Government Websites

• State - most state governments provide access to legal information such as pending legislation, state compilations of state laws by subject (called a state code or statutory code), court cases from the appellate and supreme courts, and agency rules and regulations. For example, the Iowa Code is available for free at: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/IowaCode. Use the search bar in your internet browser to find a state's code or court cases or agencies - it can be as simple as: nebraska legislation or wyoming code of laws or arizona department of revenue.
• Federal - the United States government provides access to legal information such as pending legislation, the federal compilation of laws by subject (called the United States Code), court cases from the appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court, and agency rules and regulations. For example, pending legislation may be found at: https://www.congress.gov/. The United States Code may be found at: https://uscode.house.gov/. Agency rules and regulations may be found by simply typing the agency name into the search bar. 

Free Websites from Companies

• Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com) retrieves articles or books or chapters, or it retrieves cases on law and law-related information based on the words used in the search bar. Researchers must assess the credibility of the citation retrieved because Google Scholar does not filter results.
• FindLaw (https://www.findlaw.com/) is a Thomson Reuters platform that includes access to laws, cases, and agency rules and regulations, as well as explanations of the law, legal forms, and connections to lawyers.
• Justia (https://www.justia.com/) is a platform similar to FindLaw in terms of law that's available; it adds access to federal court dockets and case filings from 2004 to the present.

Free Websites sponsored by institutions (such as universities)

• Legal Information Institute (LII) from Cornell University (https://www.law.cornell.edu/). The platform is similar to FindLaw and Justia in that it provides access to cases, law codes, and agency law, a lawyer directory, and some analysis of the law; LII is different in that it is sponsored by a law school rather than a for-profit company. 
• Caselaw Access Project (https://case.law/) from Harvard Law School:  focuses on state and federal cases.