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Paralegal Resources

Research Tools

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Westlaw access is provided during your first full term through graduation.
Westlaw Main
Westlaw Paralegal Portal offers additional training and services
LexisNexis access is provided during the term you take Legal Research (PL120 or PL105).
Lexis Main
LexisNexis Paralegal Community
LexisOne, a resource for small firms, offers some free content

LexisNexis Academic, a library research database available to every Westwood student, can be accessed by logging into the online library via your campus Edline portal or the online eCollege portal. This database includes extensive legal case law and statutes.

Law Library of Congress
LLRX.com Law and technology resources for legal professionals
Metaindex for U.S. Legal Research (GSU College of Law)
Megalaw, forms and legal research
PACER, Public Acccess to Court Electronic Records
PreCYdent legal search engine
Public Library of Law

Codes, Statutes, Rules and Legislation
Federal Rulemaking, including the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and related codes
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from Cornell Law School, easy to read format
GPO Access, the Government Printing Office, links to the Supreme Court, Code of Federal Regulations, US Code, etc.
Search the U.S. Code
State Government Information Finder from the Library of Congress
Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet

See also, US Government resources

Law Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
How Courts Work from the ABA
How Our Laws Are Made
Law Dictionary
Nolopedia, free online legal information from Nolo
West's Encyclopedia of American Law

Bluebook Citation Resources
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, a tutorial from Cornell Law School
Introduction to Bluebooking, a pdf file from Georgetown University Law Center
Bluebook (18th Ed.) Citation examples, a handy one-page PDF file
Common Bluebook Citation errors
A Bluebook Guide for Law Students, guidance on citing various kinds of legal documents
Citing Cases
Citing Statutes
Citing Articles
Citing Books and Treatises
Citing Electronic Resources
FAQ about Bluebook citations

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
American Alliance of Paralegals
International Paralegal Management Association
Know, a magazine for paralegals
Legal Assistant Today
National Association of Legal Asisstants
National Federation of Paralegal Associations

 

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