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LEGAL RESEARCH
LAW AND GOVERNMENT
- California Law Library:
Contains a selection of state and federal materials: California Codes,
legislative info, PUC, etc. US Code, CFR, Federal Register, Fed Rules Evid.,
etc
- Cornell's State
& Federal Statutes: State and Federal Rules of Evidence and
Civil Procedure.
- Fedworld: Locate and order U.S.
Government information, tax forms, reports, etc.
- FindLaw: Substantial
index. Many federal govt., and foreign/international resources.
- Foreign and
International Law: The Williamette Univ. College of Law provides these
links to treaties, foreign constitutions and laws, foreign and international
law journals, and international organizations.
- GPO Access:
Government Printing Office; vast amount of government information.
- Hieros Gamos: Largest &
most comprehensive legal site, a virtual Law Library
- Martindale Hubbel-
free access to Martindale Hubbel
- Thomas: Legislative Information:
Search for pending federal legislation as well as the Congressional Record
at this site maintained by the U.S. congress.
- Washburn U.
School of Law - Washlaw Web: Provides links to state government
and legislative information.
- Business law lounge: Source
for business law for both professionals and lay people.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
- Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Economic indicators (CPI, unemployment, etc).
- Environmental Protection Agency: Search
CFR, Fed. Reg., U.S. Code and EPA docs.
- FedLaw: -Links to
legal sources, including federal and state laws, court opinions, and ADR
resources.
- Federal Communications Commission: FCC
reports, proceedings and resources.
- Federal Trade Commission:
- IBM Patent Server:-
A searchable patent databank with free patent images.
- Patent & Trademark Office: Search
the U.S. Patent Database, order copies of patents and trademarks, and
download Patent & Trademark Office forms.
- Securities and Exchange Commission:
Search EDGAR filings Database (1/94+), etc.
- Overseas asset protection: learn
about protecting your assets offshore.
- accru-rate: exchange rates.ardware
Central: computer reviews and news.
Law Schools
Accredited by the California
Committee of Bar Examiners
Unaccredited
Correspondence Law Courses
Bar Associations and
other Groups
Rules of Professional
Responsibility
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STATE
GOVERNMENT INFO
- State Government
on the Net
- Washburn
Law School
U-SEARCH-IT
- All-In-One Search Page
- Legal Meta-Index
- LawCrawler
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- The State Bar of California
- Appellate
Counsellor Profiles
Provides biographies of all judges who sit on California's state and
federal appellate courts. A comment form lets you add personal
impressions.
- California State Home Page
The most robust but often slow reference tool to state government
materials on the Internet.
- California State Assembly
Follow the action of bills pending in the state assembly, contact
your local assemblyman's office.
- California Department of
Justice
Find publications, reports and opinions issued by the office of the
attorney general.
- FindLaw California
Provides numerous links to state legal resources. It's one part of FindLaw.
- Judicial Council of
California
General information about the state court system and the council.
Includes slip opinions of the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal
issued in the last 60 days. Links to some three dozen state
Municipal and Superior court Web pages.
- California Law
An alphabetical listing of the state's 29 codes. Provides a link to
search statutes from 1993 to the present.
- California Legislative
Information
A reference system that can be used to find state bills, California
laws, the state constitution or legislative rules.
- Public Utilities Commission
Follow the action and issues confronting the Public Utilities
Commission, including tracking the commission's agenda.
- California State Senate
Follow the action of bills pending in the state senate, contact your
local senator's office.
Federal Government Sites
- the
Federal Web Locator
Villanova University's robust site links to all known U.S.
government sites.
- FedWorld
A research site maintained by National Technical Information
Services to provide a one-stop location for the public to locate,
order and have delivered to them U.S. government information.
- FedLaw
A compilation of links for those doing federal legal research.
- The
U.S. Constitution
The full text of all the articles, sections and amendments. Provided
by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
Statute & Regulation Sites
- Code
of Federal Regulations
Search for specific government regulations that apply to any
industry.
- Federal Register
Provides access to Public Laws, Presidential documents, Federal
regulations, and other official actions of the U.S. Government.
- Federal
Rules of Evidence
The Legal Information Institute has arranged the federal Rules of
Evidence by title and offers a search engine.
- U.S. Code
Cornell Law School maintains this site containing the laws in force
as of Jan. 16, 1996. View information via a list of all titles, a
table of popular names or by specific section.
- U.S. House of Representatives
Internet Law Library
Thousands of links to laws, treaties, law library resources,
professional directories and law book reviews.
Congressional Sites
THOMAS: Legislative
Information from U.S. Congress
A valuable source of information relating to Congressional bills,
the Congressional Record, Congressional Advisory Board Reports, the
legislative process, and legislative branch Internet sites. It also
has links to other federal government Internet resources. The text
of pending bills is accessible for browsing.
- Congressional Quarterly
Research what's going on in Congress as relayed by the Bible of
Congressional affairs.
- House of Representatives
Find information about house members including e-mail addresses and
keep track of the chamber's schedule.
- Senate
E-mail Senate members and research pending matters.
Executive/Independent Agency Sites
Department of Justice
See what the Justice Department has to say about important legal
issues such as affirmative action.
- DOJ's Bureau of Statistics
Criminal law statistics, studies, reports and related material.
- Department of Commerce
Explore topics and issues overseen by the commerce department.
- Environmental Protection Agency
Keep track of the latest environmental regulations and cutting edge
environmental issues being discussed in Washington D.C.
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
Keep track of the commission's latest regulations and rulings.
- Food and Drug Administration
Keep track of the latest regulations and other mandates issued by
this important government agency.
- Internal Revenue Service
Get the latest tax forms and publications issues by the IRS.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Includes an index of national and international legal materials.
- SEC EDGAR Database
Find the latest Securities and Exchange Commission filings at this
site.
Federal Court Sites
United States
Federal Judiciary
Keep track of what's happening in federal courts around the country.
- U.S.
Supreme Court Opinions, 1893- Present
FindLaw's database allows browsing by volume or by year and
searching by party name or by citation.
- U.S. Supreme Court
Opinions, 1937-75
Searchable by case name or keyword, provided by the Department of
Commerce.
- U.S. Supreme Court
Opinions, 1990- Present
This Legal Information Institute site also has information on the
status of the current docket.
- U.S.
Supreme Court Rules
The Legal Information Institute offers U.S. Supreme Court Rules with
a search engine.
- First Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from November 1995 to the present.
- Second
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from September 1995 to the present.
- Third Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from May 1994 to the present.
- Fourth
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from January 1995 to the present.
- Fifth Circuit Opinions
Decisions from 1985 and from 1987 to the present.
- Sixth
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from January 1995 to the present.
- Seventh Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from January 1993 to the present.
- Eighth Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from October 1995 to the present.
- Ninth Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from June 1995 to the present.
- Tenth
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from August 1995 to the present.
- Eleventh
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from November 1994 to the present.
- Federal Circuit
Opinions
Decisions from August 1995 to the present.
- D.C.
Circuit Opinions
Decisions from March 1995 to the present.
General Legal Sites
The American Bar
Association
- Appellate
Counsellor
A variety of resources for information about California's federal
and state appellate courts. Includes access to a monthly newsletter
of recent rulings, how-to tips for attorneys and a link to the full
text of Ninth Circuit rules.
- Black's
Law Dictionary
- Brief Reporter
Online repository of legal briefs from a wide variety of cases,
including many California and 9th Circuit. Searching and a personal
notification service are free.
- Counsel Quest
Links to legal and governmental information designed to be quick,
concise and easy to use. For Java-enhanced browsers, Counsel Quest
offers a "Briefcase," a pop-up index that you can take
with you as you surf.
- Electronic Frontier
Foundation Government Server Index
A guide to government information Web servers around the globe,
including countries such as Canada, Australia and Japan.
- John's
LawLinks
A concise listing of law-related resources.
- Jurist: Law
Professors on the Web
Designed to connect legal academics to each other, to law students
and to the legal profession. Features a "jurist site of the
week," online articles and resource pages.
- The Law Engine
Links to legal resources and searches using the commercial search
engines.
- Lawguru.com
The Web site of the Los Angeles-based firm, Eslamboly & Barlavi,
includes access to online legal research, answers to legal
questions, and a 340+ legal related search engine.
- Law Journal Extra
The online service of the National Law Journal and New York Law
Journal.
- Lawsource
Links to law sources, commentary and practice aids that are
available free of charge.
- Oyez Oyez Oyez
A multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court.
- Securities Class Action
Clearinghouse
Stanford Law School's searchable collection of documents in
securities class actions.
- Securities Law Page
A good collection of resources and links to securities legal
material.
- Stephen
Babcock's Topical Index of Legal Resources
A long list of legal resources organized by topic.
- WWW Multimedia Law
Published by IDG Books Worldwide and featured in the Multimedia
Producer's Bible, this site offers legal information regarding
multimedia and information commerce.
Business, Political and News Sites
- Alphabetical
List of Political Links
...and news links, too.
- Bloomberg Online
Business and financial news, snapshots of world markets and more.
- Ecola Newsstand
A searchable guide to thousands of newspapers and magazines on the
Web, includes links to law sites and legal publications.
- CNN Interactive
Breaking news
- CyberInvest.com
Includes feature-by-feature comparisons of hundreds of investing
resources with links to each Web site.
- Markets and
Quotes
Links to worldwide stock exchanges and stock quote services provided
by the Institute of Finance and Banking at the University of Göttingen.
- Nando Net
News from around the world, updated throughout the day.
- Online NewsHour
The web site of PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
- Quote.com
Current quotes on stocks, options, commodity futures, mutual funds,
and indices, for U.S. and Canadian markets. Real-time business news,
company profiles and more.
