Illinois Legal Resources

Looking for help on locating Illinois legal resources?  You have stopped at the right place!

This page has information on accessing both online and Milner print resources:

• Illinois Laws
• Illinois Courts and Decisions
• Illinois Legislation
• Illinois Regulations
• Illinois Secondary Authorities, such as legal encyclopedia, legal forms, practice books, treatises, etc.

Illinois legal materials can be found on the 4th floor at call numbers KFI1201-1799.  Reference materials and current periodicals are on the 2nd floor.

According to Cornell University's Legal Information Institute (LII), Illinois-specific citation norms and practices:

• Cases
• Statutes
• Regulations
• Examples and Rules

Examples are also available for all 50 states and D.C. at Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.

Finding Illinois Law: A Librarian’s Guide for Non-Lawyers

"The [Chicago Association of Law Librarians'] Government Relations Committee is proud to publish [the guide]. Recognizing that legal research is a specialized skill practiced by attorneys and law librarians, but that the general public often has a need to locate and understand legal information, the Committee presents this guide as a tool to aid non-lawyers."

Illinois Legal Research, 2nd ed by Mark Wojcik - call number KFI1275 .W65 2009

Illinois Legal Research Guide, 2nd ed by Laurel Wendt - online and print at call number KFI1275 .W46 2006, floor 4