This page provides information on free online legal research resources. These resources are great tools to use when you do not have access to paid databases, and they can also serve as starting points for those trying to be cost conscious about their legal research strategy.
The UNC Kathrine R. Everett Law Library also maintains a collection of legal research guides on a variety of subjects, many of which also provide links to free online legal research resources. You can view a full listing of those research guides at this link.
Federal Law
Statutes & Legislation
- GovInfo
- Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- Congress.gov
- Senate.gov
- House.gov
- Legal Information Institute (maintained by Cornell Law School)
Regulations & Agency Materials
- GovInfo
- Regulations.gov
- FederalRegister.gov
- A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
- Archive of Administrative Decisions (maintained by the University of Virginia’s Law Library)
Court Decisions & Case Materials
- GovInfo
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Federal Court Website Locator (maintained by Villanova University’s Law Library)
- Oyez Project
- U.S. Supreme Court Web Citations (maintained by UC Berkeley Law Library)
- RECAP Project
Other Federal Government Resources
North Carolina Law
Statutes & Legislation
- North Carolina General Assembly
- North Carolina Senate
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- North Carolina Legislative Library
Regulations & Agency Materials
Court Decisions & Case Materials
Other North Carolina State Government Resources
- State Archives of North Carolina
- State Library of North Carolina
- NCpedia
- Digital
Collections of the State Archives of North Carolina and the State Library of
North Carolina
- Organizational Chart of the NC State Government
Miscellaneous
Other States & Local Law
- State Legislature Websites
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Center for State Courts
- Google Scholar Cases
- Municode
International & Foreign Law
- United States Office of Treaty Affairs
- GlobaLex
- Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Nations
- World Legal Information Institute
- Government Gazettes Online (maintained by the University of Michigan)