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A Brief Summary: Finding Briefs on the Web

Briefs For a Price

Westlaw. Supreme Court briefs beginning with the October 1990 term.
LexisNexis. Supreme Court briefs, some beginning from January 1979.
Brief Reporter Briefs from a variety of state and federal courts, contributed by the lawyers who wrote them. A brief costs $40, or you can subscribe for $35 a month and pay $10 per brief.
BriefServe.com. BriefServe has Supreme Court briefs beginning with the 1984 term. It also offers all U.S. circuit court briefs since 1981, and a selection of California and New York appellate briefs. Briefs cost $25 each, but there is a two brief minimum.

Briefs for Free: General Sites

American Law Sources On-Line. Links to amicus curiae briefs available elsewhere on the Web.
Appellate.net. More than 250 state and federal briefs written by lawyers at Chicago-based Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.
Capital Defense Weekly. A guide to finding briefs relating to the defense of capital cases.
FindLaw's Supreme Court Center. Supreme Court briefs beginning with the 1999-2000 term.
Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. Brief bank devoted to law, technology and public policy.
Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. Filings in federal class-action securities fraud litigation, including briefs.

Briefs for Free: Court Sources

7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Briefs filed with the court beginning in 2001.
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Includes briefs filed beginning in 2000.

Briefs for Free: Federal Entities

Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Department of Justice. All Supreme Court briefs filed by the solicitor general since 1988 and selected briefs beginning in 1982. Also includes selected appellate briefs filed by the Antitrust Division dating back to 1993, along with selected briefs filed by the Civil Division and the Civil Rights Division.
U.S. Department of Justice, ADA briefs. Briefs relating to the Americans With Disabilities Act.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor. Briefs involving occupational safety, fair labor practices and benefit security.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Selected EEOC appellate and amicus briefs.
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Selected SEC briefs.

Briefs for Free: Bar and Legal Associations

Briefs for Free: Advocacy Groups

American Civil Liberties Union. Follow the link, "Supreme Court," for documents related to Supreme Court cases in which the ACLU played a role dating back to 1994. The library includes a number of briefs filed by the ACLU as amicus curiae. From that page, look for the link, "Legal Documents," to find documents filed by the ACLU in other courts. Here, too, are a number of briefs.
American Society of Association Executives. The association's 2000 Supreme Court amicus brief on the lobby tax.
Anti-Defamation League. Amicus briefs in cases involving issues that range from the separation of church and state to racial discrimination to censorship.
Atlantic Legal Foundation. Amicus briefs on issues that include courtroom science, charter schools and reverse discrimination.
Capital Defense Network. Briefs on issues relating to capital defense.
Cato Institute. Briefs cover a range of issues, including race-based preferences, school vouchers, drug testing ad interstate commerce.
Center for Democratic Communications. This arm of the National Lawyers Guild has briefs related to FCC licensing of low-power radio transmissions.
Children's Rights. Briefs filed in cases involving child welfare and foster care.
cyberSLAPP.org. Briefs in cases where people were sued for online speech.
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Follow the link labeled "Cases."
Electronic Privacy Information Center. Briefs on free speech and privacy.
Harvard University Civil Rights Project. Small collection of briefs related to affirmative action and race-conscious admissions.
Institute for Justice. Its School Choice Information Center has briefs on both sides of the issue.
Institute for Public Affairs. Briefs filed by this division of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
Jewish Law. Briefs filed by various Jewish organizations.
Lambda Legal. Briefs on issues of interest to lesbians and gays.
NORML Legal Brief Bank. Briefs from the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws.
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Briefs related to women's human rights.
PsycLAW.org. Amicus briefs filed by the American Psychological Association.
Public Citizen. This consumer organization founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 provides briefs on corporate accountability, union democracy, consumer rights, health and safety, and other topics.
Public Interest Litigation Clinic. Briefs for use by this Missouri legal clinic.
Society for American Archaeology. Briefs filed in litigation concerning ownership of the remains of the 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Briefs filed in cases involving the civil justice system, civil rights, consumers' rights, environmental enforcement, and other issues.
University of Florida, Center on Children and the Law. Briefs relating to custody and educational services.