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June 6, 2011

Free Pennsylvania Legal Research Resources

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If you are a summer associate in Pennsylvania or if you intend to join a Pennsylvania firm after graduation, you may find it useful to know about some free legal web-based Pennsylvania resources. While these sites will not replace Westlaw or Lexis, they are great starting points to begin your research.  Here is a sampling of some free Pennsylvania primary sources covering case law, statutes, bills, administrative codes and regulations, and the constitution. 
 
Cases
To access information about Pennsylvania Courts visit the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, this site contains appellate court opinions, statewide dockets, annual statistical reports and more. You will find information on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, and Common Pleas Courts.   There is information dates back to 1996 for the Supreme Court and 1997 for Superior and Commonwealth Courts.   This link is specifically dedicated for the legal profession and it provides information on court procedures, judges, the Judicial Conduct Board, county websites, and bar association websites.  
 

 

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June 20, 2011

Free Legal Research Sites for New Jersey

For students doing clerkships in New Jersey or law graduates working for firms and other organizations in the state, there are a number of legal research resources freely available on the internet. Many of the websites listed below are maintained by the state government and other reputable information providers. Maximize your searching skills and minimize the expense of your legal research by making use of these tools before you use Westlaw or Lexis.

 
CONSTITUTIONS
New Jersey State Constitution: Maintained and updated by the New Jersey Legislature. Provides links to the complete text of the New Jersey State Constitution, a searchable format of the Constitution, and the New Jersey 1947 Constitutional Convention Proceedings. The documents are updated through amendments adopted in November, 2010.
 
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New Jersey State Constitutions: The New Jersey State Library has a very thorough listing of Constitutional documents, including early constitutions of New Jersey, the Constitution of 1947, Governor’s Speeches, proposed amendments, and journal proceedings of Constitutional Conventions.
 
LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS
New Jersey Legislative History: Published by the New Jersey State Library. Offers legislative history from 1970 to June 1, 2009.
 
The New Jersey Legislature has put together many legislative resources and their links are provided below.
Legislative Calendars: Published by the New Jersey Legislature and it provides access to calendars from January, 1997 to very recent publications.
Legislative Digest: Provides the current and past editions of the Digest back to January, 1997.
Legislative Reports: Gives full-text reports organized by subject headings.
Public Hearing Transcripts: PDF formatted through 1996-2011. 
New Jersey State Statutes: The New Jersey Legislature provides access to a searchable statute site. This is searchable by keyword or title name or number.
 

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