Legal Research Tools

You can’t build a case without legal research. How do you conduct legal research when you are working remotely? Your budget is shrinking for fancy tools. Maybe you never had a but for such tools. And your clients are demanding an affordable solution to their problems.

NHBA is proud to bring to its members free access to Fastcase. Below you will also find continually updated information to ease your legal research pain.

NHBA Member Benefits

Fastcase: Your NHBA membership includes a subscription is to Fastcase which contains the NH court opinions, and more.

Hein Online: The complete archive of NH Bar News and Bar Journal are available with your NHBA membership through Hein Online (instructions for accessing this trove of articles).

John W. King NH Law Library

From the NH Judicial Branch:

How to obtain copies of non-confidential electronic documents:

Supreme Court: Call or email the New Hampshire Law Library at 603-271-3777 or lawlibrary@courts.state.nh.us to request copies of specific Supreme Court opinions and court documents, or for assistance with case research. Note: Registered e-filers may access their case documents through the Supreme Court e-filing system here: https://ctefile.nhecourt.us/login
Superior and Circuit Courts: Call the Information Center at 1-855-212-1234. Note: Case parties may access their case documents for selected e-filed case types here: https://odypa.nhecourt.us/portal

Additional Legal Research Resources

Law Practice Today: How to Perform Online Legal Research Without Paying a Dime

Thomson Reuters: COVID-19 Resource Center: Free Resources for Legal Toolkit

Law 360 from LexisNexis: Paywall removed from legal news and analysis on COVID-19 on litigation, policy, and deals.

LexBlog: A compilation of blog posts covering legal issues regarding the coronavirus.

Skopos Labs: Maintaining a Policy Analytics site that tracks federal legislation and regulatory changes, with links to bills and the status of forthcoming legislation.