHelp.org
http://www.floridalawhelp.org/FL/index.cfm
Links to a Legal Services Directory for the State of Florida, as well as a list of collected information materials from agencies and legal clinics throughout Florida.
Caselaw – Where to Find It for Free
US Supreme Court:Official Slip Opinions: http://www.supremecourtus.govLegal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.eduLexisONE: http://www.lexisone.com/ (Click on “Find Cases for Free”)
US Circuit Courts:Office of US Courts: http://www.uscourts.gov/links.htmlFederal Courts Finder: http://law.emory.edu/caselaw/
US District Courts:Office of US Courts: http://www.uscourts.gov/links.htmlLegal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/districts.html
Pacer
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ Electronic access to U.S. District,
Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records Free written opinions Federal case statistics Party/Case Index
LexisOne
http://www.lexisone.com/
Use the LexisNexis® Research Service to access U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1790 to present, as well as federal and state cases decided within the last five years. (selected coverage)
Florida Supreme Court website
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/index.shtml
Also provides links to District Court of Appeals opinions and Court Rules.
Justia
http://www.justia.com/ Free legal information on practice areas
Cases Regulation tracker, a free searchable database of
Federal Register Regulations, Proposed Rules and Notices
Online Sunshine
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
Links to Florida legislation, including the Florida Statutes, the Laws of Florida and the Florida Constitution.
LII/Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School.
Wex: a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia.
Municode.com
http://www.municode.com
Online Library with U.S. municipal/county ordinances
Pamphlets for selected state analysis by Municode
Forms.gov
Forms.gov
http://forms.gov/bgfPortal/citizen.portal
Federal Forms listed by form number, agency and “frequently used” forms.
USCourtforms.com
U.S. Courtforms
http://www.uscourtforms.com/
Court, Legal & Business Forms Available in non-fillable PDF format
Federal, State and Local County Forms in all practice areas.
Florida State Courts website – Family Law Forms/Rules & Opinions http://www.flcourts.org/
Family law forms for use in dissolution, paternity, child support, name change, and grandparent visitation cases. The forms are up-to-date, in engrossed (ready to use) format, with all amendments incorporated.
Internet Legal Research Group
http://www.ilrg.com/forms/
Over 2000 free legal forms, a number of forms are adapted for state-specific use.
‘Lectric Law Library
http://www.lectlaw.com/form.html
Business & General - dealing with subjects like Real Estate, Corporations, Employment, Contracts, Trusts and Wills.
Legal Practice - focusing on Law Practice Management, Litigation and related matters.
FindLaw
FindLaw.com
http://public.findlaw.com/library/state-laws.html
Legal information portal for the general public; contains links to forms, state and federal legislation and a legal dictionary.
LLRX.com
http://www.llrx.com/resources7.htm
Legal information portal with links to a legal resource center, legal articles and law related listservs.
MegaLaw.com
http://www.megalaw.com/states.php
Legal portal with state specific legal resource pages.
LawSource
http://www.lawsource.com/
The home of American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!), providing a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada, as well as Mexican sources.
Where to find briefs
http://www.legaline.com/freebriefslinks.html
Portal linking to free Internet sites with searchable state and federal briefs.
FSU Law Library Free Internet Research Page
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/databases/publiclegalinfo.html
International Law
http://www.asil.org/ http://lexmercatoria.net/ Human rights International business transactions Arbitration Maritime law Taxation
Tips for Creating a Practice Library
Organize bookmarks of most frequently used sites by jurisdiction, function and subject MFU-FL MFU-FRM MFU-FAM
Review daily client schedule and pull up relevant bookmarks for that day
Download or cut/paste frequently used forms for quick use
Check sites often for new content and functionality
Need More Help?
Inter Alia weblog, http://www.inter-alia.net/ Zimmerman’s Guide:
http://www.lexisone.com/zimmermanguide/index.html
An online legal encyclopedia providing definitions, examples, explanations and useful links
The Virtual Chase How-To Guides: http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/court_records.htmlAn annotated guide to sources of information on various types of legal research
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