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Michigan State Courts

Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Court of Appeals

Michigan Trial Courts (Via SCAO website)

Michigan Legislature

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

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

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

State Appellate Defender’s Office

Michigan Government TV Schedule


Other Law Firms


Hulka/Porter. A Canadian immigration law.


Public Records

Michigan Attorney Directory (via MichBar.org)

Michigan Department of Corrections Inmate Locator

Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator

Fellow Linkers

The web functions by word of mouth and I wanted to acknowledge people or businesses who link to my website here..