Legal Information Resources Online

Links to a variety of legal authority can be found online. See the Legal Links page of the Virginia Judicial System website. The University of Virginia Law Library has produced short videos that explain how to find and use basic sources of legal information, such as the Code of Virginia and Virginia cases.

Guide to Virginia Legal Information Resources

The Guide to Virginia Legal Information Resources includes a list of legal information resources covering topics as varied as incorporating a business, contesting a traffic ticket, researching health law, obtaining social security, renting a dwelling, buying a house, and writing a will. This list of resources does not constitute legal advice or answers to questions of law. The list identifies resources for public librarians seeking items for their legal collections and independent researchers seeking legal information. The hypertext links will send the reader to a website where the information is located or send the reader to content within WorldCat. WorldCat.org is a free online catalog which allows the reader to browse the collections of thousands of libraries, including Virginia's public libraries. By clicking on one of the links to a WorldCat record, the reader will see a list of libraries that include that legal resource in their collection. From there, one can either directly access online content that is openly available or click on a link for the library nearest them.

AALL Online Legal Information Resources (OLIR)

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) offers access to Online Legal Information Resources (OLIR). The OLIR was developed to provide law librarians, public librarians, and members of the public access to free online primary legal materials.

The AALL Advancing Access to Justice Special Committee compiled information for U.S. states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, U.S. Federal Government, and Canada. Links to session laws, statutory codes, registers, administrative regulations and court opinions are included.