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Law & Government Websites
From The Central Florida Library Cooperative (Revised February 2008)
These links are to websites created and controlled by others. We are not responsible for the contents.

Courts in Florida

FL & Other State Government Sites

Research

Florida Supreme Court
Fla. Courts: Supreme Court
Fla. Supreme Court Justices

Florida Appellate Courts
1st District Court of Appeal -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 14th Circuits
2d District Court of Appeal -- 6th, 10th, 12th, 13th and 20th Circuits
3rd District Court of Appeal -- 11th and 16th Circuits
4th District Court of Appeal -- 15th, 17th and 19th Circuits
5th District Court of Appeal -- 5th, 7th, 9th and 18th Circuits

Florida Circuit Courts
Florida Circuit Courts
1st Circuit -- Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton
2d Circuit -- Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla
3d Circuit -- Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor
4th Circuit -- Clay, Duval and Nassau
5th Circuit -- Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter
6th Circuit -- Pasco and Pinellas
7th Circuit -- St. Johns, Volusia, Flagler and Putnam
8th Circuit -- Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union
9th Circuit -- Orange and Osceola
10th Circuit -- Hardee, Highlands, and Polk
11th Circuit -- Dade
12th Circuit -- DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota
13th Circuit -- Hillsborough
14th Circuit -- Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington
15th Circuit -- Palm Beach
16th Circuit -- Monroe
17th Circuit -- Broward
18th Circuit -- Brevard and Seminole
19th Circuit -- Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie
20th Circuit -- Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee

Clerks of Courts by County
Clerk's Web Sites

Federal Courts In Florida
Florida Middle Bankruptcy Court
Florida Middle District Court
Florida Middle Probation Office
Florida Northern District Court
Florida Southern Bankruptcy Court
Florida Southern District Court

 

Case Opinions
Fla. Sup. Ct. Opinions-1999 to present
Fla. Sup. Ct. Opinions, FSU site-1990 to present
Fla. Supreme Ct Ref. Materials
1st DCA Opinions
2nd DCA Opinions
3rd DCA Opinions
4th  DCA Opinions
5th DCA Opinions
Fla. Atty.General Opinions

FL State Government, General Locators
Florida Government Info Locator*
Florida Government Structure
Florida Find an Agency Site
Florida Gov't Phone Numbers

FL State Government, Legislative Branch
Florida Legislature Online (Online Sunshine)
Florida House
Florida Senate

FL State Government, Executive Branch
Executive Office of the Governor
Florida Cabinet

Division of Elections
Public Service Commission
Florida Lottery

Dept. of Bus. and Prof. Reg.
Enterprise Florida (was: Dept. of Commerce)
Dept. of Corrections
Dept. of Education
Dept. of Environ. Protection
Dept. of Financial Services (was: Dept. of Insurance)
Dept. of Hwy. Safety & MV
Functions of the former Dept. of Labor
Dept. of Law Enforcement
Dept. of Management Services
Dept. of Revenue
Dept. of State
Dept. of Transportation

FL Local Government Sites
County Websites
County Elections Supervisors
County Property Appraisers
County Extension Offices

City Websites

Local Police Departments
Florida Sheriffs

State-by-State & Multi-state Sites  
Codes/Regs/Cases - Other States*
AllLaw State Resources
FindLaw State Resources

Law Runner: USA
National Center for State Courts
National Conference of State Legislatures
State Law & Gov't
(U. of Chicago)
U.S. States & Territories
(Lib'y of Congress)
U.S. State Law
(Hieros Gamos)
WashLaw State Law Home Page*
WashLaw State Law Search Page
Wex: Local Gov't Law
(Cornell)
State & Local Gov't on the Net (directory)

 

 

 

Statutes Codes Regulations
Fla. Statutes & Constitution*
Fla. Administrative Code
Fla. Administrative Weekly
Florida Municipal Codes

Legal Research Sites  
Fla. Law Online
FindLaw*
FindLaw LawCrawler (search engine)
Internet Legal Research Group
Codes/Regs/Cases - Other States*
Zimmerman's Research Guide
Hieros Gamos Worldwide Legal Directories
LLRX Legal Research Guides
Virtual Chase Legal Research Guides
LawGuru Legal Research Tool (meta-search)

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Westlaw$
LexisONE$
Lexis$
List of Low-Cost Web-based Legal Resrch Svcs
Low-Cost Alternatives to Westlaw & Lexis

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Basic Legal Citation
ABA Research Start Page
Law Reviews / Journals
University Law Review Project
JURIST Law Reviews Links
Contents Pages from Law Reviews
Legal Journals (USC Law Lib'y)
Law Journals on the Web [exclusively] (Duke U.)
LawKT: Law Firm Pubs / Articles

Law Library Topical Research Guides  
Legal Research Engine (searches res. guides)
LawScout (searches res. guides)
Fla. Coastal Sch Law Elect. Res. by Topic
WashLaw*
Cornell Law School Library
Wex* (Legal Information Institute, Cornell)
JURIST Law Guides
Georgetown Law Library Legal Tutorials
U. of Washington Legal Research Guides
WWW Virtual Law Library (U. of Indiana)
Guide to Law Online (Lib'y of Congress)
AALL Legal Information Services to the Public
AALL Public Libraries Toolkit

Legal Dictionaries
Duhaime's Legal Dictionary
FindLaw Legal Dictionary
Nolo's Legal Glossary
Law.com Law Dictionary
'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon
Commonly Used Terms: U.S. Courts

Florida Background Info Searches
Corps./partnerships/trademarks/UCCs* (SunBiz)
Florida Occupational Licensing Portal & Search
Unclaimed Property Search
Dept. Corrections Offender Search
Florida Sexual Predator Search
Domain Whois?*

Medical / Legal / Other Info
CFLC Reference Desk*
Physician Profiling (FL) [self reported]
Professional Liability Closed Claims
Department of Health (licensing)
AMA Physician Select
Accredited Medical Schools: U.S. & Canada
American Board of Medical Specialties
MedlinePlus*
Health Hippo
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Florida Medical Malpractice
Virtual Gumshoe
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

Bar Associations

Law Schools

Find Legal Forms / Find Lawyers

Florida
Florida Bar Online
Fla. Board of Bar Examiners
Florida Justice Association
Am. Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fla)
Fla. Assn. of Criminal Def. Lawyers
Fla. Defense Lawyers Association
Fla. Assoc. for Women Lawyers
Fla. Law Related Education Assoc
Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association

County Bars With Sites
Brandon Bar Assoc
Brevard County Bar Assoc
Broward County Bar Assoc
Clearwater Bar Assoc
Collier County Bar Assoc
Coral Gables Bar Assoc
Dade County Trial Lawyers Assoc
Hillsborough County Bar Assoc
Indian River Bar Assoc
Jacksonville Bar Assoc
Lee County Bar Assoc
Orange County Bar Assoc*
Palm Beach County Bar Assoc
Sarasota County Bar Assoc
St. Lucie County Bar Assoc
St. Petersburg Bar Assoc
Tallhassee Bar Assoc
Volusia County Bar Assoc.
West Pasco County Bar Assoc
Other Specialty Bars in Fla. (There are many  local, regional and specialty bars without websites which are listed on this index).

National Bar Associations
American  Bar Association
Assoc. Trial Lawyers America
National Bar Association 
Other National Bar Organizations

Florida
Barry Univ. School of Law
Florida A&M University College of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law
Florida State University College of Law
Nova University Shepard Broad Law Center
St. Thomas University School of Law
Stetson University College of Law
University of Florida College of Law

University of Miami School of Law

Schools Outside Florida
Links to US Law Schools
Association of American Law Schools
US News Law School Rankings
Non-US Law Schools

Legal Assistants / Paralegal Schools
ABA Approved Paralegal Education Programs

 

Find Legal Forms
Family Law  Forms (Fla Sup Ct)
Self Help Centers (Fla Sup Ct)
Forms from Fla Sec'y of State
Legal Forms From 'Lectric Law Library
FindLaw Forms Page
KU Law Library's Legal Research Links: Forms
LexisONE List of Free Forms
WashLaw's Forms Links
FindForms
Legal Forms
Nolo eForms$
Legal Messenger$

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Forms.gov (U.S. gov't. forms)
IRS Forms and Publications
US Copyright Office Forms
US Patent & Trademark Office Forms
US Immigration & Naturalization Forms
Social Security Forms

Find Lawyers
Lawyers.com-- from Martindale-Hubbell
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator*
LawOffice.com-- from FindLaw
Florida Bar Attorney Search

 

Federal Courts

Federal Government Sites

Federal Research

US Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia

Courts of Appeal
1st Circuit Court of Appeal
2d Circuit Court of Appeal
3d Circuit Court of Appeal
4th Circuit Court of Appeal
5th Circuit Court of Appeal
6th Circuit Court of Appeal
7th Circuit Court of Appeal
8th Circuit Court of Appeal
9th Circuit Court of Appeal
10th Circuit Court of Appeal
11th Circuit Court of Appeal
DC Circuit Court of Appeal
Federal Circuit Court of Appeal
Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Misc Federal Courts
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Tax Court

All Other Federal Courts
Federal Judicial Branch
Electronic Public Access PACER Service

 

Congress and White House
US House of Representatives
US Senate
Legislative Branch Information
White House

Departments & Agencies
A-Z Index of U.S. Gov't Depts & Agencies
Administrative Decisions & Other Actions

Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Consumer Product Safety Commission
U.S. Copyright Office
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Trade Commission
General Services Administration
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Government Printing Office
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Internal Revenue Service
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
National Aeronautical and Space Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Personnel Management
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Peace Corps
Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation
United States Postal Services
Social Security Administration
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Treasury
Veteran Affairs

Statutes and Regulations
US Code*
US Constitution
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register

Cases
US Supreme Court Opinions (from 1893) 
11th Circuit Court Opinions (from 1994)
Other Circuit Court Opinions

Other
Thomas- Legislative Info - Lib'y of Congress*
US Govt Printing Office* (GPO Access)
Library of Congress
Law Library of Congress
FedLaw
USA.Gov Reference Center
USA.Gov Laws & Regulations Reference Center
GobiernoUSA.Gov en Español

International
Global Legal Information Network
American Society of International Law
University of Chicago International Law Pages
United Nations Info

 

*Particular favorites

These links were  compiled by Scott R. McMillen in January 2001 [rev. 2/2008 SH].  Copyright of this compilation is owned jointly by Scott R. McMillen and the Central Florida Library Cooperative.  You are given permission to use this compilation on your personal computer and on your computer at your place of business.  You are not permitted to make copies for sale, or to distribute copies in connection with any other training seminars.  A version of this compilation page will eventually be uploaded to the website of the Orange County Bar Association.  Look there for updates, at http://ocbanet.org/linkslist.htm. [It was. It is no longer maintained there. SH]  Thank you.  Scott R. McMillen, mcmillen@floridamalpractice.com; and the Central Florida Library Cooperative, http://www.cflc.net . January 18, 2001.

 

 

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