Resources

Federal Links

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - A link to recent orders and opinions, judicial calendars, local rules, and pertinent information regarding current federal cases.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals - A link to the federal appeals court for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Contains a daily calander of oral arguments, court rules and guides, case information, etc.
The United States Supreme Court - A link to opinions, docket information, and rules for the United States Supreme.

Illinois Courts - Obtain information on the Illinois Supreme Court, its Justices, the Court docket, and the Court rules. Browse through the Illinois appellate courts'
oral argument calendars, and obtain information on the appellate court and
its judges.
Cook County Clerk of Court - Obtain information on current cases within the Cook County court system, download forms, read the Rules of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Illinois Secretary of State Business Services - Obtain information and forms necessary for conducting business in Illinois; search Illinois’s database for corporations and limited liability companies currently registered in Illinois.

FindLaw - An all-purpose legal index; useful both to lawyers and non-lawyers to browse all facets of the legal field
LawCrawler - A legal search engine created by FindLaw—similar to Google—that aids in finding cases, forms, statutes, and more from a variety of legal websites
Legal Information Institute - An excellent legal resource provided by Cornell Law School; browse court opinions and statutes for all fifty states and from around the world; obtain access to the Uniform Commercial Code, the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and several other useful resources.
State Statutes - Browse statutes of all fifty states (provided by FindLaw).

Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide - Provides a myriad of information on maritime law, including court rulings, periodicals and journals, current developments in the law, and more.
Tetley’s Law and Other Nonsense - An extremely useful link that provides constantly up-to-date articles and publications on COGSA, UNCITRAL and many other areas of maritime law.
Maritime Law News Alerter - A link to the University of Southampton’s Institute of Maritime Law News Alerter, which provides information on current maritime cases, legislation and conventions from around the world.
AdmiraltyLaw.com - Summarizes court decisions and provides links and articles concerning admiralty and maritime law, a top legal resource for anyone involved in the law of the sea.