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Legal Research on the Internet

Legal Search Engines & Legal Indices
General Jumping Off Points
Statutory References
Municipal Codes
Florida Legal Materials
Judicial References
Executive References
Legal Research & Writing Aids
Law by Topic
Listservs and Legal News
Attorney Directories
Fee-Based Commercial Sites

LEGAL SEARCH ENGINES & LEGAL INDICES

LawCrawler

http://web.lawcrawler.com

LawRunner

http://www.lawrunner.com/

Catalaw

http://www.catalaw.com/

Findlaw

http://www.findlaw.com/

The Internet Sleuth

http://www.isleuth.com/lega.html

JUMPING OFF POINTS

The line continues to blur between search engines, indices and well designed homepages. Here are some great places to start your research.

everlove.net (http://www.everlove.net) is the Everlove & Associates, Inc. homepage. Wanda Barrett is the Web Goddess. It�s concise, not comprehensive. Florida orientation. One of the few sites that lists Professional Associations as a category of links.

also, you can e-mail us at
nora@everlove.net
wanda@everlove.net

STETSON COLLEGE OF LAW (http://www.law.stetson.edu)

My personal favorite. Extremely well designed page. Fabulous starting place!

Some of the features include:

Stetson�s card catalog
Stetson�s Case Law Archive (Beta Test) which includes cases from all Florida DCAs

Links to most major sites

Legal Resources at Stetson: http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/default.htm

Cornell

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Home to tons of information and tons of sites. Excellent organization. Please note: when you search other sites, often they link to Cornell.

Emory

http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/toc.html

STATUTORY REFERENCES

FEDERAL STATUTORY REFERENCES

American Law Sources On-line (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1

Has browse and full-text search capabilities with limits. Good but not great search engine. Searches Cornell. Includes second sources for information when available.

Includes:

Bills Text from 1989 forward

Summaries from 1973 forward

Statutes at Large from 1973 forward

USC current through 1996

Popular Names Tables

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/code.html

Legal Mega-index. Good for statutory law but main strength is case law. Less than perfect organization. Includes a link to Cornell Law School with most "current" version of the code:

"As of this writing Titles 1-25 are the laws in force as of January 1, 1998. Titles 26-50 are the laws in force as of January 1, 1997. Updated information will be added here within 24 hours of its availability from the House."

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

Thomas

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Government Site. Best site for pending or recent legislation. Emphasis is on bills and not codified law. Includes Congressional Record.

FedLaw

http://fedlaw.gsa.gov/

Government site. Very comprehensive but includes links to sites that are not full-text searchable and a few that just don�t exist. Strong suit is statutory and regulatory resources. Has a nice side window for quick access. Includes references to alternative links which may due the trick when default databases fail.

Washlaw

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/searchlaw.html

Washburn University School of Law. Takes a bit of scrolling but you eventually get to the legislative sites. The ultimate gateway to other sites.

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/fedlaw.htm

Includes the links that you expect but not laid out as well as some others.

Internet Law Library

http://law.house.gov/2.htm

Originally, the House of Representatives Internet Law Library. Well organized site. Emphasis on legislative information. Additionally, nice links to law school libraries.

STATE STATUTORY REFERENCES

The following includes references to all fifty states however quality, comprehensiveness and "searchability" will vary from state to state.

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/statelaw.htm

Cornell

http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html

American Law Sources On-line

http://www.lawsource.com/also/#[United States]

Findlaw

http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/

Internet Law Library

http://law.house.gov/17.htm

Washburn

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html

MUNICIPAL CODES - STATUTORY REFERENCES

Municipal Code Corporation

http://www.municode.com/database.html

Includes hundreds of Florida towns and cities. This is everything you want a website to be. Very strong search engine.

Note: Tampa code requires a password. Do not click where it says "password." Click on "Tampa." It is free, the clerks� office gives it out:

User ID: flc

Password: code

Tampa: http://www.municode.com/folio.pgi/10132.NFO?

St. Petersburg: http://www.municode.com/folio.pgi/11602.NFO?

Clearwater: http://www.municode.com/folio.pgi/10148.NFO?

American Legal Publisher

http://www.amlegal.com/alpeg004.htm

Has a few more

FLORIDA STATUTORY REFERENCES

Online Sunshine: The Official Guide to the Florida Legislature

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/

Includes links to Bills, Legislators, etc.

To search the 1998 statutes:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/citizen/documents/statutes/search1998.html

Statutes from 1993 forward are available.

Other places that link to the Statutes at Online Sunshine (i.e. good Florida Sites)

Note: Search Cornell to compare print to internet sources. Answers the question, "What am I missing."

http://www.law.cornell.edu/library/states/florida.html

Florida On-line (FLO)

http://www.gate.net/~wyman/flo.html

The Florida Lawyer

http://www.fla-law.com/

Designed by Florida attorney Robert Glazier, pioneer in law firm homepages. Includes a lot of sites to other law firms/attorneys and their area of specialization.

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?fl

Future Lawyer

http://www.futurelawyer.com/Links.phtml?section=2

Rick Georges, the Future Lawyer, designed this page. Includes local sites (such as Property Appraisers Office) that other pages miss. Each link includes a brief description.

JUDICIAL REFERENCES

FEDERAL JUDICIAL REFERENCES

Always search more than one site whenever possible. You will get different results!

Federal Rules of Court

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1

scroll to the very bottom of the screen

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court coverage is excellent. Most sites are full-text word searchable, within 24-hours of current, and go back as far as 1893.

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1

Includes: Active hyperlinks to cases cited within the case; Includes a link to cases citing; case you are viewing; Highlight hits.

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/

Includes the same features as ALSO, but notice your results are different! See © .

FedLaw

http://fedlaw.gsa.gov/legal30.htm

Gives a variety of sites to search Supreme Court cases.

Washlaw

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/searchlaw.html

Links to five sites to search the Supreme Court decisions.

Note: Washburn lets you search ALL federal cases (available through their site) simultaneously using the Harvest system. It gathers cases from Villanova, Emory, Georgetown, U Texas, LJ extra. Search result display quotes the line of text in which your terms appear.

Cornell

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/fedlaw.htm

Organization is lacking but does include additional sites.

The U.S. House Internet Law Library

http://law.house.gov/6.htm

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez

http://oyez.nwu.edu/

Includes oral arguments & a virtual tour of the Supreme Court building.

U.S. CIRCUITS

Always search more than one site whenever possible. You will get different results!

Coverage is very limited. Each circuit has a different span of time. The 11^th Circuit is available from 12/94 forward.

Note: the 10^th Circuit is not covered at one site. You have search both Emory & Washburn for "complete" coverage.

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1#Z1R

11^th Circuit: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/11casearch.html (default site)

Easy to see the dates covered. Also, includes alternative sites to search.

WashLaw

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/searchlaw.html

11^th Circuit: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/

All Federal Law: http://cat.wuacc.edu/Harvest/brokers/fed/query.html

Only site to search across all Circuit Courts & the U.S. Supreme Court.

Includes a breakout of District Courts available within each circuit. Only Florida court available is the Middle District Bankruptcy Court.

Cornell

http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html

11^th Circuit: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/index.html

All Federal Circuits: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/fx?DB=Circuits

Please note that Cornell will search across all Federal Circuits simultaneously but not U.S. Supreme Court cases.

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/index.html

11^th Circuit: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/11th.html (default site)

FedLaw

http://fedlaw.gsa.gov/legal31.htm

11^th Circuit: http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal31k.htm

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/fedappeals.htm

11^th Circuit: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/

Clearly states where the information is coming from.

The U.S. House Internet Law Library

http://law.house.gov/6.htm

11^th Circuit: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/index.html

U.S. DISTRICT COURTS

Prepare to be disappointed. Coverage is very spotty and we�re the poster child. These sites do not include cases. Court information is given � filing, rules, etc.

The following are the only sites available within the 11^th Circuit:

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida

http://www.flmb.uscourts.gov/

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia

http://www.gamb.uscourts.gov/

U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia

http://www.gamd.uscourts.gov/

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia

http://ecf.ganb.uscourts.gov/index.html

U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia

http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/

STATE COURT JUDICIAL SOURCES

Note: Very few states have a lot of case law available on the Internet.

The following sites are good jumping off points but very few (if any) will be as good as a "local" site. For the best information when searching out-of-state, try to find a state law school or attorney homepage that provides links. You can test a site by clicking on Florida and seeing how comprehensive the listing is. This may or may not be a good indicator of how comprehensive other states may be but, at least, it gives some indication.

The following provide links to State Courts:

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/statelaw.htm

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?fl

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/

The U.S. House Internet Law Library

http://law.house.gov/17.htm

WashLaw

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html

Cornell

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/states/us.html

Emory

http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/country/us/state/

FLORIDA OPINIONS - JUDICIAL SOURCES

Your new mantra: "This can only get better. This can only get better. This can only get better."

Florida Supreme Court

JOSHUA - Florida Supreme Court Homepage

http://www.flcourts.org/courts/supct/sctintro.html

Includes audio clips of oral arguments (that I can never get to work).

Florida Supreme Court Rules & Court Orders

http://www.flcourts.org/courts/supct/ops.html

Gives weekly file for downloading. Great for up-to-the-minute but useless for research. Homepage includes a link to the UF archives.

University of Florida

http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~lawinfo/flsupct/index.html

Archived by week. Table of Cases. 9/95 through 4/98 available. Frustrating unless you know exactly when the decision was released.

Florida Law Online (FLO)

http://www.gate.net/~wyman/flo/courts.html#supct

Decisions from 9/1/95. Full-text word search. You can search across all of the years and months without downloading or unzipping.

The Florida Lawyer

http://www.fla-law.com/courts.htm

Links to the Supreme Court homepage as well as FLO and other sources.

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/flresources.htm

Links to other sites but gives a nice overview of what is available. (Please don�t shoot the messenger.)

Þ A Must See: Stetson�s Building a Database! Ü

Þ http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/law/flresources.htm Ü

Þ Details under District Court Section Ü

District Courts of Appeal

Repeat Supreme Court mantra with more conviction.

Stetson

http://legalnet.law.stetson.edu/caselaw/default.htm

© You can search across all of the courts!

Obviously, this will be a lot more valuable in years to come but it is still our best bet today!

Florida Law Weekly

http://www.polaris.net/~flw/flw.htm

Supreme Court & all DCAs searchable from 1995. Includes FLW headnotes.

This is fee based but modestly priced.

FLORIDA COURT WEBSITES - JUDICIAL RESOURCES

Florida District Courts
These are extensions of JOSHUA.

First District Court of Appeals
http://www.flcourts.org/courts/1st_dca/
Does not include any opinions.

Second District Court of Appeals
http://jud10.flcourts.org/2ndDCA/2ndDCA.htm
Opinions are organized by date, then name and docket number from 3/98. Opinions are avaiable in HTML format or as zipped WP files. The site is not searchable.

Fourth District Court of Appeals
http://www.flcourts.org/courts/4dca/opinion/
Opinions are organized by date, then name and docket number from 1994. (See the archive link at the bottom of the list.) Opinions are avaiable in HTML format or as zipped WP files. The site is not searchable.

Florida Circuit Courts

2^ndCircuit
http://www.co.leon.fl.us/court/circuit.htm

6^thCircuit
http://circuit6.co.pinellas.fl.us/

7^th Circuit
http://www.co.st-johns.fl.us/Const-Officers/Judicial

8^th Circuit
http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/~ctadmin/

9^th Circuit .
http://www.ninja.state.fl.us/

10^th Circuit
http://jud10.flcourts.org/

13^thCircuit
http://jud13.flcourts.org/

17^thCircuit
http://199.242.96.11/

NOTE: The URL in the handout is incorrect for the 6th Circuit. The correct URL is http://circuit6.co.pinellas.fl.us/.

EXECUTIVE REFERENCES

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE REFERENCES

Code of Federal Regulations

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1#Z3Q

You have to do a lot of scrolling to find it but it�s there.

To go straight to the search screen

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Findlaw

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/code.html

FedLaw

http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal1g.htm

Provides links to several CFR sites.

National Archives

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Federal Regulations

USGPO

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

FedLaw

http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal1g.htm

multiple links to several sites

University of California

http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html

for a different look

STATE EXECUTIVE REFERENCES

See Legislative and Judicial Sections for good sites to access other state law.

FLORIDA EXECUTIVE REFERENCES

Florida Administrative Code is not available on the Internet but the Florida Administrative Weekly is available at: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/faw/issues.htm.

It includes thirteen to eighteen weeks of issues. It�s assumed that it drops off as it is included in the FAC. It is browsable by issue.

Most of the Florida Departments have homepages. The best jumping off point is:

Florida Law Online (FLO)

http://www.gate.net/~wyman/flo/exec.html#agencies

You�ll also find links to Executive Orders

http://www.gate.net/~wyman/flo/exec.html#agencies

and Executive Vetos for 1997 and 1998

1998: http://fcn.state.fl.us/eog/govdocs/veto/1998veto/veto98.html

and Division of Administrative Hearings

I couldn�t get the search engine to work. Not sure if this is active.

And Attorney General Opinions

http://legal.firn.edu/opinions/index.html

Please note this site often has problems.

Florida Secretary of State Division of Corporate Filings

http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/corpweb.exe

You see all of the data but you can not request copies of documents through the internet link. CompuServe is more interactive but this is certainly more convenient and contains the same data.

Department of Business and Professional Regulation

http://fcn.state.fl.us/oraweb/owa/dbpr2.qry_criteria

Florida Administrative Law Reports

http://www.falr.com/

This is a private database. To date, there is no charge because it is in beta testing. It wasn�t working when I tested it.

LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING AIDS

LEGAL DICTIONARIES

Blacks Law Dictionary

http://www.alaska.net/~winter/black_law_dictionary.html

Not complete

The Legal Glossary

http://www.ninja.state.fl.us/legglos.htm

Nice look. Produced by Fla�s 9^th Circuit Court

Duhaimie�s Law Dictionary

http://www.wwlia.org/diction.htm

Plain English

The Legal Lexicon�s Lyceum

http://www.lectlaw.com//def.htm

LEGAL CITATIONS

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/citation.table.html

LAW REVIEWS

University Law Review Project

http://www.lawreview.org/

Hundreds of law reviews are available online. Includes: U of Miami and FSU & Environmental and Land Use Review. This looks very promising.

LAW BY TOPIC

Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/subjects.html

Includes references to print, CD, commercial on-line services, and free internet links. The alphabetical topics are more narrow and better fleshed out than found at many other sites. Designed to help the serious researcher find the answer regardless of medium.

Cornell�s Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic1.html

Another wonderful Cornell site. It includes an overview of the topic as well as major research resources available covering the area.

Emory

http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/subject/

Broad topics but excellent layout. Very concise and easy to use. Includes links to major organizations.

WashLaw

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/subject/subject.html

Links to sites free on the web arranged by topic areas

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/

Fewer, broader topics. Also lists software available on specific topics. Ex: Bankruptcy forms. The software is not necessarily available on the web but it is a starting point.

Law Journal Extra Practice Areas

http://www.ljx.com/practice/

News oriented � big cases, big to-dos. Better for keeping current than for serious research. Includes employment opportunities. Bibliographic data allows you to order books from commercial publishers online. It isn�t Amazon.com but a step in the right direction. Topics are broad.

Hieros Gamos

http://www.hg.org/hg2.html

The law is divided into 200 topics. It�s a great international supermarket to everything from employment opportunities to serious research. Hieros Gamos is available in English, German, French, Spanish & Italian at a click of a button. It can be frustrating because it is very slow to load. Additinally, it can be confusing to search. Lots of loops and easy to get lost. I have tried to look up Bankruptcy information and wound up at Court Reporters. Best for international issues. Other sites have more in depth information and links to US law.

CataLaw

http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Topics.shtml

Fewer broad topics. Not much substantive information. Confusing links. Built more for the general public.

Litigation Specific

Rules of Procedure

http://www.llrx.com/columns/litigat.htm

Expert Witnesses �

http://everlove.net/expert.htm

There are a multitude of links from the Everlove & Associates homepage.

Expert Witnesses

http://www.catalaw.com/extra/Profession_Experts.shtml#FS

Expert Witness Network

http://www.witness.net/

Hieros Gamos Expert Witnesses

http://www.hg.org/litg.html

Online Directory of Expert Witnesses

http://www.claims.com/online.html

State Tobacco Information Center

http://stic.neu.edu/

Associated Industries of Florida

http://www.aif.com/

Association of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL)

http://www.aftl.org/

The Florida Bar � Trial Lawyers Section

http://www.flatls.org/library.htm

American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)

http://www.atlanet.org/

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

http://www.aalnc.org/

Defense Research Institute

http://www.dri.org/

LISTSERVS

There are thousands of discussion groups available on legal related topics. Through e-mail, lively and informative communications thrive. Need something out-of-state? Got a tricky question that requires more expertise? Throw the question to the group. Chances are you�ll have a response in hours � if not minutes.

Tips on List Servs

They can dominate your e-mail (and your life) if you aren�t careful. The largest groups can slam you with a hundred messages a day.
Each site has different instructions to "unsubscribe." Those instructions are listed at the site below
If you subscribe to a large list, suspend your subscription if you go away on vacation.
Messages posted to the group are archived and searchable. Remember whatever you write is preserved � forever
If you want to respond to an individual who posed a question, be careful when you press the return key on your e-mail. More often than not, you will respond to the entire list. See note above!

Law Lists Info

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/lawlists/info.html

The original by Lyonette Louis-Jacques at the University of Chicago Law School. 210 pages of lists. Searching "securities" netted eight different discussion groups. (That�s enough!) You may have to be clever in searching the list. "Real Property" netted 0 hits. "Real Estate" netted 2 hits. "Dirt" netted 3 hits.

There are many more sites of lists but this is enough (already)!

LEGAL NEWS

Law Journal Extra

http://www.ljx.com/

The original rag! Great news coverage.

The ABA Journal

http://www.abanet.org/journal

Nothing earlier than 8/97, includes article and column reprints.

FindLaw Legal News

http://legalnews.findlaw.com/

Well organized. Everything from weather to tobacco litigation links.

Law Street Journal

http://www.lawstreet.com/journal/index.html

Stick to WSJ. Some of the headline stories were two weeks old.

Legi-Slate News

http://www.legislate.com/xp/p-daily/rarchive.view

D.C. news

Court TV Online

http://www.courttv.com/

Have some fun. Complete with flashing windows: "HOMICIDE. Every night. At 9:00 p.m." Click on a picture of Pamela Lee and find out who�s suing her now.

American Lawyer�s Media Law News Network

http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/

Looks a lot like Law Journal Extra but not as in-depth. Nice, quick read.

ATTORNEY DIRECTORIES

Martindale-Hubbell

http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html

Free to use. Includes ratings. You can search practice area and geographic area. Funded by firms who have their web page designed and stored at MH.

West Legal Directory

http://www.wld.com/

Biographies are shorter than in MH. Practice areas are slightly different, so it may be useful in those situations. Funded by firms who have their web page designed and stored at WLD.

The Florida Bar

Active members: http://www.flabar.org/newflabar/organization/Membership/MEMBERSact.html

Inactive members:

http://www.flabar.org/newflabar/organization/Membership/MEMBERSinact.html

COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Almost every commercial publisher has some or all of their publications available on the Internet today.

West Group

West Group was formed in 1997 and is comprised of the old West Publishing, Lawyer�s Co-operative Publishing, and Clark Boardman Callaghan which was merged earlier this decade. They are a subsidiary of Thomson Corporation who also owns Research Institute of America. Prentice Hall was merged into RIA several years ago.

Westlaw

http://www.westlaw.com/signon/default.asp

You still need to be a subscriber and you need an active password. Only transactional billing will apply unless you have a flatrate Westlaw agreement. Software is slower and less sophisticated than Westmate software but could be good for laptop traveling because there is no need to load extra software.

WestDoc

http://www.westdoc.com/

Order cases by citation, parties or docket number at $10.00 per case. It can be billed to your credit card or to your Westlaw account. If you only need one case, it�s probably cheaper than a trip to the county law library.

KeyCite

http://www.keycite.com/

An alternative to Shepards, citations are $3.75 per cites or per your Westlaw agreement.

On-line Store

http://www.westgroup.com/products/store/

Order lower priced West Group titles online.

Lexis/Nexis; Lexis Law Press

The other major publisher, Lexis owns almost everything else. Merged with Matthew Bender, Shepards, Butterworth (including the old D & S Publishing) and Michie, Lexis has a comprehensive product line in print, cd and online covering all primary and secondary areas.

Lexis

http://www.lexis.com/xchange/Components/authform.asp

Stronger software. See Westlaw for advantages to searching on the Internet. You can also connect with a credit card if you are not a subscriber.

Lexis Bookstore

http://www.lexislawpublishing.com/

Matthew Bender Authority On Demand

http://www.bender.com/bender/open/Webdriver?MIval=index_authority

Cool Concept. You can subscribe to Bender treatises on the internet or pay as you go. Internet subscriptions are priced about the same as cd or print. If you are on a large network, usually internet connections have fewer technical difficulties compared to cd-rom. Networking cd�s can be a very difficult. The pay as you go plans are expensive but allow access to materials that are not used often enough to purchase. Warning screens appear if you are stepping across your subscription. You must agree to the terms before you are billed.

Shepard�s

http://www.shepards.com/

Rather than print or CD, you can Shepardize over the internet. Comparable pricing. If you are not a big user, you are better off Shepardizing on Westlaw or Lexis � assuming you are a subscriber. Please note: Shepard�s will not be available on Westlaw after July 1999.

Florida Law Weekly

http://www.polaris.net/~flw/flw.htm

All Florida appellate and Supreme Court cases from 1995. $60 per year if you are a print subscriber. Allows thirty accesses per month. $.50 per access after that. Decent search engine and your new cases arrive on Thursday rather than the following Monday or Tuesday.

VersusLaw

http://www.versuslaw.com/V/vindex.htm

Hold on to your socks. Here�s a small firm bargain. Unlimited access at $6.95 per month per lawyer. It includes all Federal and State cases (but nothing else). As an example, Florida goes back to 1950 and the 11^th Circuit goes back to 1981, the 5^th Circuit goes back to 1961. U.S. Supreme Court Cases go back to 1900. If you just want a single 24-hour period, it�s $15.00. To order a single case, it�s $7.00 by e-mail or $12.50 by fax. Just give them a credit card number. It�s a decent search engine too!

LOIS

http://www.pita.com/

Lois provides not just case law but statutory and administrative materials too. Special offer at $1000 for a year of unlimited access. Unlike VersusLaw, users can share passwords. This makes it a bargain for larger firms. Does not cover all fifty states. State access is available for roughly $500 per year.