Topic Selection
Electronic Resources
- BNA Databases
- Online newsletters highlighting important decisions in the areas of criminal law, labor and employment, securities regulation, family law, antitrust and trade and more. For circuit splits, look in the U.S. Law Week index under "Circuit Split Roundup." Circuit splits are compiled quarterly. Sign up for EMAIL ALERTS in your area of interest. It will help you find a topic now, and watch for developments later.
- Recent Developments in Internet law
- From Pike and Fisher's Internet Law and Regulation, recent national and international legal news stories dealing with internet law.
- Hot Bills and Topics from Lexis/CIS Congressional Universe
- A good place to find official congressional information on hot legal topics.
- Current awareness sites
- A page of links to free legal news sites, e.g. Findlaw and Law.com.
- Legal Topics Page
- An index of Research pages that include links to legal organizations, primary materials, and legal news. A great place to start if you have an idea of the area of law you want to write about.
- Circuit Split Blog
- A blog authored by Professor Benjamin Spencer at the University of Richmond School of Law briefly describing some of the splits among the federal circuit courts (with links to cases through Westlaw).
Print Resources
- Bibliography of subject specific looseleaf services with reliable "current events" services
- A list of looseleaf services and newsletters, with the New England Law Library call numbers.
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