Legal Research Guide

ASIL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization founded in 1906 and chartered by Congress in 1950. ASIL holds Category II Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies. The Society is headquartered at Tillar House in Washington, D.C.

Locate current NYS laws and statutes. Also useful for checking the status of pending legislation.

Devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court

Media files of oral arguments, court calendar, updates on rulings

Reference Librarians are available to help researchers locate legal and/or government information. Library staff, however, do not provide legal advice or interpretation of the law. Visitors are encouraged to contact the Reference Desk (315.443.9572 or LawReferenceDesk@syr.edu) in advance, to determine if and how the Law Library may help them.

Use this site to find examples of legal citations, instructions for how to cite, as well as explanations of norms.