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Return to Research Portals and Guides
Internet Legal Sites
Legal Search Engines, Directories, and Indexes
- AltLaw - http://www.altlaw.org/, a joint project of Columbia Law School and University of Colorado Law School, is a free, full-text searchable database of Supreme Court and Federal Appellate case reports. It includes U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1759 to present and U.S. Courts of Appeals cases beginning with the 1940s for most circuits, and more cases are added every day.
- American Law Sources Online (ALSO) - http://www.lawsource.com/ - A free, “one-stop shopping” resource which provides free cite retrieval, browsing options, and direct links to statutory, case law, administrative, court, municipal, and other legal information resources for the United States (federal, state, local, and territorial), Mexico, and Canada.
- CataLaw: Metaindex of Law and Government - http://www.catalaw.com/
- FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com/ - Includes LawCrawler legal search engine, subscribe to Email lists of law journals, abstracts, and articles in your area of interest.
- GSU College of Law: Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/
- Justia.com - http://www.justia.com/ - Legal information on numerous legal topics, including free case law, codes, regulations, legal articles, legal blog databases, federal filings, and regulations tracker. Includes all U.S. Supreme Court opinions, U.S. Court of Appeals opinions since 1950, and U.S. District Court opinions since 2004, as well as links to many other free resources.
- Public Library of Law - http://www.plol.org/ - free source for finding cases and other legal materials. It has cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals; cases from all 50 states back to 1997; and links to federal and state statutes, regulations, court rules, and constitutions.
- USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal - http://www.usa.gov/
- VersusLaw - http://www.versuslaw.com/ - Fee based collections of case law. Can search for case law citations but must subscribe to view full-text.
Legal Profession
- American Bar Association - http://www.abanet.org/
- ABA Journal - http://www.abajournal.com/ - includes legal news, analysis from more than 1,500 legal blogs, and stories from the ABA Journal magazine. Subscribe to free daily or weekly email newsletters or RSS feeds.
- Law.com - http://www.law.com/ - List of Law links - Topical Law Materials, Law collections and resources, government materials, lawyers, firms, current legal news, decisions, law listservs.
- Biographical Directory of Federal Judges - http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/judges_frm
- Martindale Lawyer Locator - http://www.martindale.com/ - Locate lawyers through Martindale-Hubbell by name, law firm, area of practice, location or language.
- FindLaw Lawyer Directory - http://lawyers.findlaw.com/ - Find law firms and lawyers.
Legal Forms
- FindLaw - http://forms.lp.findlaw.com/ - almost 8,000 state and federal court forms in pdf format.
- LexisONE - http://www.lexisone.com/ - Searchable resource with thousands of free legal forms available for download, as well as access to other legal information. Free, but requires registration.
General Law Sites
- AALLNET - http://www.aallnet.org/index.asp - American Association of Law Libraries.
- ABA's LawLink: The Legal Research Jumpstation - http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawlink/home.html
- Administrative Codes and Registers - http://www.nass.org/acr/html/internet.html - Compilation of all state administrative codes and registers available over the internet.
- American Law Sources Online (ALSO) - http://www.lawsource.com/ - A free, “one-stop shopping” resource which provides free cite retrieval, browsing options, and direct links to statutory, case law, administrative, court, municipal, and other legal information resources for the United States (federal, state, local, and territorial), Mexico, and Canada.
- Cornell Law School: Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ - same day Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, links to many Internet legal sites, and Federal Court Statistics.
- Emory Law School: Federal Courts Finder - http://www.law.emory.edu/index.php?id=2997.
- Freedom Forum - http://www.freedomforum.org/ - Information on the First Amendment.
- Hieros Gamos - http://www.hg.org/index.html - Links to state & federal government sources, and links to over 160 foreign governments and legal sources.
- Law.com - http://www.law.com/ - Excellent source of legal news (American Lawyer, National Law Journal, NYLJ). Click on State Sites to connect to each state's regulations, codes, cases, city codes, legal news and more.
- Municipal Codes Online - check the website of the city and these sites: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_municodes (Seattle Public Library); http://www.municode.com/Resources/online%20Library.asp
- National Center for State Courts - http://www.ncsconline.org/
- National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) - http://www.nccusl.org/; NCCUSL Archives of Drafts and Final Acts - http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/archives/ulc/ulc.htm
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) - http://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html
- Practising Law Institute - http://www.pli.edu/
- Scout Report/Internet Scout Project - http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ - Online resources for the education community.
- St. Louis University Law School Library: Government Links - http://lawlib.slu.edu/library/research/govt.htm - Federal, State & Local government links.
- St. Louis University School of Law: Health Law Portals, Indexes and Search Engines - http://law.slu.edu/healthlaw/research/links/portals.html
- Supreme Court of the United States - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ - full text of Opinions, the Court calendar and schedule, information about the Court and justices, Court rules, Bar admissions information, and case handling guides.
- Villanova University School of Law: Federal Court Locator - http://www.law.villanova.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp
Subject Specific Sites
Arizona Information Sites
- Arizona State Legislature (ALIS) - http://www.azleg.gov/ - Arizona legislative information, Arizona Revised Statutes.
- Arizona Administrative Code - http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/table_of_contents.htm
- Arizona Association of Law Libraries (AzALL) - http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/azll/
- Arizona Central - http://www.azcentral.com/ - Arizona news, information, golf, food, business, travel and more.
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I - http://www.cofad1.state.az.us/ - Recent opinions, court information and policies and oral argument calendar available.
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Division II - http://www.apltwo.ct.state.az.us/ - Recent opinions, court information, and oral argument calendar available.
- Arizona Judicial Department - http://www.supreme.state.az.us/ - Arizona Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions, child support guidelines, penalties for misdemeanors, felonies, drug offenses.
- Arizona State Bar - http://www.azbar.org/ - State Bar of Arizona's web page - included lawyer locator.
- Arizona State University Libraries - http://www.asu.edu/lib/ - Search the online catalog.
- Arizona Supreme Court - http://www.supreme.state.az.us/azsupreme/default.htm - Court information, recent opinions, and the oral argument calendar are all available on this site.
- Arizona Supreme Court: Self service center forms - http://supreme.state.az.us/nav2/selfserv.htm.
- Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records - http://aslarooms.sirsi.net/ - access to catalog for the State Library, archives, and the State Law Library.
- Maricopa County Bar Association Legal Forms Center - http://maricopabar.lawinfo.com/ - Thousands of Arizona-specific legal forms for attorneys. Powered by LawInfo.com.
- Maricopa County Superior Court - http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/ - Law library and catalog, self-service centers, jury information, docket.
- Maricopa County Superior Court Law Library - http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/lawlibrary/ - A searchable catalog of the library's holdings plus many court-related links appear on the first page of this site.
- Maricopa County Superior Court Self-Service Center - http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/Self-ServiceCenter Court forms, filing instructions, and other court information; designed for pro se litigants.
- Phoenix Public Library Online Catalog - http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/
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- State of Arizona - http://www.az.gov/
Government and Data Resources
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm - crime and justice electronic data abstracts are aggregated data from multiple published sources presented in spreadsheets to use with analytic software.
- CIA Publications - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/index.html - CIA Publications, handbooks, maps, intelligence, etc. World fact book has overviews of country's demographic, economic, political and military layout.
- Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/ - Access to many agency publications.
- FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/ - access to statistical data from over 70 federal agencies.
- FedWorld Information Network - http://www.fedworld.gov/ - Searchable databases of federal government information on the Internet.
- Government Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/govweb.html
- GPO Access - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ - Access to Federal Register, Congressional Record, public laws, bills and other government information.
- House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov/ - House information, reports, U.S. Code.
- IRS Tax Forms - http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html
- National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/ - N.A.R.A.'s website includes presidential data and more.
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Congressional bills and information.
- United States Postal Service - http://www.usps.com/ - Zip Code locator.
- United States Senate - http://www.senate.gov/ - Information about members of the Senate.
- U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/ - Presents users with options to access data on population, housing, economy, geography, and more.
- USA.gov - http://www.usa.gov/ - Searches government and military sites.
- Washington Summary - http://www.abanet.org/poladv/publications.shtml - The ABA Office of Governmental Affairs puts out this bi-weekly, subscription only publication. A sample copy is displayed on the website.
State Information
Links to Law Schools and Law Library Catalogs
Foreign and International
- Australasian Legal Information Institute - http://austlii.law.uts.edu.au/ - source for Australian and international Law.
- BUBL Information Service - http://www.bubl.ac.uk/ - British Law and Internet Sources.
- Council of Europe - http://conventions.coe.int/ - The European Treaties series consisting of the conventions and protocols of the Council of Europe.
- European Union - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/index.htm Selected instruments taken from the treaties of the European Union.
- WashLaw: International Treaties - http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/alpha/t/treaties.html - International and Multilateral Treaties.
- Governments on the WWW - http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ - governmental institutions on the web includes parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, and city councils from 200 countries.
- Hieros Gamos - http://www.hg.org/index.html - Comprehensive collection of international law.
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library - http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm - Bibliography of resources and Internet links on human rights issues.
- Legal Information Institute: Wex: International, Transnational, and Comparative Law - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Category:International%
2C_Transnational%2C_and_Comparative_Law.
- Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet - http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html
- Multilaterals Project - http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html - International and Multilateral Treaties.
- National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade - http://www.natlaw.com/index.htm - Database on Mexico trade law.
- Organization of American States - http://www.oas.org/ - Treaties, resolutions, conventions and declarations among any of the OAS members.
- United Nations - http://www.un.org/
- United Nations System - http://www.unsystem.org/ - A website locator for the United Nations system of organizations.
- United States Congressional Documents - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/index.html - House Documents, Senate Documents and Senate Treaty Documents.
- World Intellectual Property Organization - http://www.wipo.org/
- World Trade Organization - http://www.wto.org/
By Marianne Alcorn; updated 3/08.
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