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Free web sites available to all
Cornell Community - available to entire Cornell community
Law School Computers - available only using Law School workstations
Personal Account - law students and faculty access using personal accounts. Contact lawref@cornell.edu for more information.
Free & Low-cost Legal Research
- FastcaseFastcase is a comprehensive, searchable legal database that provides access to statutes, cases, regulations, constitutions, and court rules from the federal government and all 50 states. Fastcase also now has docket content available through an integration with Docket Alarm as a part of Cornell's subscription. Each state bar association pays for licensed lawyers to have access to Fastcase.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar offers an extensive database of state and federal cases. For more information on searching for case law using Google Scholar, visit this guide written by the Library of Congress.
- LawHelp.orgLawHelp.org was created for people living on low-incomes and the legal organizations that serve them. LawHelp.org provides referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, court forms, self-help information, court information, links to social service agencies, and more in your state. LawHelp.org includes a network of 25 statewide legal information portals developed using the LawHelp.org platform that served more than 8 million people in 2020. LawHelp.org and state LawHelp sites are maintained by Pro Bono Net in partnership with hundreds of nonprofit legal aid, pro bono, court-based programs and libraries across the country.
- MunicodeProvides large number of links to municipal codes online across the country.
- Wex Law Dictionary & Legal EncyclopediaWex is a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. Wex entries are collaboratively created and edited by legal experts.