Online Resources for Bench and Bar

Reference Assistance

• Reference Librarians are available Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, to answer questions via email at: lawref@law.sc.edu or via the Law Library Text Chat service.
• Virtual reference services are also available. For more information on Text or Video Chat options, please visit the Reference Help page.

Document Delivery

• All document delivery requests are limited to 50 pages.
• Email requests, with full citation, to lawref@law.sc.edu.
• Mailed, emailed, picked up: $.50/page plus $5.00 handling fee.
• Faxed: $1.00/page plus $5.00 handling fee.
• PDFs of journal articles, if available, emailed for $5.00 handling fee.
• Billing is available.
• For further information, contact the Circulation desk [803-777-5942].

Law Library Research Guides

Online research guides prepared by USC law librarians:

The Circuit Riders guide includes a Topical Legal Research Guides page, including subjects such as Criminal Law and Family Law.

Online Resources

Websites that may be useful for locating legal information:

Case Law Research

• Fastcase Legal Research
  • This legal research platform requires the researcher to log-in to the South Carolina Bar website.
• Google Scholar
  • Choose "Case law" to search state and federal court opinions.

South Carolina Resources

• South Carolina Judicial Branch
  • Opinions from the South Carolina Appeals and Supreme Courts, court rules, and forms
• South Carolina Legislature
  • South Carolina Constitution, Code, regulations, and other legal information
• SC State Agency Websites
  • Listing of SC State Agency websites, alphabetically or by category

Federal Resources

• govinfo (formerly FDSys)
  • United States Constitution, Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and other government documents
• U.S. House: Office of the Law Revision Counsel
  • United States Code, including a Popular Name Table and a citation or keyword search.
• Supreme Court of the United States
  • Case information, oral argument transcripts and audio, briefs, court opinions (including bound volumes of U.S. Reports), and Supreme Court Rules