Finding a Topic
- LexisNexis Academic - Law Reviews
Enter a word or two on a topic that is of interest to you. Review the results to find a more specific topic. - BNA (Aphabetical List) Over 85 legal publications on many topics.
- BNA (Subject List)
- Supreme Court Today Browse Supreme Court cases. Find decided and pending cases under "Topical " in left column.
- Gale's Encyclopedia of American LawAlso available in print O'Neill Stacks KF154 .W47
- Findlaw.com - NewsFindLaw provides a wide range of legal resources on the Internet for free. The "Legal News" section is a good place to check if you are looking for a topic for your paper.
Start with a law review article
One of the best ways to begin legal research is to find a relevant law review article. Law review articles are written by professors, attorneys, and law school students. They are scholarly publications with many footnotes. By finding one good article, you will get a discussion and analysis of your topic and you will get references to pertinent cases, statutes and other law review articles. Click on the Law Review tab to get directions on how to find them.
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