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News

	•	Law.com (American Lawyer Media)

	•	Court TV

	•	Legal Times Supreme Court Watch

	•	Jurist Paper Chase

	•	FindLaw news page

	•	LNTV

	•	Washington Post Supreme Court page

	•	Slate's Jurisprudence columns

	•	New York Times Supreme Court page

	•	ABC News Legal Center

	•	ABA Gavel Awards Archive
		Judged the best in legal reporting by the American Bar Association.

	•	ABA Journal
		News, monthly magazine, law blogs

Journalist and Reporting Resources

	•	Reporter's Desktop
		All-purpose research start page from The New York Times' Duff Wilson

	•	Investigative Reporters and Editors
		Story ideas and tips on technique from experts; links to online databases and reporting tools

	•	Center for Investigative Reporting
		Criminal justice and judicial investigations

	•	Criminal Justice Journalists
		See reporting resources in Information Center and the news archive.

	•	Accuracy in Legal Journalism Reporting Code
		Reminders about common flaws in legal reporting

	•	Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts
		Administrative Office of U.S. Courts publication

	•	The Journalist's Toolbox
		American Press Institute

	•	Poynter's crime and courts coverage bibliography

	•	Institute for Justice and Journalism
		USC Annenberg

	•	Covering Crime and Justice
		Comprehensive guide to the crime beat.

Blogroll - Media and Other Stuff

	•	Romenesko

	•	KausFiles

	•	InstaPundit

	•	Wonkette

	•	Gawker

	•	Dealbreaker

	•	Slashdot

Research and Court Records

	•	Cornell's Legal Information Institute
		A storehouse of court opinions, other research tools, or go to topic directory.

	•	FindLaw
		A legal-info Yahoo, with court decision archives, definitions and background info (especially useful in the section for nonlawyers), and links to other resources. Or go straight to court and statute links, federal and state.

	•	Center for Investigative Reporting
		Criminal justice and judicial investigations

	•	Pacer
		Federal court files (subscription/pay site)

	•	Librarians' Internet Index (law)

	•	Legal Metaindex

	•	Lawlink
		Comprehensive index from American Bar Association

	•	IRE legal topic page

	•	Fedworld's Supreme Court database

	•	Searchable Constitution

	•	Law Dictionary

	•	Famous Trials (Prof. Douglas Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City)

	•	Syracuse University College of Law Library

	•	Syracuse University Library System

	•	Supreme Court Times
		All cases this term summarized with links to briefs and transcripts.

	•	Law.com Quest
		Legal search engine, targeting American Lawyer Media publications and select other legal sites

	•	Medill's On the Docket
		Comprehensive resources on pending Supreme Court cases

	•	Actual innocence article database
		Tarlton Law Library (UT Austin)

Other Court Info

	•	U.S. Supreme Court

	•	Federal Court Information (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)

	•	New York State courts

	•	New York Court of Appeals

	•	U.S. District Court - Northern District of New York

	•	2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

	•	State Courts - Onondaga County, N.Y.

	•	Public Access to Court Records
		A clearinghouse of info, much of it state-specific, on struggles over access, produced by National Center for State Courts

	•	National Center for State Courts
		Studies and other info on how the courts are run

	•	National Center for Courts and Media
		Training for judges and reporters; affiliated with The National Judicial College

	•	Cameras in the courts
		Radio-Television News Directors Association, state by state list

	•	American Bar Association Judges Network

	•	U.S. Courts Educational Outreach

	•	Judicial Reports
		News, commentary and election monitor focusing on New York state courts

	•	C-SPAN: America and the Courts

Justice and Other Government Stats

	•	TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse)
		Syracuse University's database of federal law enforcement records

	•	Government database list

	•	Bureau of Justice Statistics

Legal Profession

	•	Lawyer Directory
		Martindale-Hubbell

	•	American Bar Association media relations
		Contacts organized by topic; other industry info

	•	State and local bar association directory

	•	Lawyer discipline
		General and state-specific info; ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

	•	New York lawyer directory and disciplinary records

	•	Onondaga County (Syracuse, N.Y.) Bar Association

	•	Syracuse University College of Law

	•	Top 100 law firms by revenue (The American Lawyer's Am Law 100)
		(registration required)

	•	Midlevel Associates Survey
		Job satisfaction, large law firm associates, The American Lawyer (registration required)

	•	NALP
		Industry studies

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