LexisONE

LexisONE <http://www.lexisone.com/index.html> is an online legal information service that offers both free and proprietary resources. Below are highlights of some of the free resources.

• Free Case Law <http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/caselaw/freecaselaw>: Search the last five years of State & Federal Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court from 1790 to present, with some limitations in coverage <http://www.lexisone.com/freecaselaw/coverage.html>. Users may search for cases by keyword or by citation. You must choose a State Court or a Federal Court, and you have the option of limiting the search by date range, parties, judges, and counsel. While you cannot link to the full-text of the cases from the search results page free of charge, you can see citations for the cases that meet your search criteria. For more information on formulating a search, visit <http://www.lexisone.com/freecaselaw/formulatingsearches.html>. Below is a sample search result:

Motley v. Parks, No. 02-56648, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, February 11, 2004, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California, September 21, 2004, Filed

• Legal Web Site Directory <http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/legal_guide_index.html>: This page provides a listing of and links to resources on a variety of topics, including the State Resource Center page (for each state it provides links to State Home Pages, Statewide Offices, Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch websites, Rules of Courts & Forms, Boards & Commissions, Regional & County Websites, Libraries, and Legal Research resources), Judicial Courts & Decisions, Legislative Resource Center, Codes & Statutes, Federal Resource Center, Government Printing Office (includes an invaluable link to page that describes and links to GPO’s individual databases), Legal, Business & Government Forms, and Legal Journals & Law Reviews.
• Headline Legal News <http://www.lexisone.com/news/index.html>: Here you will see brief descriptions of and links to the full-text of recent legal news. On the left side of the page are links to Newsworthy Decisions. In addition, the “…More News Topics” feature allows you to limit articles according to practice areas such as Business Litigation & Bankruptcy, Criminal Law, and Family Law.

For a list of articles from the past month, select the link for the News Library <http://www.lexisone.com/news/nlibrary.html>. Other recent news stories of interest are provided on the Balancing Life and Practice page <http://www.lexisone.com/balancing/index.html>.