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Revised: May  2008

Law

Academia | Connecticut | New York | Federal | General | International | Journals | Statistics

  Special Coverage: The War In Iraq - Commentary, Resolutions & Reports, and  International Law dealing with the war from FindLaw.

Academia
   
Basic Legal Citation - The 'how to' of legal citations from Cornell Law School.

    Basic Legal Research - A Mini Research Class

    Directory of  Law Schools

    FindLaw Legal Dictionary

    First Amendment Center - "...featuring comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists." this site is operated by the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and in Arlington, Va.

    Harvard Law School - Examination Book Archives - The archives include exams from 1995 to 2002 and are organized alphabetically by course.

    Jurist - "The Legal Education Network" from the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Information on legal education, law schools, law reviews and research sites.

    Legal Research Guide: First Amendment Law - Sponsored by the Minnesota Law School this site makes available primary and secondary sources of information including US Supreme Court opinions, select appellate court opinions and much more.

    LexisOne® - Find legal forms and case studies for free. Free registration required.

   NOLO - Legal Encyclopedia - "Plain English articles on the legal topics that affect you most."   

    Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - Data from over 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. The online version is Sourcebook 2003, the 31th edition.

    Wex Legal Dictionary &  Encyclopedia - A publicly-accessible legal dictionary and encyclopedia from the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

    Zimmerman's Research Guide - "An online encyclopedia for legal researchers."

Connecticut
  
AALL LISP Public Libraries Toolkit for Connecticut

   Connecticut Bar Association

   Connecticut Criminal Conviction Databases

   Connecticut General Assembly - Connecticut Legislative information

        Connecticut Judicial Branch
        Court Forms
        Law Libraries
        Self Help & Research Guides

    Connecticut Legal Forms (scroll down to Thomson-Gale LegalForms)

    Connecticut Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

    How a Bill becomes a Law in Connecticut

    How to Answer Simple Legal Questions

    FindLaw - Legal news  

    State of Connecticut Table on Fines and Penalties 

New York
    New York Codes, Rules & Regulations

Federal Government
  
 Child Support Guidelines - Guidelines and enforcement agencies for each state, child support calculators, new, court cases and articles.

    Contacting the Congress - A database of contact information for the 107th Congress. Includes congressperson's  name, DC phone, District phone, webpage address and a biography.

    Congressional Research Reports - The University of Maryland Thurgood Marshall Law Library's online archive. Reports can be browsed alphabetically or by topic and are in full text PDF format for free.

    Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

    elaws - Employment laws assistance for workers & small businesses. "...elaws Advisors are interactive tools that provide information about Federal employment laws"   

    Federal Government Information-  How to locate Federal Government information on the World Wide Web. It provides a list of general and government specific search tools, sources of federal law, sources of statistics, and demographic data.

    Federal Judges Biographical Database - "contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789."

    Federal Register - Database for 1994-2006.
        About the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States

     Freedom of Information Guide -From the  Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press this is a general "do-it-yourself" guide to using the federal Freedom of Information Act.

    GPO Access - "Official Federal Government Information at Your Fingertips"

    Immigration Law - U.S. Laws, regulations and procedures.

    Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets - Search by party name, court and type of lawsuit. Or browse by state, nature of suit or case.

    Public Library of Law - Cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals; Cases from all 50 states back to 1997; Federal statutory law and codes from all 50 states; Regulations, court rules, constitutions, and more.

    Securities and Exchange Investor Information - Current issues at the SEC, official documents & reports, litigation, laws, rules and regulations are among the topics covered.

    Supreme Court of the United States

    Thomas - Federal legislative information from the Library of Congress.

    United States Department of Labor eLaws - Employment laws assistance for workers and small businesses.

    United States Department of Labor eLaws - Health Benefits Advisor

    Understanding the Federal Courts - A publication by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide an introduction the US court system.

    United States Patent & Trademark Office

General

    AltLaw - The free legal search engine — over 700,000 documents. Search by title, citation, or key words and phrases:

    American Law 100 - A list of top U.S. law firms from Law.com.

    American Law Sources On-line - A general site for on-line law sources for the United States, Canada and Mexico.

     Business Law - A a gateway to federal, state and local information for the small business entrepreneur.

     Crime Statistics - From the Bureau of Justice

     Family Law In Fifty States - Tables summarizing family law

     FindLaw - A good place to start legal research or any type of law search.

    FindLaw Primer - A guide on how to approach legal research on the internet.   

     Find a Lawyer - Findlaw's lawyer directory

     How to Research a Legal Problem - A guide for non-lawyers

     JAN American Disability Act Links & Document Center

      JDSupra - Search for legal documents, articles/newsletters and legal forms by jurisdiction, court/circuit/region, type of filing and/or subject matter.

     LawCrawler - Legal Web & Databases Search Engine

     Legal Information Institute - A Cornell Law School site containing Constitutions & Codes, Court opinions and Law by source or jurisdiction.

      Locating Lawyers (including Corporate Counsel): A Brief Overview of Attorney Directories and a 50 State Survey of Online State Bar Directories

     National Law Journal 250- 2005 survey of the 250 largest law firms.

     Martindale Lawyer Locator

     PreCYdent- Open Law Source - "Our objective is to create a space where people interested in law will be able to share knowledge, find help and to exchange experiences."

     Search-SEC - Research companies and people that file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Thomson Legal Record - A legal directory at Findlaw that provides basic contact information as well as citations to select federal and state cases the attorney litigated.

    Whois Source- A lookup utility for registered domains with gTLDs: .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, or .us. To find registration records search by partial or full domain name or keyword. Details include web site title, description and keywords, number of listings, IP address and much more.

International

    CataLaw - Meta-index of international law links. Search by Topic, Region or choose one of the Extras.

    Constitution Finder - Includes constitutions, charters, amendments and other related documents. Each listed nation is linked to its constitutional text.

    HierosGamos - Mega site of international law links.

Journals
   
Law.com - Legal news

    Law Journals - Links to law journals on the internet by the Washburn University School of Law.

    National Law Journal

Statistical Resources
  
 ABA's Market Research Department - A listing of resources for research and statistics about lawyers and the legal profession.

 

 

    

                    
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