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Thomson Reuters Westlaw

Thomson Reuters Westlaw
*This Database is only for Paralegal Students*
Westlaw has superior legal material, primary law, analytical materials, practice area insights, litigation resources, public records and has authoritative content for both primary law and exclusive secondary law titles.

Westlaw Instructional Tutorials
Westlaw Edge Training and Support: Additional training and support materials

Open Access Resources

The Avalon Project from Yale Law School
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.
Legal Information Institute (LII) from Cornell University Law School
Cornell University's mega-portal containing a wealth of Federal and State Information. Contains a collection of world legal materials, and the Wex Legal Dictionary/Encyclopedia.
NOLO
NOLO is the integration of some of the Internet's first legal sites, including Nolo.com, Divorcenet.com and AllLaw.com.
FindLaw
FindLaw.com remains the most popular site for free legal information on the Internet with more than eight million visitors each month and the largest online lawyer directory available.
Justia
Justia provides Internet users with free case law, codes, regulations, legal articles and legal blog and twitterer databases, as well as additional community resources.

Paralegal Certifications

There are recognized organizations such as the National Federation of Paralegal Association (NFPA), National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), and NALS that issue certifications or competency verifications for paralegals. These organizations and a comparison of their certification exam requirements are located at the following link: https://www.paralegals.org/files/CHART_-_Comparison_of_National_Level_Paralegal_Certification_Exams.pdf