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Westlaw provides electronic legal resources for the person who is researching legal issues.  Use Westlaw for:

  • full text of U.S. Supreme Court cases
  • U.S. 8th Circuit Court cases
  • Minnesota appellate court cases and annotated Minnesota statutes
  • specially selected Web sites that provide useful legal information

For licensing reasons the Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest is only available at the Southdale Library (use the Start Menu to find and start the software).

Offered at Brookdale, Ridgedale, and Southdale Resource Libraries, these specialized resources are made available through funding arranged by the Hennepin County Law Library.

A direct connection to the Hennepin County Law Library reference telephone line is provided. Staff answer questions Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To assist the Law Library staff, please say that you are calling from a Hennepin County Library.

Note: Hennepin County Library staff cannot give legal advice nor interpret legal information.


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From Hennepin County Law Library:
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LEGAL FORMS
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LEGAL LINKS
Ordinances, lawyer directories, and state & federal laws & regulations.
From Hennepin County Library:
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Legal Web sites and databases.