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Findlaw
Findlaw claims to be "the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web." Like Justia, it has a directory of lawyers, guides to different areas of the law, and free access to judicial, administrative and legislative laws. Findlaw's artices are "written and reviewed for legal accuracy, clarity, and style by FindLaw’s team of legal writers and attorneys."
What is education law?
An overview page in FindLaw that explains what education law is, terms to know, information on special education and students with disabilities, student discipline, bullying and harassment, student records and privacy, education reform, related legal practice areas, and how to get legal help.
Education Law
This area of law is covered through articles "with in-depth information on education law. There is also information on important education policies and initiatives that affect America's students." The areas covered include higher education law, laws on discrimination at school, education laws for students with disabilities, curriculum standards and funding laws, school safety law, laws on student conduct and discipline, and laws on student's and teacher's rights.
State Education Law
Find "state-specific education laws, including state laws on privacy of school records, prayer in school, and more."

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LII: Legal Information Institute
Founded in 1992, LII contains, first, "collections of feature-enriched “primary law” content, meaning it is law created by the government, and LII is merely a re-publisher of that content. The second is collections of original content, where LII’s staff, students, and other experts have created materials that help explain, organize, or otherwise illuminate the law."
Wex
"Wex is a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School . Wex entries are collaboratively created and edited by law students."
Education
This is an article from Wex, about education law. It has an overview of education law, other articles in Wex that pertain to education law, federal resources that pertain to education law, including recent federal and state court cases, and resources at the U.S. Department of Education
Education - State Laws
This page from the Legal Information Institute contains links to state education laws from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

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Justia
Justia's mission is "to make law and legal resources free for all." It contains access to primary law sources such as court cases, legislative and administrative law. It also has information on law schools and a directory of lawyers. It has a list of legal guides on different areas of the law.
Most Popular Education Law Blawgs
This page has links to 13 blogs on education law that you can subscribe to.
Education Law Center
The Education Law Center gives an overview of education law that includes FAQs and popular topics in education law.
Justia Education Law [Court] Opinion Summaries
This page gives summaries of current [this year] court cases that pertain to education law.
Education Law Topics
This page contains links to many education law topics, such as discrimination, special education, working with an ed law lawyer, injuries in schools, compulsory education laws, and Title IX.

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ABAJournal
ABAJournal.com is the website of the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association. The site features: (1) Breaking legal news, updated as it happens by our staff of reporters throughout every business day (2) Analysis from more than 4,000 legal blogs, written by lawyers who are experts in their fields.(3) Stories that go beyond the headlines, from the pages of the nation’s most-read and most-respected legal affairs magazine.
Education Law
Contains articles that pertain to education law.