Law Path Proprietary Databases
Proprietary / Fee-based Legal Resources
FIU Law Path students are provided access to Lexis+ for the duration of the program.
- Lexis This link opens in a new windowLexisNexis provides legal research tools, on-demand research training, as well as legal career information and support for law students and faculty.
Access restricted to FIU Law.
Open Access Resources
Open Access resources are those available to anyone via the internet.
This curated list of resources provides access to primary and secondary legal resources, and news services. Knowing the difference is key to performing research.
- CALI eBooks This link opens in a new windowThe eLangdell Bookstore provides free access to a selected list of law titles on different legal subjects, such as torts, contract law, judicial ethics and conduct, bankruptcy among other subject areas
- Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) This link opens in a new windowLII publishes electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law. They range from the Constitution, to the U.S Code, from Supreme Court decisions to the Code of Federal Regulations as well as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy Procedure and Criminal Procedure.
- Florida Bar This link opens in a new windowThe Florida Bar Website. Member search, online member access, CLE postings and materials, Florida Rules, Florida Bar forms, and applications.
- Florida Courts Help This link opens in a new windowSelf-Help resources to guide you through the court system. Here you will find free and low-cost legal resources, and family forms. Coverage includes background information and tips on the civil court process and legal forms in a variety of areas. A mobile app for the family law forms can be downloaded at the links on this site. Pro Se forms & resources
- Florida League of Cities This link opens in a new windowLinks to Florida municipal and charter county government websites.
- Florida Rules of Court Procedure This link opens in a new windowCourt Rules, including Amendments to Rules, proposed and adopted. The rules available here include civil procedure, criminal procedure, appellate procedure, judicial administration, probate, family, juvenile, traffic, and small claims courts.
- Florida Courts This link opens in a new windowWebsites of Florida Courts, Supreme Court of Florida, District Courts of Appeal, Trial Courts by circuits and county. Home Page of the Florida Administrator of State Courts. Information on court structure and court locations, e-filing, self-help resources, small claims, juror information, elders court and legal information, court interpreters, and online forms. Miami-Dade county is in the 3 DCA, Broward and Palm Beach counties are in the 4th DCA.
- LLOC Guide to Law OnlineThe Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
- LLOC Guide to Secondary Legal ResourcesThe Law Library of Congress Guide to Secondary Legal Resources.
- LLOC In Custodia Legis Legal Research GuidesThe Law Library of Congress blog, In Custodia Legis, is celebrating its seventh year in operation! During this time, we have published many research guides for both foreign and domestic law. I thought it would be useful to go back and revisit those guides in order to organize them into a basic index. Are there any additional research guides for specific areas of law or jurisdictions that you are interested in that we have not yet covered? Let us know in the comments.
- LLOC Legal Research GuidesThe guides listed below can help you begin a legal research project by offering quick techniques and a selection of legal resources and tools. Each guide is prepared by a legal specialist from the Law Library of Congress.