Politics and Government in the United States Resource Guide: Judicial Information

The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the primary source for criminal justice statistics. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and publish information on crime, criminal offenders, victims, and the operation of justice systems at all levels. Data is available in varied formats: PDF, spreadsheets, HTML, and/or text.

The education and research agency for the Federal Courts. Provides a Federal Judges Biographical Database, containing service records of all judges of the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Circuit Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Includes texts of landmark legislation and other full-text publications.

FindLaw is one of the better free legal resources on the web. Now owned by WestGroup, this site provides a subject guide to internet legal resources and keyword searchable federal case law. U.S. Supreme Court opinions are available from volume 150 of the U.S. Reports (1893) to the present. Findlaw also provides links to state legal resources - state constitutions, codes, court rules, and state supreme court and appeals decisions. LawCrawler is the FindLaw legal web and database search engine.

Contains links to numerous state and local court sites. Provides state court statistics and some full-text research publications. Includes Topics or guides containing overviews, research, FAQ's, and best practices. Digital Archive offers searchable full-text reports.

The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Includes recent slip opinions, court rules, and in-chamber opinions.

The official website of the Federal Judiciary. This site provides general information on federal courts plus links to U.S. Supreme Court cases, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.