Posting course readings, such as law review articles, directly onto a course website for students to download can raise potential copyright issues (see, e.g., the Georgia State U. lawsuit). Instead, a best practice for faculty is to link directly to the source material on a research database, when possible. Westlaw, LexisNexis and Hein Online each provide an easy method for creating direct links to their documents.
Westlaw
Build a link to a Document on Your Intranet
LexisNexis
LexisNexis for Law Schools - Link Builder
Hein Online
YLS: Creating links to articles in Hein Online
YLS Faculty: If you wish to link to an article located in a database not listed above, please contact the Reference Desk (2-1606 or lawref@pantheon.yale.edu) for assistance.