Google Provides Legal Research!

On Tuesday Google officially entered the world of legal resources. You can now access full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts using Google Scholar. If you click on the Advanced Scholar Search link, you can choose to search only Wyoming cases. There are Pacific Reporter page numbers listed next to the corresponding case text and your search terms are highlighted throughout. In addition to being able to view the case, you can choose the "How Cited" tab and see "How this document has been cited", "Cited by", and "Related documents".

This blog post by Robert J. Ambrogi for the Law.com Legal Blog Watch provides an excellent overview and thoughts on how Google's entrance into the provision of legal research may or may not impact LexisNexis and Westlaw.