Dum Spiro Spero

…I am lulled into complacency by the simple fact that Google does what it does so well. And so it is with Google’s entry into the legal research field with its announcement yesterday that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts. As you would expect from Google, the search interface is seamless and simple. Search by case name, lawyer name, citation or any other term. Cases include internal page numbers and internal citations are hyperlinked. A “how cited” tab shows a case’s subsequent history.

It is not just legal opinions… I was looking for some general information, and was able to retrieve articles that pointed exactly to what I needed.

Tags: Google Scholar, Legal research

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