There are several legal newspapers published throughout the United States. Most are only printed online. The following list is not meant to be exhaustive, as Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg, and many, many other databases offered through the Law Library Catalog or Lauinger Library have coverage of other legal news materials. Some of the most widely read legal news sources include:
In the Williams Library, physical, daily copies of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post are on reserve behind the circulation desk for 30 days. Otherwise, the following are some of the other ways to access popular news sources.
The following are a selection of news databases. To see all of the law school's accessible news databases, please view our catalog. For news databases accessible through the main campus, please visit the Lauinger Library Databases page. These resources are available on the web; virtually every newspaper maintains its own website with an archives of back issues. However, some articles from the print version of a newspaper have been edited and/or may not be included in those online archives; further, individual archives may also charge for retrieving individual articles. Going through our catalog and databases will ensure there's no charge.
Historical Newspapers - Separate databases that provide searchable access to older newspapers. Most of the newspapers provide PDFs of the articles.
The library maintains a spreadsheet with exhaustive listings of our microfilm holdings. This material can be located in the Media Services Department on the first floor of the library. The following is a sample of our general newspaper holdings: