Legal Resources on the Internet
LAW SPECIFIC SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.findlaw.com -- FindLaw is a companion resource to LawCrawler that allows focused searches. FindLaw is now part of the West Publishing Group.
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com -- LawCrawler is owned and operated by FindLaw, a member of the West group.
http://www.lawrunner.com -- Index of more than 30 million pages. An advanced AltaVista engine.
http://www.lawresearch.com/v10/search10.htm -- An index of many of the searchable on-line indexes focusing on primary U.S. legal resources. Hosted by Georgia State University Law School.
SUBJECT GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES
http://www.catalaw.com -- Self described as the “catalog of catalogs” of worldwide law on the Internet this site offers a Topics choice, Regions choice and an Extra information selection.
http://www.google.com/ -- Google provides a topic/directory resource together with its search engine.
http://www.ilrg.com -- Internet Legal Resource Guide includes more than 4,000 web sites in 238 nations.The site links by topic to forms, law firms and legal experts and includes a search feature.
http://www.lexisone.com -- A Lexis product that includes both free and fee products and information.Under free resources click on Legal Internet Guide for an excellent topic arrangement of web resources.
http://www.looksmart.com/ -- LookSmart has reviewed and organized more than a million Web pages into 30,000 categories organized hierarchically. Searches can be done by keyword or through the categories. Keyword searching gives results of relevant categories as well as relevant sites.The site includes a direct link to AltaVista searching by keyword.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/ -- Created and maintained by the University of Indiana School of Law.
http://www.washlaw.edu -- Washburn University School of Law - click on subject index.
http://www.yahoo.com/ -- Yahoo is fairly comprehensive, but its relative large size can make it difficult for precision searching. This search engine doesn’t roam the Web collecting information. Web pages are registered with this site, and Yahoo reviews the registrations to determine if they will or will not accept the registration. This is a good jumping off point for yellow pages, maps and stock quotes.
FLORIDA LEGAL RESOURCES
FLORIDA JUDICIAL RESOURCES
Florida State Courts
http://www.flcourts.org/
-- This site provides access to the Florida Court System and Florida Supreme
Court. Florida Supreme Court opinions including proposed and recently enacted court rules are available in
both compressed ZIP and self-extracting EXE formats. Provided are links to the Florida District Courts of Appeal for
Florida, Circuit Courts and County Courts. A site map is included in this searchable sites.
Florida Supreme Court Opinions
http://www.flcourts.org/sct/sctdocs/index.html#ops
-- This site for Florida Supreme Court decisions may be reached directly or
through the Florida State Courts site. The
site includes proposed court rules, recently enacted court rules as well as
Florida Supreme Court opinions beginning in 1995.
Florida Supreme Court Opinions (University of Florida site)
http://www.law.ufl.edu/opinions/supreme/index.shtml
-- Available opinions beginning in September 1995.
Florida Supreme Court Case Disposition Orders
http://www.flcourts.org/sct/clerk/disposition/index.html
-- Case disposition orders, which dispose of pending cases without a formal
written opinion, are listed by the month of the disposition. Dispositions are
only available online for cases whose dispositions were after August 14, 2000. You may also search by case
number. Include SC in front of the docket number. [SC95110, SC99-207 or SC00-111] If you don=t have the date of disposition or docket number, search the
Supreme Court website at http://www.flcourts.org/cgi-bin/texis.exe/webinator/newsearch/
Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments - Calendar & Briefs (Current Term)
http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/sctpress.html#summaries
Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments - Calendar & Briefs (Beginning April 1998)
http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/summaries/archives.html
Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments - Live
http://www.wfsu.org/gavel2gavel
-- This site, created by Florida State University and its WFSU-TV Broadcast Center, provides live audio and video access to Florida Supreme Court oral arguments.
Live Arguments are available as they happen in RealVideo and RealAudio.
Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments - archives
http://www.wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/archives.html
-- Beginning in October 1997, the Court, together with Florida State University and its WFSU-TV Broadcast Center, began broadcasting Court arguments in audio and video format via the Internet.
They can be accessed through archived audio or video.
Florida Supreme Court WWW Legal Research Collection
http://www.flcourts.org/links/index.html
-- This page provides links to the Florida Supreme Court’s growing collection
of significant legal research sites on the Internet emphasizing Florida and federal law.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/
-- Brought together through a collaborative effort between the Hugh F. Macmillan
Law Library, Emory University School of Law and the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, this page offers decisions from 1994
to present. These opinions can be
viewed in either full text on the web or downloaded.
This page also includes keyword search capabilities.
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
http://www.flnd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Florida - Northern District
http://www.flnb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Florida - Middle District
http://www.flmb.uscourts.gov
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Florida - Southern District
Florida Law Online
http://www.floridalawonline.net/
-- This site includes keyword search options for Florida Supreme Court opinions
beginning in September, 1995. Florida Ethics Opinions searchable by number,
subject or keyword are also available at this site.
Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions searchable by keyword can be
accessed from this site also.
The Florida Lawyer
http://www.fla-law.com/courts.htm
-- This site, created and maintained by Robert S. Glazier, includes links to
Florida Courts including links to some County courts.
FLORIDA RULES OF COURT
Most of these court rules are in Adobe Acrobat format to facilitate downloading and printing.
Florida Bar - Rules Regulating
http://www.flabar.org/divexe/rrtfb.nsf/WContents?OpenView
Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/416879C4A88CBF0485256B29004BFAF8/$FILE/04familylawrules.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/830A6BC6B90DA05685256B29004BFAC0/$FILE/04appellateprocedure.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/10C69DF6FF15185085256B29004BF823/$FILE/04civilprocedure.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/BDFE1551AD291A3F85256B29004BF892/$FILE/04CriminalRules.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Judicial Administration
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/63413B851B738BA585256B29004BF86B/$FILE/04judadm.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Probate Rules
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/6C2FEF97C5969ACD85256B29004BFA12/$FILE/ProbateRules04.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Traffic Court
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/0FF693985C17374385256B29004BFA46/$FILE/TrafficRules04.pdf?OpenElement
Florida Rules of Workers Compensation Procedure
http://www.flabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/E36779A95C89B00985256B29004BF9E0/$FILE/WorkersCompRules04.pdf?OpenElement
U.S. District Court - Local Rules
Northern District of Florida
http://www.flnd.uscourts.gov/forms/Attorney/localRules2004.pdf
Middle District of Florida
http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/local_rules.htm
Southern District of Florida
ftp://ftp.netside.net/usdcfls/localrules2.PDF
The Florida Legislature
http://www.myflorida.com/portal/Government
-- This is the official guide to the Florida State Legislature.
The page offers a guide to the legislature, daily calendars and journals,
searchable copies of the Florida Statutes and Constitution, information on
lobbyists, members of the House and Senate, and links to other Florida
government Web sites.
Florida Statutes and Constitution
http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?modeconstitution&submenu=3&tab=statutes
-- Provides electronic copies of the Florida Statutes and Constitution.
Searchable by keyword. This
page may also be reached through the Online Sunshine Web site.
General Laws of Florida
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/laws/laws_proced.shtml
-- Developed and updated by the Florida Department of State, this page provides
access to Florida General Laws. These
laws may be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat, and the page includes a site to
obtain the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Florida Legislative Calendars and Journals
http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?mode=journals&tab=session&submenu=3
-- The Florida Legislative Journals are available beginning with the 1998
Regular Session.
Statutes, Bills, Calendars & Lobbyist Information
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
-- This site provides access
to current Bills, the current legislative calendars for the House and Senate and
Lobbyist information.
Florida House of Representatives Committees
http://www.myfloridahouse.com/committees.aspx
-- This site, accessible directly or through the Online Sunshine page provides
links to all House Committees. Committee links provide information on committee
members and committee sponsored bills.
Florida Senate Committees
http://www.flsenate.gov/committees/index.cfm?chamber=senate
-- This site, accessible directly or through the Online Sunshine page, provides
links to all Senate Committees. Committee
links provide information on committee members and committee sponsored bills.
Florida Government WWW Sites
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/agencies.html
-- This site lists State agencies, departments and divisions with links to their
web sites. This is an excellent comprehensive Florida government site.
FLORIDA EXECUTIVE INTERNET RESOURCES
Governor’s Office
http://www.myflorida.com/b_eog/owa/b_eog_www.html.main_page
-- This site include links to veto messages from 1995 to date, 1998 Executive
Orders, budget reports, legislative accomplishments and information focusing on
the office of the Governor. A Florida government directory by subject, agency or personnel is also available through
this Web site. Links to Other State and Federal Web Sites add to the usefulness of this Web page.
Governor’s Agencies
http://www.state.fl.us/eog/overview/indexagc.htm
-- This site can be reached through the Governor’s Web site or directly. It
includes a list of all Governor’s Agencies with links to their Web sites.
Florida Attorney General
http://myfloridalegal.com/
-- The Florida Attorney General’s page includes Advisory Legal Opinions from
1974 to date. General information
concerning the mission and activities of the Attorney General’s Office is
available at this site. A link is
provided to all other Attorneys General in the United States and the U.S. Attorney General.
FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNET RESOURCES
Florida Administrative Code (Current Edition)
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/fac/index.shtml
-- Adobe Acrobat, installed AFTER Netscape or Internet Explorer is required to
access the FAC online. Use instructions are included at the site.
Florida Administrative Weekly
http://faw.dos.state.fl.us/fawframes.html
-- Back issues of the Weekly will be available on the Internet on their publication dates. Searchable issues
are also available. Issues of the Weekly are available for online viewing and individual sections of an issue may
be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
State of Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
http://www.doah.state.fl.us/internet
-- This site provides links to the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
and includes links to the Uniform Rules and Medical Malpractice Arbitration
Rules.
Florida Division of Corporations
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/doc
-- This is the Florida Division of Corporations= online information, research
and electronic processing service center. Access is provided to the Division’s
business entity, lien information and image databases.
Documents and forms necessary for filing can be downloaded or printed
from this site.
Florida UCC Filings
http://www.floridaucc.com
-- The Florida Department of State privatized the process of filing and
maintaining the Florida Secured Transaction Registry. Effective October 1, 2001, Image API, Inc., and its partner the Florida Bankers Association, were
selected as the vendor. This web site will provide information on obtaining
forms, electronic filing and searches.
Florida Department of State Corporations Public Access System
http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/index.html
-- This is the direct link to obtain filing information online.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/
-- This is an excellent statistical resource. The site includes links to relevant Florida
databases including Sexual Predators, Missing Children, Background Checks,
FL’s Most Wanted, Unsolved Homicides, Stolen Property, and Wanted Missing
Persons.
State of Florida Department of Revenue
http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/
-- This site offers links to information about child support, state taxes, tax
forms and research. Sales and Use Tax primary sources are available through the tax research link on this page.
MUNICIPAL INTERNET INFORMATION
Municipal Code Corporation
http://fws.municode.com
-- This database is a collection of mostly local government Codes of Ordinances
At least 200 Florida municipalities are included in this list, by far the largest number for any
state listed.
Florida [The USA CityLink Project]
http://usacitylink.com/citylink/fl/
-- This is a nationwide site providing links to city Web sites.
Arranged by state, this link focuses on Florida cities. A “select a site”
option on this page will let a user move to any other state.
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
Florida Government Information Locator
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils
-- This site offers links to Florida government, education, business, consumer information, history, culture,
libraries, state telephone numbers and Florida facts. Described as a virtual card
catalog of government information, the Locator links to information from and about
Florida State government, and includes links to local and federal government resources.
State of Florida Telephone Directory
http://fcn.state.fl.us/owa_tel/owa/www_tel.public_411
-- A telephone directory of State agencies, personnel, universities, public
schools, community colleges, counties, and cities including a subject index.
This information is maintained by the Division of Communications,
Department of Management Services. Only those listings with SUNCOM numbers are included.
The Florida Lawyer
http://www.fla-law.com/index.htm
-- Sponsored by Miami Appellate attorney Robert S. Glazier, this is a convenient
and relatively complete guide to Internet resources on Florida law.
FLORIDA BAR
FLABAR Online
http://www.flabar.org
-- The website for the Florida Bar offers information concerning the
organization, member and consumer services, news releases, discipline releases,
legislative information, and bar-related issues background papers.
Keyword searching for ethics opinions is available through a link from
this page. Florida bar members may also be located through a name search option.
Florida Law Firms
http://www.fla-law.com/lawyers.htm
-- This is part of The Florida Lawyer web site. It provides access to Florida lawyers and law firms with web sites. It
also links to West’s Legal Directory, the Martindale-Hubbel Legal Directory
and the Florida Bar Legal Locator.
OTHER STATES - LEGAL RESOURCES
America Law Sources Online
http://www.lawsource.com/also/index.htm#[United%20States]
-- Links to web sites for all 50 states and territories.
National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org
-- Includes a list of web sites with state court opinions.
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html
-- A list of web sites with state court opinions.
Courts.Net
http://www.courts.net/
-- A list of web sites with state court opinions.
The State Web Locator
http://www.infoctr.edu/swl/
-- Hosted by Chicago-Kent College of Law.
STATE LEGISLATURES
MultiState
http://www.multistate.com/site.nsf/state?openpage
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/indexconst.html
Yahoo!
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/law/constitutional/constitutions/united_states/state_constitutions
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE CODES
National Association of Secretaries of State
http://www.nass.org/acr/links.html
-- This site links to (1) the home page of each state's Secretary of State's
Office, (2) the online administrative code, and (3) any type of administrative
code "advance sheets" (which are often referred to as
"registers" or "bulletins").
UNIFORM LAWS
Uniform Laws & Uniform Law Commissioners Drafts
http://www.law.upenn.edu/library/ulc/ulc.htm
-- This site is by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. It has the full text of
drafts of uniform laws and the date of each draft. It does not link to
state-enacted versions of these uniform laws.
ALSO! American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usm
-- This site by LawSource, Inc. links to state-enacted versions of many uniform
laws and model acts. It does not include the text of the uniform laws and model
acts Uniform Commercial Code Locator.
Uniform Laws with State Law Links
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ucc.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School includes the full text of each article of the U.C.C. and links to state
statutes that correspond to that article.
Uniform Probate Code Locator
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/probate.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School links to state statutes that correspond to the Uniform Probate Code. It does
not include the text of the Uniform Probate Code.
Uniform Rules of Evidence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/evidence.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School links to state evidence codes that correspond to the Uniform Rules of Evidence.
It does not include the text of the Uniform Rules of Evidence, but does link to
the text of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Uniform Matrimonial, Family, and Health Laws Locator
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol9.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School links to state statutes that correspond to uniform matrimonial, family and
health laws. It does not include the text of the uniform laws.
Uniform Business and Finance Laws Locator
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol7.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School links to state statutes that correspond to uniform business and finance laws.
It does not include the text of the uniform laws.
LOCAL LAW
Municipal Code Corporation
http://www.municode.com/
-- The Municipal Code Corporation is a publisher of city and county codes.
National Association of Counties - County Codes and Ordinances
http://www.naco.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_Counties/Codes_and_Ordinances/Codes_and_Ordinances.htm
Commercial City Locator
http://www.cities.com
Official City Sites
http://OfficialCitySites.org/
COMPREHENSIVE STATE SITES
ALSO! - American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/
-- This site by LawSource, Inc. links to state statutes, bills, court opinions,
administrative codes, court rules, municipal codes, forms and law reviews.
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/index.html
-- This site links to state statutes, bills, court opinions and administrative
codes.
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/state.html
-- This site links to free and fee sources of state statutes, bills, court
opinions and administrative codes.
Georgetown University Legal Explorer
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/florida.cfm
-- This site links to state statutes, bills, court opinions, administrative
codes, court rules, forms and municipal codes.
Rominger State Research Directory
http://www.romingerlegal.com/states.htm
State and Local Governments
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
-- A Library of Congress Internet Resource linking meta-indexes for state and
local government information.
Washburn University Law Library
http://www.washlaw.edu
-- This site links to state statutes, bills, court opinions, administrative
codes and court rules.
FEDERAL STATUTES, LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS
U.S. CONSTITUTION
Unannotated U.S. Constitution via Thomas
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html
Annotated U.S. Constitution via Congressional Research Service (Library of Congress)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
-- Annotations of cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court which interpret the
Constitution.
Annotated U.S. Constitution via FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/
-- Annotations of cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court which interpret the
Constitution.
STATUTES
United States Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
-- Browsing or key word searches.Cites
may be retrieved by popular name or citation.
United States Code via Office of the Law Revision Council
http://uscode.house.gov
United States Code via U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
Helpful Hints for Searching the U.S. Code via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/uscode.html
American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp
-- Links to federal statutes and public laws by popular name.
Public Laws via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html
-- Public Laws beginning with the 104th Congress are searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching Public Laws via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/plaws.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Public laws from 1973 (93rd Congress) to present accessible by public law
number.
U.S. Code Classification Tables (Prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S.
House of Representatives. These tables list sections of the U.S. Code that have been amended.)
http://uscode.house.gov/ussct.htm
-- 106th Congress, 1st Session to 107th Congress, 1st Session.
BILLS
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
-- All published versions of bills from the 103rd, 104th and 105th Congresses,
updated each business day by 11 a.m. Eastern time and searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Bills via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- This site has bills from the 101st (1989/90), 102nd, 103rd, 104th and 105th
Congresses searchable by keyword and bill number.
BILL HISTORY AND STATUS
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces200.html
-- History of bills from 1983 to the present searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the History of Bills via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Summary and status of bills from 1973 (93rd Congress) to the present,
searchable by keyword and bill number.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Congressional Record via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
-- 1995 to the present searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Record via
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/cri.html
Congressional Record Index via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces190.html
-- Congressional Record Index from 1983 to the present.
Congressional Record & Congressional Record Index via
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Congressional Record begins with the 101st Congress (1989) and Congressional
Record Index begins in 1994.Searchable by keyword and member of Congress. Can browse by date.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Committee Reports via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html
-- Beginning with the 104th Congress.Searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Reports via
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/creports.html
Committee Reports via THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- 104th and 105th Congresses committee reports.
Searchable by keyword, report number, bill number and committee.
CONGRESS
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
Congressional Documents via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong006.html
-- Selected House and Senate documents and Treaty Documents from the 104th and 105th Congresses searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching Congressional Documents via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/cdocs.html
COMMITTEES
Joint Economic Committee - 1997-1998 hearings
http://www.house.gov/jec/hearings.htm
Records of the Joint Committees of Congress 1789 to 1968
http://www.nara.gov/nara/legislative/house_guide/hgch23.html
U.S. House of Representatives Committees
http://www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.html
U.S. Senate Committees
http://www.senate.gov/committees/index.cfm
MISCELLANEOUS CONGRESSIONAL INTERNET LEGAL RESOURCES
CNN's AllPolitics
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
-- Has news articles and special reports on current legislative topics.
Congressional Directory via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html
-- For the 104th and 105th Congresses.
FedNet
http://www.fednet.net/
-- From this site, you can listen to live Senate and House debates, press
announcements and hearings. Archived files are available for subscribers.
The Hill
http://www.hillnews.com/
-- News articles about Congress.
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
-- Has information about candidates and elected officials, voting records and a
list of major legislation from the current Congress arranged by topic.
Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com/
-- News articles about Congress.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
White House Home Page
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html
-- Available from 1993 to the present and searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents Online via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/wcomp.html
Executive Orders Disposition Table
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html
-- Beginning January 9, 1939 to date.
Numerical Listing of Presidential Executive Orders Available Electronically
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal1g.htm
President George W. Bush Executive Orders
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Cornell University - Administrative Agencies Overview
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/administrative.html
Official U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites
http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Current Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
-- Searching National Archives
and Records Administration.
Current Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
-- For Browsing National Archives and Records Administration.
LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/lsa/aboutlsa.html
-- For updating the Code of Federal Regulations.
FEDERAL REGISTER
Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
-- 1995 to the present. Searchable by date and keyword.
Federal Register via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
-- Multi-databases searchable by keyword from 1994.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Federal Register via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/fr.html
Today's Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
COMPREHENSIVE SITES FOR FEDERAL INFORMATION
SITES THAT LINK TO PRIMARY SOURCES
ALSO! - American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1
-- On one page, there are links to federal court opinions, legislation, regulations and court rules.
FedLaw
http://www.legal.gsa.gov/
-- This site was developed to provide cost-effective researching for federal
lawyers and other federal employees. It features shortcuts to frequently accessed sites such as the U.S. Code, public
laws, federal regulations and state laws.
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html
-- Links to federal court opinions, legislation and regulations.
SITES THAT LINK TO U.S. GOVERNMENT HOME PAGES
GPO Pathway Services — By Topic
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/topics/index.html
-- A directory of federal government Internet sites, arranged by topic.
SITES THAT SEARCH U.S. GOVERNMENT WEB PAGES
FedWorld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov/
-- Searches U.S. Government web pages.
SITES THAT SEARCH FOR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Government Information Locator Services (GILS)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html
-- From the U.S. Government Printing Office, this site searches GILS records
which identify and describe federal government public information resources
including Internet sites, CD-ROMS, books and periodicals.
Helpful Hints for Searching GILS
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/gils.html
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/cgp/index.html
MISCELLANEOUS
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
-- Statistics from more than 70 federal agencies.
The United States Government Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
-- Beginning with the 1995-96 Government Manual.
LITIGATION
COURT RULES
See also Florida Judicial Resources and Florida Rules of Court
Rules of Court (Genie Tyburski, Law Library Resource Xchange)
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules -- Links to federal and state court rules.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Cornell Law School)
http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/frcrm/query=*/doc/{t1}?
Federal Rules of Evidence (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html
Uniform Rules of Evidence Locator (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/evidence.html
CLASS ACTIONS
Central Notice (The Notice Company, LLC)
http://www.notice.com/classactions/
-- Searchable database listing many class actions.
Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford University School of Law)
http://securities.stanford.edu/
NEWS
Business Litigation News FindLaw.
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/business/
MISCELLANEOUS
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
http://www.atlanet.org/
Federal Judicial Center Publications
http://www.fjc.gov/newweb/jnetweb.nsf/autoframe?openform&url_r=pages/556&url_l=index
-- Includes publications about litigation.
FindLaw - Litigation
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/29litigation/index.html
-- Listing of litigation sites.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2000-2001 ed.) (Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/citation.table.html
The 'Lectric Law Library Forms Room
http://www.lectlaw.com/form.html
-- Includes litigation forms.
EXPERT WITNESSES
Expert Pages
http://expertpages.com/
Expert Witness Internet Resources (
Northern California
Association of Law Libraries)
http://www.nocall.org/experts.htm
ExpertWitness.com
http://www.expertwitness.com/
Experts and Consultants FindLaw
http://marketcenter.findlaw.com/experts_consultants.html
Experts Database Hieros Gamos
http://www.hg.org/ex_sel.html
LawInfo.com - Expert Witnesses
http://LawInfo.com/biz/expertwitness.html
The National Directory of Expert Witnesses (Claims Providers of America)
http://www.claims.com/index.html
JURY VERDICTS
Jury Verdicts, Forensic Experts & More (Morelaw)
http://www.morelaw.com/
Verdict Search
http://www.bluesheet.com/
FORMS
American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/
Securities Lawyer’s Deskbook
http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/sldtoc.html
-- The Center for Corporate Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law. Forms prescribed for use
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the SEC Act of 1934.
Collection of State Tax Forms
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/govdocs/taxes.html
-- From the Louisiana State University Libraries
Find Forms
http://www.findforms.com
-- Includes free and fee forms.
Find Law Forms
http://findlaw.com/16forms/
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/forms_pubs/index.html
The “Lectric Law Library Forms Room
http://www.lectlaw.com/form.html
LexisOne Forms
http://www.lexisone.com/store/catalog?action=main
-- Includes both free and fee forms.
State Tax Forms (Federation of Tax Administrators)
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/FORMS.html
U.S. Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/forms/
U.S. General Service Administration
http://www.gsa.gov/forms/
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms
U.S. Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/online/forms.html
Forms From the Feds (University of Memphis)
http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/forms.html -- Links to federal
agency web pages that contain dowloadable forms.
VITAL RECORDS
Vital Records Information
http://vitalrec.com/index.html
-- Provides information on where to write for vital records.
KnowX
http://www.knowx.com/
-- A comprehensive source for all public records information in the U.S.
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec28
VitalChek
http://www.vitalchek.com/
TOPICAL - ACCOUNTING
AICPA Online (American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants)
http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm
-- Includes links to state information, online publications, current news and more.
Deloitte & Touche LLP - Library
http://www.dtonline.com/INDEX.HTM
-- Contains full text guides prepared by Deloitte & Touche on business,
taxes and personal finance.
The Electronic Accountant
http://www.electronicaccountant.com/
-- Created by Faulkner & Gray, this includes links to accounting sites,
daily news, tax software and more.
H&R Block - The Tax Site on the Internet
http://hrblock.com/tax/
Rutgers Accounting Resources on the Internet
http://accounting.rutgers.edu
TOPICAL - AGRICULTURAL LAW
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
Congressional Research Service Reports (Committee for the
National Institute for the Environment)
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/
Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.
http://www.flaginc.org/
Foreign Agricultural Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/
National Agricultural Library (part of the Agricultural
Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
http://www.nalusda.gov/
National Center for Agricultural Law
http://law.uark.edu/arklaw/aglaw/
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/
TOPICAL - ANTITRUST LAW
Department of Justice Antitrust Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
-- Includes briefs and other case documents, guidelines, business review
letters, bank merger transaction documents, international agreements, press
releases, Congressional testimony, speeches, and more.
Department of Justice Antitrust Division Cases
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases.html
-- Electronic version of selected documents filed by the Antitrust Division
beginning in 1994. Cases are indexed by party names and Amicus Curiae briefs are listed by plaintiff.
Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/ --
Includes the FTC Rules of Practice, amicus briefs, legislation, litigation
status report, complaints, orders, advisory opinions, and more.
Federal Trade Commission - Statutes
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/stat2.htm
-- Full text of statutes enforced by the FTC.
American Antitrust Institute
http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/about.cfm
ABA's Section of Antitrust Law
http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/
Antitrust Policy
http://www.antitrust.org/
-- An on-line resource linking economic research, policy and cases.
Internet Legal Research Compass from Villanova
http://vls.law.vill.edu/compass/guide/antitrust.htm
Plain English Guide to Antitrust Laws
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/index.htm
-- Prepared by the Federal Trade Commission.
TOPICAL - ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
ADR and Mediation Resources by Texas attorney Stephen R. Marsh
http://adrr.com/ -- This
site includes essays on mediation written by Marsh and others and a collection
of links to other ADR web sites.
American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/ --
This site includes the text of the Association's rules and procedures; forms;
ethics codes; procedural guides; state arbitration statutes; federal
legislation; the Uniform Arbitration Act; and selected articles from Dispute
Resolution Journal, Punch List: Construction Dispute Avoidance and Resolution,
ADR Currents: The Newsletter of Dispute Resolution Law and Practice, and Dispute
Resolution Times.
American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution
http://www.abanet.org/dispute/home.html
Campus Mediation Resources (Wayne State University)
http://www.mtds.wayne.edu/campus.htm
-- This site has information regarding the development of mediation and conflict
resolution services at colleges and universities, including sample documents.
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
http://www.cpradr.org/
-- This site includes sample ADR clauses; Model ADR Procedures and Practices;
directories of the CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals; and more.
Federal Judicial Center Publications
http://www.fjc.gov/newweb/jnetweb.nsf/autoframe?openform&url_r=pages/556&url_l=index
-- Several ADR publications are available on this site in Portable Document
Format (PDF).
FedLaw - Arbitration and Mediation Materials
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm
-- This site, compiled by the U.S. General Services Administration, has links to
federal statutes, ethics codes, rules, and more.
Hieros Gamos ADR Links
http://www.hg.org/adr.html
-- This site links to ADR web sites.
International ADR
http://www.internationalADR.com
-- This web site includes treaties, arbitration laws arranged by country,
summaries of recent arbitral awards and judicial decisions, a directory of
institutions and rules and a directory of model clauses.
International Commercial Arbitration: Resources in Print
and Electronic Format Lyonette Louis-Jacques (University of Chicago Law School, D'Angelo Law Library)
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/intlarb.html
-- This is a bibliography that includes links to ADR web sites.
International Chamber of Commerce - International Court of Arbitration
http://www.iccwbo.org/index_court.asp
-- This site includes model clauses and rules.
Mediation Information and Resource Center
http://www.mediate.com/
-- This site includes articles, an international database of mediation service
providers, and ethical standards.
NASD Regulation (National Association of Securities Dealers)
http://www.nasdr.com/
-- This site includes the full text of the NASD Manual, which includes NASD's Code of Arbitration Procedure.
National Center for State Courts' ADR Clearinghouse
http://ncsc.dni.us/is/clrhouse/adrsumm.htm
-- This site includes a listing of state court rules for ADR programs, a list of
contacts for state ADR programs and bibliographies of publications on
arbitration, mediation and ADR generally.
National Mediation Board
http://www.nmb.gov/ -- A U.S.
government agency dealing with labor-management relations in the rail and air
transport industries. The site includes their rules, Representation Manual,
recent determinations and forms.
Recommended Conflict Resolution Web Links
http://www.adrr.com/adr0/links.htm
-- Includes a link to a mediation search engine.
U.S.-Mexico Conflict Resolution Center
http://crc.nmsu.edu/ --
This site includes sample clauses.
Yahoo! Arbitration and Mediation Resources
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Alternative_Dispute_Resolution/
-- A listing of ADR web sites.
TOPICAL - BANKING LAW
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/ --
Includes Financial Institution Letters since 1995, final regulations, proposed
regulations, and more.
Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov
-- -Includes Supervision and Regulation Letters since 1990, Interpretive Letters
since 1996, 1997 articles from the Federal Reserve Bulletin, and more.
Federal Reserve System's National Information Center of Banking Information
http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/default.HTM
National Credit Union Administration
http://www.ncua.gov/ --
Includes NCUA Letters to Credit Unions since 1975, Regulatory Alerts since 1996,
Interpretive Rulings and Policy Statements since 1979, Legal Opinion Letters
since 1979, Prohibition Orders since 1991, regulations, proposed regulations,
and more.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.occ.treas.gov/
-- Includes OCC's monthly
publication Interpretations and Actions beginning May 1996, OCC's Weekly
Bulletin beginning April 1996, Community Reinvestment Act regulations and
interpretations, proposed regulations, and more.
Office of Thrift Supervision
http://www.ots.treas.gov/
-- Includes final rules and interim final rules, proposed regulations, 1997
Office of Chief Counsel Opinions, and more.
NEWS
American Banker
http://www.americanbanker.com
-- A daily newsletter covering the financial services industry.
Bank Rate Monitor
http://www.bankrate.com/
Credit and Collections World
http://ccr.faulknergray.com/
-- Includes daily news summaries.
Credit Union Journal
http://www.cujournal.com/
-- Includes daily news summaries.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Banking Channel(Thomson Financial Publishing)
http://www.thebankingchannel.com
-- Includes a wide variety of banking information.
Shop - The Card You Pick Can Save You Money (The Federal Reserve Board)
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/shop
-- Includes a survey of credit card plans offered by financial institutions.
TOPICAL - BANKRUPTCY LAW
U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURTS
Federal Judiciary Links Page
http://www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html
-- Links to all Bankruptcy Courts arranged by Federal Appellate Circuit. The site begins with other links including a party index.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Title 11 of the U.S. Code, Bankruptcy Code (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/11/
U.S. Bankruptcy Law (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html
-- A listing of bankruptcy sources.
MISCELLANEOUS
National Bankruptcy Review Commission
http://www.abiworld.org/legis/review/
United States Trustee Program
http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/
-- Includes FOIA information and private trustee resources.
AllLaw Bankruptcy
http://www.alllaw.com/legal_topic_index/bankruptcy/
American Bankruptcy Institute
http://www.abiworld.org
-- Includes news, statistics, bills, etc.
Bankruptcy Lawfinder (Created by Warren E. Agin of Swiggart
& Agin, LL.C)
http://www.high-tech-law.com/lawfind/
-- A listing of bankruptcy web sites.
Bernstein’s Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology
http://www.bernsteinlaw.com/publications/bankdict.shtml
Commercial Law League of America
http://www.clla.org/
InterNet Bankruptcy Library (Worldwide Troubled Company Resources. Bankruptcy Creditors' Service, Inc. and Beard Group, Inc.)
http://bankrupt.com/index.html
Internet Law Library Bankruptcy & Debt Collection
http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/311.htm
-- A private law firm site with excellent links.
LawInfo Bankruptcy
http://www.lawinfo.com/legal-audio/windows/bankruptcy-guide.html
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc.
http://nacba.com
TOPICAL - COMMUNICATIONS LAW
PRIMARY SOURCES
Communications Law Materials (Cornell Law Library)
http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/topics/communications.html
-- Includes federal statutes and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/
FCC Cable Services Bureau
http://www.fcc.gov/csb/
-- Includes news releases, notices and orders.
FCC Common Carrier Bureau
http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/
-- Includes notices, news releases, orders, and more.
FCC Consumer Information Bureau
http://www.fcc.gov/cib/
-- Includes orders and news releases.
FCC International Bureau
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/
-- Includes news releases, notices and orders.
FCC Mass Media Bureau
http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/
-- Includes news releases, orders and notices.
FCC Office of General Counsel
http://www.fcc.gov/ogc/
-- Includes recent court opinions.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
MISCELLANEOUS
American Communication Association
http://www.americancomm.org/
Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/
Federal Communications Law Journal (Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington and the Federal Communications Bar Association)
http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/index.shtml
-- Issues are online beginning December 1993.
TOPICAL CRIMINAL LAW
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
http://www.atf.treas.gov/
Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/leb.htm
-- A monthly publication.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/caserulc.htm
Federal Sentencing Guidelines
http://www.ussc.gov/guidelin.htm
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
http://www.fincen.gov/
National Institute of Justice (The Research & Development Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
Uniform Code of Military Justice
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/10/subtitles/a/parts/ii/chapters/47/toc.html
-- Available through FindLaw.
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/
U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorneys’ Manual
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/
U.S. Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov -- Has sentencing guidelines.
STATISTICS
Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
MISCELLANEOUS
Buffalo criminal law center
http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/
-- Sponsored by the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.
Court TV Online
http://www.courttv.com/
-- The television program, Court TV is also accessible on the Web. Features include Verdicts, Current Court TV Trials, Cases in the News,
Famous Cases, Legal Documents, and excellent links to other law related pages.
Criminal Justice Links
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
-- Prepared and maintained by Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Criminal Law Links on the Internet
http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/resource.htm
-- Maintained by the Buffalo Criminal Law Center.
Federal Rules of Evidence (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/
New Mexico State University Library Law & Criminal Justice
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/crime/crime.html
-- Excellent links to other criminal justice sites.
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
http://www.uncjin.org
Web of Justice (Pinellas County Department of Justice Coordination)
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/juscoord/exploremain.htm
-- Lists links to criminal justice web sites.
TOPICAL - CYBERSPACE LAW
Canadian Internet Law Resource Page (Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa Law School)
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~geist/cilrp.html
The Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
Cybercrimes
http://www.cybercrimes.net/
-- Web site from the University of Dayton School of Law.
Cyberlaw Encyclopedia
http://www.gahtan.com/cyberlaw/
-- Index to over 50 topics related to the Internet and Cyberspace law.
Cyber-Liberties (American Civil Liberties Union)
http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/hmcl.html
Cyberspace Bar Association
http://www.cyberbar.net/
Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/
Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/
Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/
Glossary of Internet Terms
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Hieros Gamos Technology and Cyber Law links
http://www.hg.org/tech.html
Internet Case Digest
http://www.perkinscoie.com/casedigest/default.cfm
-- Private law firm case digest.
LegalEthics.com
http://www.legalethics.com
-- Ethics and Internet legal services.
The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/hp.html
-- Includes cases, legislation and other information.
U.S. National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
http://nii.nist.gov/
TOPICAL - EMPLOYMENT & LABOR LAW
PRIMARY SOURCES
EEOC Regulations
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Title 29 of U.S. Code (Cornell Law Library)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/
Statutes and Executive Orders (U.S. Department of Labor)
http://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/consolid.pl?regs+statutes
U.S. Department of Labor Regulations (U.S. DOL Home Page)
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/cfr/main.htm
U.S. Department of Labor Federal Register Documents (U.S. DOL Home Page)
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/fedreg/main.htm
-- Includes final and proposed rules and notices.
U.S. Department of Labor Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations (U.S. DOL Home Page)
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/agenda.htm
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
U.S. Department of Labor Home Page
http://www.dol.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Elaws - U.S. Department of Labor Employment Laws Assistance for Workers & Small Businesses
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/
-- A series of individual Advisors (such as Family and Medical Leave Act
Advisor) designed to help employers and employees understand their rights and
responsibilities.
Employment Standards Administration
http://www.dol.gov/esa/welcome.html
-- Includes legislation, executive orders, and proposed and final regulations.
Employment Standards Administration, Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs
http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/index.htm
Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/
-- Includes statutes, regulations and executive orders.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
http://www.msha.gov --
Includes legislation, proposed and final regulations, program policy manual,
program policy letters, and program information bulletins.
Office of Administrative Law Judges
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/
-- Cases arranged by topic, Administrative Procedure Act and Rules of Practice
and Procedure, etc.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/ --
Includes regulations, legislation, Federal Register notices, etc.
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
-- Includes final and proposed regulations.
Regulatory and Statutory Information
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/main.htm
-- Statutes, executive orders, regulations, etc.
OTHER FEDERAL SITES
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/ --
Includes EEOC enforcement guidance and related documents, proposed regulations,
etc.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://www.flra.gov/ --
Includes Authority cases since 1994, Office of General Counsel guidance and
policies since 1994, and Federal Service Impasses Panel final actions since
1994.
National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov --
Full text of recent decisions, rules and regulations, NLRB Casehandling Manual,
etc.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
http://www.oshrc.gov/
-- Includes rules of procedure, procedural guides, commission decisions, ALJ
decisions, and the OSHA act.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
http://www.dol.gov/dol/odep/
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
http://www.pbgc.gov/ --
Includes final and proposed regulations, policy statements, interest rates,
notices, technical updates, opinion letters, forms, etc.
Social Security Online
http://www.ssa.gov/ --
Includes legislation, recent Congressional testimony, final and proposed
regulations, and rulings since 1960.
U.S. National Labor Relations Board Decisions and Orders
http://www.nlrb.gov/decision.html
MISCELLANEOUS
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm
Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page (U.S. Department of Justice)
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
-- New and proposed regulations, settlement agreements, technical assistance
letters, and more.
BenefitsLink
http://www.benefitslink.com/index.shtml
Glossary of Labor and Legal Terminology
http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/clear/Glossary.html
-- Created by the University of Hawaii.
International Labour Organisation
http://www.ilo.org/ --
Includes ILO conventions since 1919, recommendations since 1919, a bibliographic
database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights,
and much more.
Labor Unions - U.S. (Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California Berkeley)
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~iir/library/unionsgd.html
-- A listing of labor union web sites.
Law Research Employment and Labor Law
http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/practice/ctemploy.htm
The Lectric Law Library Employment and Labor Topic Area
http://www.lectlaw.com/temp.html
Workplace Rights (American Civil Liberties Union)
http://www.aclu.org/issues/worker/hmwr.html
TOPICAL - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
PRIMARY LAW
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html#codified
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended Council on Environmental Quality Home Page
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm
Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for Implementing NEPA Council on Environmental Quality Home Page
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm
Department of Energy's NEPA Regulations (10 CFR 1021) (Department of Energy Home Page)
http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/REGULATE/NEPA_REG/1021/nepa1021.htm
Department of Energy's Floodplain and Wetland Regulations (10 CFR 1022) (Department of Energy Home Page)
http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/regulate/nepa_reg/1022/1022.htm
EPA Federal Register Documents (EPA's Home Page)
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/
-- Search documents from October 1994 to the present by date or by keyword.
EPA Major Primary Laws
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended Occupational Safety and Health Administration Home Page
http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshAct_toc/OshAct_toc_by_sect.html
OSHA Regulations - Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Occupational Safety and Health Administration Home Page)
http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_toc/OSHA_Std_toc.html
Environmental Law Sources (Cornell Law Library)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/environmental.html
-- Includes federal statutes, recent environmental law decisions from the U.S.
Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals and state statutes.
FedLaw's Environmental Laws U.S. General Services Administration
http://fedlaw.gsa.gov:80/legal14.htm
-- Links to federal statutes, executive orders, regulations and treaties.
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency)
http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html
-- This site includes information such as the HazDat database (Hazardous
Substance Release/Health Effects Database) which provides information on the
release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events
and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
Council on Environmental Quality's NEPAnet
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm
-- This site includes the text of the National Environmental Policy Act as
amended and regulations for implementing NEPA.
Department of Energy's NEPA Web Site
http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/
-- This site includes DOE Floodplain and Wetland Regulations (10 CFR 1022), DOE
NEPA Regulations (10 CFR 1021), DOE NEPA guidance documents and DOE NEPA
announcements. It also has DOE Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact
Statements, Notices of Intent, Notices of Availability, Supplement Analysis and
Mitigation Action Plans.
Department of Energy Office of Environmental Policy & Assistance
http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/oepa/
-- This site includes policy and guidance documents, DOE comments to other
agencies on proposed rules and summaries of federal environmental laws.
Department of the Interior's Natural Resources Library Virtual Reading Room
http://www.ios.doi.gov/nrl/#VirtualRR
-- This site provides links to regulations, journals, etc.
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/ --
This site has Federal Register documents issued by the EPA (notices, meetings,
proposed rules and regulations), federal regulations, federal legislation,
Envirofacts (an information system that provides access to data from 7 EPA
databases) and more.
EPA National Environmental Publications Information System
http://www.epa.gov/cincl/
-- Contains over 6,000 EPA documents.
EPA National Publications Catalog
http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/catalog.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/ --
This site has legislation, legislative news, testimony and the NOAA Legislative
Informer.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.osha.gov/ --
This site includes regulations, legislation, Federal Register documents (final
rules, meetings, notices, proposed rules and Unified Agenda) from 1971 to the
present, OSHA standards interpretation and compliance letters from 1973 to the
present, review commission decisions from 1981 to the present and directives.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
http://www.oshrc.gov/
-- This site includes rules of procedure, procedural guides, commission
decisions from 1981 to the present, ALJ decisions from 1993 to the present and
the OSH Act as amended.
U.S. Geological Survey Environmental Affairs Program
http://h2o.usgs.gov/public/eap/eappage.html
-- This site includes the USGS Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and
Regulations, the USGS Procedures for NEPA Implementation and an index of
environmental documents received by the USGS from 1994 to the present.
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
Cornell Law Library - Environmental Sources
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/environmental.html
-- Includes federal statutes, recent environmental law decisions from the U.S.
Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals and state statutes, as well as links to
federal agency and other environmental web sites.
Environmental Law Net
http://lawvianet.com/
-- Maintained by a major environmental law firm, the site has numerous links to
primary and secondary resources.
EPA State Sites
http://www.clay.net/statag.html
-- Prepared by Cornell University.
FindLaw's Environmental Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/13environmental/index.html
Internet Law Library - Environmental, Natural Resource and Energy Sites
http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/101.htm
-- Originally built and maintained by the U.S. House.
Yahoo! - Environment and Nature
http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/
-- A directory of environmental web sites.
MISCELLANEOUS
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/delpf/
Environmental Law Institute
http://www.eli.org/
Environmental Law Research Guide
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/lib/guides/envqt.htm
-- From Georgetown University, includes primary and secondary resource links.
League of Conservation Voters
http://www.lcv.org/ --
Includes National Environmental Scorecards on members of Congress, letters to
Congress and environmental profiles of new members of Congress.
National Library for the Environment
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crs_main.html
-- This site has over 100 reports relating to the environment, agriculture and
natural resources prepared for Congress by the Library of Congress'
Congressional Research Service.
TOPICAL - ESTATE PLANNING
PRIMARY SOURCES
Estate Planning Law Materials (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/estate_planning.html
-- Includes the full text of 26 U.S.C., Subtitle B - Federal Estate & Gift
Tax, recent U.S. Supreme Court cases with estate and gift tax issues, and the
Uniform Probate Code.
Estates and Trusts Law Materials (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/estates_trusts.html
-- Includes the full text of 26 U.S.C., Subtitle B - Federal Estate & Gift
Tax, recent U.S. Supreme Court cases with estate and gift tax issues, and the
Uniform Probate Code.
State Probate Statutes (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes3.html#probate
Uniform Probate Code Locator Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/probate.html
-- This site by Cornell Law School links to state statutes that correspond to the Uniform Probate Code. It does
not include the text of the Uniform Probate Code.
Uniform Law Commissioners - Drafts of Uniform and Model
Acts
http://www.law.upenn.edu/library/ulc/ulc.htm
-- Includes the Uniform Trust Act and others.
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/ --
Includes the 1996-98 Internal Revenue Bulletins, forms, IRS publications, tax
rate tables and news releases.
Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/ --
Includes forms, legislation and social security rulings and acquiescence rulings
from 1960 to the present.
NEWS
Deloitte & Touche LLP - Tax News & Views
http://www.dtonline.com/tnv/tnv.htm
-- Federal tax news.
Tax Management Tax News (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.)
http://www.bnatax.com
-- Summarizes recent developments in tax news.
LAW FIRM WEB SITES
Harter, Secrest & Emery (a New York law firm)
http://www.hsetax.com/
-- Includes tax news articles written by the firm's tax attorneys.
Mark J. Welch (a California attorney)
http://www.ca-probate.com/
-- Includes articles by Welch, California statutory estate planning forms, and a listing of
U.S. estate planning, probate and trust attorneys with web sites.
Also by Mark J. Welch - Law & Estate Planning Sites on the Internet
http://www.ca-probate.com/links.htm
-- This is an excellent source of links to estate planning sites as well as
other related web sites.
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (a law firm with offices in various states and countries)
http://www.pmstax.com/estate/index.html
-- Includes estate planning memoranda written by their attorneys.
Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach (a South Carolina law firm)
http://www.rbvdnr.com/te/tepage.htm
-- Includes articles written by the firm's attorneys.
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
Estate Planning Links Web Site
http://www.estateplanninglinks.com/
-- This site links to estate planning, tax & elder law web pages.
FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Tax Law
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/35tax/index.html
-- A listing of tax law web sites.
FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probate
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/31probate/index.html
-- A listing of estate planning web sites.
Hieros Gamos
http://www.hg.org/ -- A
listing of legal web sites, including estate and trust law and tax law
(including estate and gift tax).
Legal Research for Estate Planners
http://geocities.com/jasonhavens/LREP.html
-- Useful estate planning Internet tools.
MISCELLANEOUS
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
http://www.abanet.org/rppt/home.html
-- Includes the full text of selected articles from the publication Probate
& Property, including the section Keeping Current - Probate, which
summarizes recent cases, legislation and regulations.
ACTEC (American College of Trust & Estate Counsel)
http://www.actec.org/
-- Includes public and private home pages. Provides
membership information.
Choice in Dying (a nonprofit organization)
http://www.partnershipforcaring.org
-- Includes summaries of recent legislation and court cases and downloadable
state-specific advance directive packages.
The Foundation Center Online (a nonprofit information clearinghouse)
http://fdncenter.org/
-- Includes links to web sites of private foundations, corporate grantmakers,
grantmaking public charities, and community foundations. Also includes
Philanthropy News Digest beginning in 1995.
GuideStar - The Donor's Guide to the Nonprofit Universe
http://www.guidestar.org/
-- Includes reports on individual charities and news articles.
Kansas Elder Law Network (Professors Kim Dayton and Molly
Wood of the University of Kansas School of Law and the University of Kansas
Elder Law Clinic)
http://www.ink.org/public/keln/
-- A comprehensive site that covers areas of interest to seniors, including
estate planning.
The Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal
http://www.icle.org/sections/probate/journal/about.htm
-- Issues beginning Fall 1995 are available.
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
http://www.give.org/ --
Includes charity reports, current news, and standards for charitable
solicitation and philanthropy.
Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia: Wills and Estate Planning
http://www.nolo.com/ChunkEp/Ep.index.html
SOHO Consumer: Software for the Estate Planning Law Office (Mark J. Welch, a California attorney)
http://www.sohoconsumer.com/legal_sw.htm
-- Lists software for estate planning.
TOPICAL - FAMILY LAW
ABA Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html
ABA Section of Family Law
http://www.abanet.org/family/home.html
Administration for Children and Families (Department of Health and Human Services)
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
-- Includes proposed rules.
Child Support Home Page
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/index.html
-- The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement Home Page includes links to
related State program Web sites, policy documents, reports and news and
announcements.
DivorceNet
http://www.divorcenet.com/
Divorce Source
http://www.divorcesource.com
Family Law Information
http://adams.patriot.net/~crouch/fln.html
-- Hosted by a law firm, this page provides an overview of family law
information and links to a variety of family law Internet sites.
Florida Child Support Calculator
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/states/fla/cal/FLCSC.html
-- From the Florida Divorce Law Information page.
Florida Divorce Law Information Page
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/states/fla/florida.htm
Florida Family Law Rules, Opinions and Forms
http://www.flcourts.org/osca/divisions/family/bin/index.html#toppage
Support Guidelines
http://www.supportguidelines.com
-- Provides information and resources relating to child support in all fifty
states.
Uniform Matrimonial, Family, and Health Laws Locator laws
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol9.html
-- This site, by Cornell Law School, links to state statutes that correspond to uniform matrimonial, family and
health laws. It does not include the text of the uniform law.
Unmarried Couples and the Law
http://www.palimony.com/resources.html
-- Arranged in easy to access categories, this site links to information for
those who are living together or have created a domestic partnership.
TOPICAL - HEALTH CARE & MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
U.S. GOVERNMENT SITES
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formerly
the Health Care financing Administration
http://www.hcfa.gov/ --
The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and child health
insurance programs. Includes legislation, recent decisions of the Provider
Reimbursement Review Board, HCFA's rulings, and more.
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/
-- The official U.S. government site for Medicare information.
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/ --
Includes health information, scientific information and more.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/ --
Has legislation, regulations, OSHA standards interpretation and compliance
letters, compliance directives, compliance guides and OSHA Review Commission
decisions.
Social Security Online
http://www.ssa.gov/ --
The official website of the Social Security Administration.
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
Cornell Law Library's Health Law Materials
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/health.html
-- Includes the full text of Titles 21, 24 and 42 of the U.S. Code.
FindLaw's Health Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/19health/index.html
Health Law Hippo
http://hippo.findlaw.com/
-- A collection of health care policy and regulatory materials.
MISCELLANEOUS SITES
American Health Lawyers Association
http://www.healthlawyers.org/
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org
Kansas Elder Law Network (University of Kansas)
http://www.ink.org/public/keln/
Merck Manual
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
-- 17th edition in a searchable format.
National Health Law Program, Inc.
http://www.healthlaw.org/
-- Health care advocates for low-income people.
TOPICAL - IMMIGRATION LAW
PRIMARY SOURCES
Board of Immigration Appeals Precedent Decisions
http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/efoia/bia/biaindx.htm
-- This site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office
for Immigration Review. It has BIA Precedent Decisions from October 1996 to the
present arranged chronologically.
Immigration and Naturalization Law Materials (Cornell Law Library)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html
-- This site has the full text of federal immigration statutes, which are
browseable but not searchable. From this site, you can search (but not browse)
Title 8 of the C.F.R. Additionally, the site has recent U.S. Supreme Court cases
with immigration issues.
Immigration Collection
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libina.htm
-- This site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of
Administrative Law Judges. It has the full text of recent Board of Alien Labor
Certification Appeals (BALCA) en banc decisions; the full text of other recent
immigration decisions; immigration statutes; and final, interim and proposed
regulations.
INS Laws, Regulations and Guides
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/lawsregs/index.htm
-- This site is part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Home Page. It
has federal statutes, Title 8 of the C.F.R., INS Federal Register publications
(notices, corrections, and proposed, interim and final regulations) and BIA
interim decisions.
U.S. GOVERNMENT WEB SITES
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
-- This site includes INS forms in PDF format. It also has federal statutes,
regulations (8 C.F.R.), INS Federal Register publications (notices, corrections,
and proposed, interim and final regulations) and BIA interim decisions.
U.S. State Department Home Page
http://www.state.gov/index.cfm
U.S. State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/
-- This site includes the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
U.S. State Department, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/
-- This site has policy documents, press statements and fact sheets.
U.S. State Department, International Adoption Services
http://travel.state.gov/adopt.html
-- This site has information about international adoption by U.S. citizens.
U.S. State Department - U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions
http://usembassy.state.gov
-- This site links to U.S. embassies, consulates and consulates general web sites.
U.S. State Department - Consular Services
http://www.travel.state.gov/index.html
U.S. State Department - Passport Services
http://www.travel.state.gov/passport_services.html
U.S. State Department - Visa Services
http://travel.state.gov/visa_services.html
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc/
-- This site includes a Charge Form for Unfair Immigration-Related Employment
Practices in PDF format, fact sheets and press releases.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
http://stats.bls.gov/
Occupational Employment Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
http://www.bls.gov/oes/
-- This site has 1996 national and state occupational employment and wage data
for over 750 occupations.
2002-03 Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
-- The handbook gives information about projected changes in the work force and
the qualifications that will be needed. It can be searched by keyword or browsed
by using the index.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges' Immigration Collection
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libina.htm
-- This site includes the full text of recent Board of Alien Labor Certification
Appeals (BALCA) en banc decisions; the full text of other recent immigration
decisions; Judges Benchbook: Alien Labor Certification 2d Edition; the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles; immigration statutes; final, interim and
proposed regulations; and 1995-98 cumulative issues of Immigration Newsletter,
which contains summaries of selected labor-related decisions on immigration
matters other than permanent alien labor certification.
NEWS
Immigration Communique
http://www.westgroup.com/fedpub/immigrat.asp
-- Interpreter Releases is now a West publication.
A current update and archived information is available at no charge.
Migration Dialogue
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/
-- This site by the University of California includes the monthly newsletter Migration News and the quarterly newsletter
Rural Migration News.
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
American Immigration Resources on the Internet
http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/resource.html
FindLaw's Immigration Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/20immigration/index.html
-- A listing of immigration web sites.
World Wide Web Virtual Library - Migration and Ethnic Relations (Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington)
http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/
-- A listing of web sites dealing with migration and ethnic relations.
Yahoo!: Immigration
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Immigration_and_Naturalization//
-- A listing of immigration web sites.
MISCELLANEOUS
All of the Embassies of Washington, D.C.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html
-- This site by TeleDiplomacy, Inc. gives information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C., with links to their web sites.
American Civil Liberties Union - Immigrants' Rights
http://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrant/hmir.html
-- This web site includes news articles, the text of the ACLU's briefing paper
The Rights of Immigrants and other documents.
American Immigration Resources on the Internet
http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/resource.html
Immigration Links Page
http://www.immigrationlinks.com/
U.S. Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
-- This site includes information from the annual World Refugee Survey which
reports on conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons in 120
countries, a directory of refugee assistance programs and news.
2001 World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
-- This publication is by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
TOPICAL - INSURANCE LAW
A.M. Best
http://www.ambest.com
-- Founded in 1899, A.M. Best provides a wide variety of insurance industry
services and information.
Insurance Industry Internet Network
http://iiin.com -- Includes
links to agents and brokers, insurance law firms, a directory of insurance
companies on the Internet and insurance related resources.
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
http://www.naic.org/splash.htm
U.S. Insurance Law via Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/insurance.html
-- Includes CFR searchable links, state links and other references.
TOPICAL - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
COPYRIGHT LAW
Association of Research Libraries Copyright and Intellectual Property
http://arl.cni.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html
-- Includes legislation and other documents.
Copyright & Fair Use Stanford University Libraries
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ -- Includes full text of
statutes, regulations, international conventions and select cases.
Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/default.asp
Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues
http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/Copyright/
-- A collection of links from University of California Berkeley.
Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
http://www.csusa.org/
Cornell Law School Copyright Law Materials
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html
-- Includes federal statutes, regulations, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and
treaties.
FindLaw Copyright Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/01copyright/index.html
U.S. Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
-- Includes pending legislation, downloadable registration forms, etc.
Yahoo! Copyright Links
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Intellectual_Property/Copyrights/
PATENT LAW
Cornell Law School Patent Law Materials
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/patent.html
-- Includes federal statutes, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and treaties.
FindLaw Patent Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/02patent/index.html
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/ --
Has regulations, Manual of Patent Examining Procedures, patent class
definitions, Examiner Handbook to the U.S. Patent Classification System,
Official Gazette notices, and more.
Yahoo! Patent Law Links
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Intellectual_Property/Patents/
TRADEMARK LAW
Cornell Law School Trademark Law Materials
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/trademark.html
-- Includes federal statutes, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and treaties.
FindLaw Trademark Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/03trademark/index.html
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/ --
Contains the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Trademark Acceptable
Identification of Goods and Services Manual, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Manual of Procedure, Official Gazette notices, and more.
Yahoo! Trademark Law Links
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Intellectual_Property/Trademarks/
MISCELLANEOUS
American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/home.html
-- Includes the text of current legislation.
American Intellectual Property Law Association
http://www.aipla.org/
-- Includes amicus briefs prepared by the association, AIPLA Guide to Model
Patent Jury Instructions, federal bills, etc.
Information Infrastructure Task Force
http://iitf.doc.gov/
Intellectual Property Law Server
http://www.intelproplaw.com/
Intellectual Property Mall Franklin Pierce Law Center
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/
KuesterLaw - The Technology Law Resource
http://www.kuesterlaw.com/
-- A collection of links to intellectual property information on the web.
MicroPatent
http://www.micropat.com/
-- Commercial site for patent and trademark information.
U.S. National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
http://nii.nist.gov/
TOPICAL - LAW AND ECONOMICS
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (University of Ghent)
http://encyclo.findlaw.com/
Law and Economics Resources FindLaw
http://lawecon.findlaw.com/index.html
TOPICAL - LEGAL ETHICS
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/home.html
American Legal Ethics Library (Cornell Law Library)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/
-- Links to state ethics codes and opinions.
Cornell Law School American Legal Ethics Library
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/
FindLaw's Ethics and Professional Responsibility Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/14ethics/index.html
Law Office Hornbook (by the Virginia State Bar, the Hawaii
State Bar Association, the State Bar of Arizona and the New Mexico State Bar)
http://www.hornbook.com/index.htm
-- Includes the quarterly newsletter "Law Office Hornbook Report," the
Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility and Ethics Opinions, and Arizona ethics opinions.
Legalethics.com Internet Legal Services
http://www.legalethics.com/
-- This site pulls together links to ethics opinions, rules, articles and other
information relating to Internet ethics issues.
National Organization of Bar Counsel
http://nobc.org/
The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
http://www.txethics.org/
-- Includes Texas ethics opinions, the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the
Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, and more.
U.S. Office of Government Ethics
http://www.usoge.gov/
-- Includes executive orders, legislation, regulations, OGE informal advisory
letters and memoranda and formal opinions, and forms.
TOPICAL - LEGAL HISTORY
Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
-- A collection of legal history documents, including charters, treaties and
other agreements.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
-- U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates: 1774-1873 Library of Congress.
A Chronology of United States Historical Documents (The University of Oklahoma Law Center)
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushist.html
-- Includes the text of historical documents.
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (GPO Access)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/index.html
Emory Law Library
http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/country/us/docs.html
-- United States historical documents, such as the Federalist Papers and the United States
Constitution, with amendments never ratified.
Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
-- Contains links to historical texts.
The Presidents of the United States of America (White House Home Page)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
-- Biographical data on U.S. Presidents.
THOMAS (The Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/
-- Includes the Annals of Congress (precursor of the Congressional Record) from
1789-1793 and historical documents, as well as more recent legislative
documents.
U. S. Senate Historical Office
http://www.senate.gov/learning/learn_history.html
TOPICAL - NATIVE AMERICAN LAW
Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. Department of the Interior)
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
-- Includes final and proposed regulations, executive orders and proclamations,
and more. Access to this page is temporarily suspended under Court Order (1/4/02).
FindLaw's American Indian Law Resources
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/index.html
Indian Affairs: Law and Treaties - Vol. II - 1904
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project (The University of Oklahoma Law Library and the National Indian Law Library of the Native American Rights
Fund)
http://thorpe.ou.edu/
-- Includes constitutions, charters and codes.
Native American Housing (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
http://www.hud.gov/native.html
National Indian Gaming Association
http://www.indiangaming.org
Research Links on the World Wide Web: Native American & Aboriginal Law (New England School of Law Library)
http://www.nesl.edu/research/native.cfm
Native Web Resources for Indigenous Cultures
http://www.nativeweb.org
-- Includes a Law & Legal Issues section.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
http://www.senate.gov/~scia/
-- Includes bills beginning with the 103rd Congress.
Treaties between the United States and Native Americans
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
-- Full-text from 1778 to 1868.
TOPICAL - PRODUCTS LIABILITY
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/ --
Searchable Internet site.
Breast Implant Litigation
http://www.fjc.gov/BREIMLIT/mdl926.htm
-- Information from Multi-district Breast Implant Litigation.
Mega Law Products Liability Law
http://www.megalaw.com/top/products.php3
Products Liability Law (Cornell University)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/products_liability.html
The Safety Forum
http://www.safetyforum.com/
-- A commercial site with information on automobile product safety.
Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc. & the Tobacco Products Liability Project
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov --
Includes information about product recalls.
U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/
TOPICAL - PUBLIC UTILITIES
American Public Power Association
http://www.appanet.org/
Energy and Utilities Laws (U.S. General Services Administration)
http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal12q.htm
-- Has the text of federal statutes, regulations, and executive orders.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
http://www.ferc.fed.us/
Mega Law Public Utilities Law
http://www.megalaw.com/top/pubutil.php3
-- Includes links to Public Utility Commissions in all 50 states as well as
links to other resources.
Public Utility Law Project
http://www.pulpny.org/
-- Directed at providing assistance and information to low income and rural
customers.
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/
U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center
http://www.afdc.nrel.gov/
U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service
http://www.mms.gov/ --
Access to this page has been temporarily disabled under a Court Order (1/8/02).
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/ --
Includes regulations, technical reports, inspection manual, audit reports,
administrative letters, bulletins, circulars, etc.
TOPICAL - SCHOOL LAW
PRIMARY SOURCES
Education Law Materials (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/education.html
-- Includes the full text of 20 U.S.C., dealing with education generally, and 20
U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., dealing with the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act specifically. When you're viewing these statutes, you'll see an
"Update" button that will take you to the Library of Congress' THOMAS
database to check for any recent amendments
to any section of the statute, and a "Notes" button which will show
you all the historical information on the statute you are viewing. You will also
find recent U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals decisions on education
issues, federal agency regulations from 34 C.F.R. pertaining to education, and
other education related materials.
Federal Education Laws (U.S. General Services Administration)