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Paper Topic Selection: International: Legal News

Sources to identify international law developments.

How Can I Find Legal News Reports on IL Issues & Information Centers That Publicize IL Developments?

  • Bloomberg Law News highlights recent stories here.
    • TIP: Click: Login (top right of screen) > Enter Bloomberg Law username/password to view these stories.
  • Bloomberg Law home screen > Tab: News & Analysis (subscription)
    • TIP: Bloomberg Law's home screen tab: News & Analysis provides a pull-down menu.  Place your cursor on pull-down menu option: Bloomberg Law News to link to articles on specific legal news topics or to link to Bloomberg Law's News Home page.
      • Topics include: Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence: Cannabis; Crypto; Daily Tax Report: International; Environment and Energy; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); International Trade; IP Law; Privacy & Data Security News; Social Justice & Diversity; Tax Management: International and Tech & Telecom Law.
        • Need to create a Bloomberg Law account?  Click: here & register with your BLS email. 
  • Court Listener provides more than three million opinions issued by U.S. federal and state courts. 
    • TIP: Register at this site, search by keywords, and create an alert.
  • Global Legal Monitor highlights worldwide legal news/developments.  U.S. Library of Congress retrieves data "from official national legal publications and reliable press sources."  Articles often link to primary legal sources.

  • Jurist: World Legal News tracks international and foreign law developments.  News stories often link to related primary legal sources. 
  • Law360 provides legal news stories and expert analysis (subscription).  These stories often link to related primary legal sources.  Off campus: Summer 2025: need to implement the BLS proxy instructions for one web browser + Fall 2025: need to implement OpenAthens.
    • TIP: On Law360's home page, click: SEE ALL SECTIONS to view all of Law360's legal news categories.  
    • Law360 news categories include: Access to Justice; Cannabis; Competition; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Fintech; Health; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; International Trade; Technology; and White Collar
    • Law360 also provides Law360 Tax Authority: International "deep news and analysis." 
    • TIP: At Law360's site, headlines (but not full stories) are available for Law360 UK legal topics.  To access these stories, use Lexis+ tab: Legal News Hub (described below).
  • Law360's legal news stories + Law360 UK/Canada news & analysis are available through Lexis+ tab: Legal News Hub (subscription).

    • TIP: In Lexis+ Legal News Hub, click: All Sections > scroll down page and click: UK or Canada.  Browse by area(s) of interest.

    • TIP: This additional Lexis+ Law360 page supports searching in many of Law360's legal news sections.

  • Law.com International (subscription) aggregates news stories from ALM publications such as: The American Lawyer; Legal Week; National Law Journal; New Jersey Law Journal; and New York Law JournalOff campus: Summer 2025: need to implement the BLS proxy instructions for one web browser + Fall 2025: need to implement OpenAthens. 
  • Until Jan. 1, 2026: Lexis+ (subscription) provides recent articles from, and searchable archives of, ALM publications such as National Law Journal and New York Law Journal. 
    • Researchers can enter the name of a specific source, like New York Law Journal, and run a search in the headline and lead sections of available news stories. 
    • Alternatively, researchers can access Legal News (which includes ALM publications) and run a search in the headline and lead sections of available news stories.
      • Example: hlead(international and tax! and digital)
  • Mondaq (free, registration required) aggregates law firm newsletters. 
    • TIP: Use filter Regions to view material by region or country.  Use the filter Topics > click: International Law
  • Westlaw Edge UK: Current Awareness Search (subscription)
    • See also top level tab Current Awareness pull-down menu links: Most Recently Added + Best of the Last 5 Days