Active and judicial D.C. Bar members now have access to Fastcase’s comprehensive online law library.To access Fastcase, users must use their dcbar.org login credentials atwww.dcbar.org/fastcase/login.
For login questions, please send a message to [email protected] For Fastcase–specific questions, please send a message to [email protected].
Wouldn't it be nice to find cases and statutes quickly and easily? Fastcase does just that by offering a variety of searchable databases.
One of Fastcase's features is the ability to search statutes across multiple jurisdiction, allowing you to survey a topic across its statutory collection.
Example
If you are looking for statutes about how custody relates to the best interest of the child, you might take the following steps:
- Select Search Statutes from the Search menu on the homepage.
- In the grey search bar near the top of the page, enter the following: Child custody and "best interest"
- Click the Select All button under the list of current statutes.
- Select Search
- You will then see a list of all the statutes that reference custody and best interest of the child. The results will be listed by relevance (the sections containing the most detailed discussion of the issue and will be listed first).
- You may now click on the title of a section to view it individually.
Note: Filter your results by jurisdiction if you find the results too broad; in this instance if you were only curious about Missouri cases, you would locate the "Filter by:" box in the top left corner of your screen, and select Missouri from the drop-down menu.
You may then print your desired results, add them to your print queue, save them to your library, or email them to your colleagues.
FOR D.C. BAR MEMBERS
Fastcase is a DC–based company that combines the best of legal research with the best of Web search, to provide active or judicial members with a powerful tool for finding the law. The Fastcase service for active and judicial members includes free access to D.C. and federal codes and regulations; users may add unlimited access to the full Fastcase law library for just $195 per year, an 80 percent discount off the standard cost. Enterprise licenses are also available for law firms and organizations.
