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Research Assistant Training

FIU Law Library support services for RAs.

State Research (Non-Florida)

If you need to find information on cases, statutes, or regulations from another state and have no idea where to start, check out one of these sources:

50-State Surveys

A 50-State Survey is, at minimum, a listing of the laws on a particular topic in all states. Some surveys are only a list of the different state code sections, while others can contain detailed information on the content of the law, sometimes organized into charts that allow you to compare the laws of different states easily.

Treaties

Court Dockets

Research Guides

In addition to the resources listed here, there are a number of websites containing compilations of sources on various topics. Some of the most useful are listed below: