New York Legal Research

 

Legal Research Guides

• William B. Manz, Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide (Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein, 2004).    D'Angelo Law Library, Reference Collection Call No. XXKFN5074.G53 2004
• Georgetown Law Library's New York Legal Research In-Depth:  http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/newyork-in-depth.cfm
• The Law Library Society of Greater New York's New York Legal Research Sites:  http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llagny/ny.html 
• Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute New York Legal Materials: http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/ny.html

• The New York State Library's Compiling a Legislative History of a New York State Law: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/leghist/leghis.htm

  Primary Sources

LEGISLATIVE

• McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York, D'Angelo Law Library: 4^th Floor Stacks Call No. XXKFN5030
• LexisNexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York > Statutes & Rules > New York Consolidated Laws Service
• Westlaw: NY-ST-ANN
• New York State Legislature - Laws of New York, Code and Bills/Legislation: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi

 NEW YORK CITY CHARTER & MUNICIPAL CODE

• LexisNexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York >Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > By Statutes & Regulations > New York City Municipal Code, Charter & Rules

ADMINISTRATIVE

• Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations
  • LexisNexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York > Statutes & Regulations > NY - New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
  • Westlaw: NY-ADC
• New York State Government Agencies: http://www.nysegov.com/citGuide.cfm?superCat=102&cat=449&content=main

         JUDICIARY

• New York State Unified Court System - Opinions, Court Rules, Court Structure: http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/structure.shtml
• Case Reporters
  • Official Reports
    • New York Reports (N.Y., N.Y. 2d, N.Y. 3d): Court of Appeals
    • Appellate Division Reports (A.D., A.D. 2d, A.D.3d): Appellate Division
    • Miscellaneous Reports (Misc., Misc.2d., Misc.3d): Lower Court (selected)
  • Unofficial Reports
    • New York Supplement (N.Y.S., N.Y.S. 2d) - Appellate Div & Court of Appeals 
    • North Eastern Reporter (N.E., N.E.2d) - Court of Appeals                     
• Cornell LII's NY Court of Appeals Collection: http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/
• New York Court of Appeals Web Site: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/
• LexisNexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York > Find Cases 

• Westlaw: U.S. State Materials > Other U.S. States > New York > Cases

 Secondary Sources

• New York Digest 2d:   Westlaw: Key Numbers > West Key Number Digest Outline
• New York Jurisprudence 2d
  • D'Angelo Law Library, 4^th Floor Stacks Call No. XXKFN5065.N48 1979
  • Westlaw: NYJUR
• Carmody-Wait 2d New York Practice with Forms:    Westlaw: CW2D
• LexisNexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York > Search Analysis & CLE Materials 
• Westlaw: U.S. State Materials > Other U.S. States > New York > Forms, Treatises, CLEs and Other Practice Material