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Free Electronic Legal Research for Summer Clerkships Sue Altmeyer April, 2010

Access online legal research resources for summer clerkships. Learn about Loislaw, Casemaker, Ohio Citation Manual, and free internet sources. Discover the benefits of low-cost databases over the free web. Enhance your search mechanisms and coverage. Obtain instructions for obtaining passwords. Explore primary sources, law review articles, and more.

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Free Electronic Legal Research for Summer Clerkships Sue Altmeyer April, 2010

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  1. Free Electronic Legal Research for Summer Clerkships Sue Altmeyer April, 2010

  2. Topics Covered • Loislaw and Casemaker • Free Internet Sources • Ohio Citation Manual

  3. Loislaw and Casemaker

  4. Loislaw and Casemaker Links to Loislaw and Casemaker on the library’s Electronic Resources page Have primary sources – cases, statutes, regulations for states and federal

  5. Loislaw and Casemaker What does Lexis/Westlaw have these do not? • Editorial features – headnotes, annotations • Practice Books • Law Review articles • Better search mechanisms and coverage

  6. Loislaw • Lois Law • Instructions for obtaining password

  7. Casemaker • Casemaker –Free w/ free student OSBA membership • Best low cost database for Ohio • Ohio unreporteds back to 1981

  8. Free Internet

  9. Benefits of Low Cost Databases Over Free Internet • Better Search Mechanisms • Coverage • May be more current • Trustworthiness • Aggregated Info – One stop shopping

  10. What’s on the Free Web • All US Supreme Court Cases • Reported Federal Appellate from 1882 • Some Unreported Fed App, Fed District • State cases: reported – 1950- unreported: early-mid nineties

  11. What’s on the Free Web, contd • Statutes & Regulations- federal and states • Municipal Ordinances • Law Review Articles • Forms • Dockets, Briefs & Pleadings • LOTS more!

  12. Start with a Good Internet Portal • From the Library Home Page – Legal Research on the Web • Public Records & People Finders • Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) • FindLaw • Other Portals

  13. American Law Sources Online

  14. Use LEGAL Search Engines • Cornell University Legal Research Engine • LexisWeb • FindLaw LawCrawler • Justia • List of Search Legal Engines

  15. Try with ADA example

  16. Case law • Legal Research Workstation - Case Law • Google Scholar – state reported 1950-, fed circuit/ district 1923- • Ohio Supreme Court • LexisOne – Last 10 yrs, Lexis searching

  17. Demo Ohio Supreme Court case search

  18. Gov’t Sites • GPO Access – Fed’l Govt. will be FDSys • A-Z Index of U.S. Government Depts. & Agencies • E-CFR – current to last Federal Register, one day or so • Thomas.gov – Federal Legislative History

  19. Dockets • PACER – Federal Court dockets • LLRX to find state court dockets • Ohio – full text of documents on Summit and Montgomery County • See – Legal research on the Web- Dockets

  20. Other Web Sites to Know • C-M Guide Forms & Practice Materials • Library Research Guides, ex. Major Legal Treatises by Subject • Martindale Hubbell Law Digest

  21. Ohio Citation Manual • Ohio Supreme Court >Clerk of Court and Case Info>Reporter of Decisions>note 1992 Manual of Citations, Revisions to manual • Camtasia presentation re. Ohio public domain cite, citation manual, reported v. unreported

  22. Citation format • Cases decided after May 1, 2002 must use web cite, and Official Reporter cite. Revisions to Manual of Citations, Bluebook p. 226 • Bonacorsi v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Co., 95 Ohio St.3d 314, 2002-Ohio-2220, 767 N.E.2d 707 • Brown v. McClain Constr. Co., 3d Dist. No. 16-01-19, 2002-Ohio-2834

  23. Citation format Web cite not available, and case is reported: Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co. (1985), 19 Ohio St.3d 100, 483 N.E.2d 150. Compare to Bluebook format - Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co., 483 N.E.2d 150 (Ohio 1985)

  24. Citation Format Web cite not available and case not published : • Jones v. Brown (Apr. 4, 1998), 8th Dist. No. 18220, or Jones v. Brown (Apr. 4,1998), Cuyahoga App. No. 18220

  25. Library Resources • C-M - Lexis Academic • Cleveland Public - Ohio Westlaw • Pro se Lexis - Justice Center • County Law Libraries – may charge fee to use computer. Lexis, Westlaw or both

  26. E-Handout • http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/resources/lawpubs/free.html

  27. C|M|LAW Library Can Help • Call or email us - Contact a Librarian • Stop in for review of print materials or online materials

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