Online Legal Research: Beyond LexisNexis & Westlaw 

Attributed to Gerald and Kathleen Hill, Law.com's Dictionary can be searched in 3 different ways: enter a legal term, search the definitions, or browse by first letter of a word or phrase.

Jurist's browsable dictionary of basic U.S. legal terminology focuses on legal procedure. This site provides links to Law.com, to an int'l law dictionary and sources of interest to 1Ls.

Nolo.com's Legal Glossary contains plain-English definitions for hundreds of legal terms. There is a search feature. May also browse terms.

This site is maintained by LexisNexis and is based on the list of 10,000 works in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (2000). There is a pronunciation key provided on some entries.

FindLaw provides a reference guide to selected personal and business legal issues.

A searchable database of over 750,000 (as of March 4, 2009) human-edited definitions for acronyms and abbreviations.

This site is maintained by Kelly L. Smith. Provides an alphabetical list of federal gov't abbreviations & acronyms (which are hyperlinked to the official Web site of the gov't agency or program).

You can browse the DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations or limit your search to NATO only terms.

On the WashLaw site. Provides links to various state, county, and court law libraries.

A directory of official state, county, and city government websites. Arranged by state and by topic pages for all 50 states.

Page provided by the Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section. Alphabetical (and hyperlinked) list of academic law libraries.

Provided by Hierros Gamos. Alphabetical (and hyperlinked) list of legal and law-related journals.

Links on the right provide access to an alphabetical list of law schools, public law schools, private law schools, law schools by year approved, and geographic search by region.