Casemaker: Overview

Comprehensive, accurate and timely Internet legal research is now possible through the Casemaker Web Library. It's brought to you by the Nebraska State Bar Association and Lawriter ©, the NSBA's Casemaker partner since 2001.

This powerful Internet law library provides you with free access to the legal research materials you need to serve your clients. The only requirement of access is that you are a active member of the Nebraska State Bar Association.

Library Contents
Boasting a powerful combination of state and federal materials, the Casemaker Web Library puts the information you need at your fingertips. State library contents include:

Library	Update Schedule
Nebraska State Library	Updated
Nebraska Reports (Supreme Court 1929-current, Vol. 118 to current)	Within 48 hours of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Court of Appeals 1992-current, Vol. 1 to current	Within 72 hours of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Attorney General Opinions (1979 to current)	Within 14 days after receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Revised Statutes	Annual complete update with searchable monthly update files
Nebraska Uniform Commercial Code	Annual complete with searchable quarterly update files
Nebraska Constitution	Within one week of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Current Legislature Enacted Bills	Within one month of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Administrative Rules and Regulations	Annually
Revised Rules of Practice and Procedure, Supreme Court Rules and Court of Appeals	Within one month of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Bankruptcy Decisions to current	Within one week of receipt of electronic file
Law Review Articles: Creighton Law School UNL Law School	Within one month of receipt of volume of Law Review in electronic file
Nebraska Bankruptcy Rules	Within one month of receipt of electronic file
Nebraska Jury Instructions - Civil and Criminal	Within one week of receipt of electronic file
Federal Rules Decisions	Within 14 days of receipt of electronic file
Advisory Committee Formal Opinions	Monthly
Nebraska Verdict and Settlement Reports (new cases blended with existing data base)*	Quarterly

* Coming Soon

Searching Capabilities
The Casemaker Web Library utilizes many of the search techniques found on other online or CD-ROM search engines. Following are the search options for the Casemaker Web Library:

Search Logic - You can connect key words and phrases using the Casemaker Web Library's search logic. This search logic allows you to narrow your search so that you get the results that most closely fit with the issue you are researching.

Natural language - Simply type key words in the basic search box and the search engine will use its own intelligence to find the results that match your query.

Fields - Using the advanced search screen template, you can enter specific information into fields such as citation, date, attorney and more. Utilizing the fields will allow you to find specific information very quickly.