Michigan State Courts
Michigan Legislature
Michigan Federal Courts
Michigan Legal Resources
United States Supreme Court Resources
Election Law Resources
Oil and Gas Resources
Municipal Law Resources
Interesting Legal Blogs
Text and HIstory. An interesting blog dealing with the use of history and other tools to determine the meaning of the “living constitution.”
Law Libraries and Library Resources
Public Resources
Public Records
Michigan Legislature
Michigan Federal Courts
- United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court Western District of Michigan
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Michigan Legal Resources
- State Bar of Michigan
- Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Michigan Government TV Schedule Michigan Supreme Court oral arguments and important legislative sessions are frequently broadcast on Michigan Government TV. This can be a valuable resource for staying current with Michigan issues of the day.
United States Supreme Court Resources
- United States Supreme Court Official Website
- SCOTUS Blog. Great discussion on current cases before the United States Supreme. Supreme Court briefs are available on its Wiki.
- Supreme Court Criminal Docket. A nice summary of upcoming oral arguments in the US Supreme Court. The list is compiled by the conservative Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
- Supreme Court Database. The U.S. Supreme Court Database by Professor Harold J. Spaeth houses 247 pieces of information for each U.S. Supreme Court decision/order case, roughly broken down into six categories: (1) identification variables (e.g., citations and docket numbers); (2) background variables (e.g., how the Court took jurisdiction, origin and source of the case, the reason the Court agreed to decide it); (3) chronological variables (e.g., the date of decision, term of Court, natural court); (4) substantive variables (e.g., legal provisions, issues, direction of decision); (5) outcome variables (e.g., disposition of the case, winning party, formal alteration of precedent, declaration of unconstitutionality); and (6) voting and opinion variables (e.g., how the individual justices voted, their opinions and interagreements).
Election Law Resources
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Election Law Website
- Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog
- AEI-Brookings & Pew Center’s Election Reform Website
- Brennan Center for Justice’s Election Law Website
- League of Women Voters
Oil and Gas Resources
Municipal Law Resources
- State of Michigan (Michigan.gov)
• State of Michigan Attorney General’s Office
• Michigan Municipal League Website)
• Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys
• International Municipal Lawyers Association
Interesting Legal Blogs
Text and HIstory. An interesting blog dealing with the use of history and other tools to determine the meaning of the “living constitution.”
Law Libraries and Library Resources
- Google Scholar. Google Scholar contains many scholarly works which are out of copyright. Starting in November of 2009, it now includes U.S. Supreme Court decisions, federal appellate court decisions, and federal district court decisions. California decisions are also currently part of this service. I expect this list to grow.
- Thomas M. Cooley Law Libraries
- Michigan State University Law Library
- State of Michigan Law Library
- Capital Area District Library (with access to MelCat)
- East Lansing Public LIbrary
- Wayne State University Law Library
• University of Michigan Law Library
• Georgetown University Law Library - Foreign Law by Jurisdictions. A great collection of foreign law resources courtesy of New York University Law School.
Public Resources
Public Records
- Michigan Attorney Directory (via MichBar.org)
- Michigan Department of Corrections Inmate Locator
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator