Virginia Legal Research   Tags: case law, state law, virginia law  

This guide provides users with information on selected resources for Virginia legal research available at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library or publicly accessible through the Internet. For more information on performing research in this jurisdiction please consult A Guide to Legal Research in Virginia, 6^th ed. (4^th floor KFV2475 .G85 2008) or  Legal Research in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, 2d ed. (Reference and Reserve KFD1275 .C47 2000).  Please note that LexisNexis and Westlaw provide full-text coverage of many of the resources listed below.  L and W indicate availability on these databases respectively.

This guide does not attempt to provide a comprehensive listing of all the resources one might encounter in performing research in Virginia law.