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Featured Sites
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A Century
of Lawmaking for a New Nation
- Library of Congress
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Abridged History
of the United States
- A legal history of the United States, written by San Francisco
lawyer William Brinton.
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All Law
- comprehensive legal directory and search engine.
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American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers
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American Bar Association
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American Civil Liberties Union
Freedom Network
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American Law Sources On
Line
- full-text legal documents from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. U.S.
contents include: Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District
and Circuit Courts, State Court of Appeals, State Constitutions,
Codes, and Legislation and more.
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Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip
Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System
- site includes summaries of about thirty landmark Supreme Court
cases dealing with subjects such as: search and seizure; right to an
attorney; self-incrimination; and the death penalty. A glossary of
legal terms and a section on controversial issues are also
presented.
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Appellate Counsellor
Home Page
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Atlanta
Injury and Insurance Law Resource
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Attorney Finder
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The Bankruptcy Lawfinder
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Basic
Legal Citations
- Guide to the general rules of citation, with examples of how to
cite cases, statutes, and regulations.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Law
- Web site of nonprofit organization devoted to advocacy for the
legal rights of those with mental disabilities.
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BigEar:
Current Legal Resources on the Net
- search the content of many legal web pages.
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Bitlaw: a Resource on Technology
Law
- site contains over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark,
and Internet legal issues. The major topics covered include Patent
Law, Software Patents, Trademark Law, Internet Law, Legal Links,
Copyright Law, Primary Sources, and Forms and Contracts.
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Bonfire of
Liberties
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Books on Law
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Bouviers
Law Dictionary
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Browse the Federal Tax
Code
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Statistics on crime, drugs, law enforcement, corrections, courts
and more. Includes the 1995 National Crime VictimizationSurvey.
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Business & The Law
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Cal Law
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CataLaw
- metaindex of law and government.
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Center for Law and Social Policy
(CLASP)
- education, policy research and advocacy organization seeking to
improve the economic conditions of low income families and secure
access for the poor to our civil justice system.
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Center of
Constitutional Law
- Multidisciplinary research institute working under the
administrative arm of the faculty of law at Erasmus University of
Rotterdam. Includes brief overviews of the extended research program
and links to the home pages of the center's members and researchers.
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classactionlitigation.info
- understanding class action litigation. It is also intended to
provide a useful source of information on law and class actions. The
user should find links to numerous sources of information helpful in
locating information related to many legal issues and facts.
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Class
Action Lawsuits
- legal facts, current actions, and "how to" opinions.
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Class
Action Lawsuits - Yahoo!
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The Code of
Federal Regulations
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CommonLaw.com
- for all who enjoy legal history and theory.
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Connecticut Self
Help Law
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Constitutional
Law Materials
- Outline of the main provisions of the U.S. Constitution, with
links to relevant sections, posted by the Legal Information
Institute of Cornell University Law School. Includes background
material such as the Articles of Confederation and The Federalist
papers as well as a comprehensive database of Supreme Court
decision, with case summaries and texts of majority and dissenting
opinions.
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Consumerama
- The internet's only comprehensive directory of consumer protest
sites, plus class actions, boycotts & government investigations.
Consumer news, advice & commentary.
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Constitution
of the United States
- links provided by law.com
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Constitution
of the United States
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Consumer Law Center - FactLaw
- site includes information on filing complaints, a link to the
Consumer's Resource Handbook, and tips on hiring a lawyer. You can
also find federal, state, and international resources through the
site. Practical tips include how to write a letter explaining your
complaint and how to notify the appropriate government agencies of
your unresolved complaints.
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Consumer Law Page, The
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Copyright Clearance Center
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Copyright Website, The
- "This site endeavors to provide real world, practical and
relevant copyright information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers,
webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists,
activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens."
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Cornell
Law Review
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Counsel Quest
- a internet legal research web tool. Designed to guide its guests
to the vast amount of legal and governmental resources available on
the internet in a quick, concise and easy to use format.
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Courts.net
- The purpose of Courts.net is to provide a single site from which
to find any trial-level courts Web site and to help trial courts set
up Web sites.
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Court TV Law Center
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Crash
Course in Copyright
- online tutorial on copyright.
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Crash Course in Wills &
Trusts
- the information you need to plan an estate of any size.
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Criminal
Justice Sites
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Criminal Law Links
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Cyber Law Centre
- This site is dedicated to Intellectual Property issues in and
around the Internet.
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Database
on Law and Population
- This database contains summaries and excerpts of legislation,
constitutions, court decisions, and other official government
documents from every country in the world relating to population
policies, reproductive health, women's rights, and related topics.
It is produced jointly by Harvard Law School and the United Nations
Population Fund.
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Delaware Advantage, The
- Personal and corproate trusts take advantage of Delaware's unique
laws and tax structure. Wilmington Trust will put that Delaware
Advantage to work for you.
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DIANA
- An International Human Rights Database
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Divorce Online
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Divorce Support Page, The
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Duhaime's Law
Dictionary
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Earthlaw
- uses the law to defend the West's forests, air, water, and
biodiversity.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, The
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Employment
Discrimination: An Overview
- site has a comprehensive overview of employment discrimination
laws, as well as links to federal and state statutes, federal agency
regulations, federal and state judicial decisions, and other
employment law topics. Part of the Legal Information Institute at
Cornell Law School.
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Family
Law in the Fifty States
- tables providing a quick view of various aspects of family law for
the fifty states in the areas of alimony/spousal support factors,
custody criteria, child support guidelines, grounds for divorce and
residency requirements, property division, and third-party
visitation.
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Famous
American Trials
- This site details twelve famous American trials: Leopold &
Loeb (1924), Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925), Rosenbergs
(1951), Amistad Trials (1839-1840), Bill Haywood Trial (1907), Salem
Witchcraft Trials (1692), My Lai Courts Martial (1970), Scottsboro
Trials (1931-1937), Dakota Conflict Trials (1862), Mississippi
Burning Trial (1967), Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial (1969-70), and
Johnson Impeachment Trial (1868).
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Profiles and photographs of the bureau's most wanted criminals,
overview of principal programs, including the Violent Criminal
Apprehension Program and the National Computer Crime Squad,
summaries of major ongoing investigations, and employment listings.
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Federal
Communications Law Journal
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Federal
Rules of Evidence
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FedLaw
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Federal
Register
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FedWorld/FLITE
Supreme Court Decisions Hompage
- full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975
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FindForms
- database of thousands of free legal forms.
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FindLaw
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First Amendment Cyber-Tribune
(FACT)
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FreeAdvice.com
- Provides the most useful, easy-to-understand, comprehensive and
balanced legal information to consumers and small businesses, and to
help people and businesses find answers to their legal questions and
solutions to their legal problems.
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Fugitive Watch
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Full-text
Statutes and Legislation on the Internet
- complete text of any particular U.S. state's statutes,
legislation, constitution or session laws
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Global Legal
Studies Journal
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Gordon & Glickson P.C.
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Guide to Law
Online
- annotated guide to online sources of information worldwide on
government and law
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Hieros Gamos - A Comprehensive Site to
the Legal Profession
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Historical
Documents
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
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How to
Research Companies on the Net
- a guide for lawyers of online resources for researching companies.
The listing of Web sites is arranged into categories such as Phone
Books, Annual Reports, Public Companies, Private Companies, SEC
Filings, Associations and Non-Profit Organizations.
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IBM Patent Serve
- free online access to all US patent claims filed since 1974.
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ICLU: Your Rights
in Cyberspace
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Inmigration Law
on the Web
- annotated webliography on immigration law
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Incoming One-L FAQ
- First year law students
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Index
of Law-Related E-Journals and Periodicals
- USC Law Center
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Indiana University
School of Law
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Institute
for First Amendment Studies
- Nonprofit educational and research organization that monitors the
activities of the religious right in the U.S. and advocates for
First Amendment freedoms
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Internet Law
Library
- site containing 8900 Internet Law resources organized by subject
and jurisdiction, in addition to the basic documents of U.S. law.
The site also currently provides full text searchable copies of the
U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations.
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Internet Law
Library
- Pritchard Law Webs
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Internet Law Symposium 96
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Internet Legal Resource Guide
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Internet
Library - Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP
- contains extensive analysis of over 100 court decisions shaping
the law of the web; updated regularly. Court decisions are indexed
by subject. Users are provided with a brief synopsis of the court's
decision. If the decision is of interest, a link takes the user to a
more thorough analysis, and, in many cases, to the full text of the
court's decision.
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Internet Tools for Attorneys
- contains sections on legal research, web site design, downloading,
Net discussion groups for attorneys reviews of law-related Internet
products and more.
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Interpol
- International Criminal Police Organization
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Ipso Facto
- links to legal history and legal aids, information on each branch
of the government and more.
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Jurist: The Law Professors'
Network
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Justice on Campus Project.
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JusticeNet Prison Issues
Desk
- source for progressive and radical information and resources on
prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
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Kappler's
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
- full text of over 300 U.S. Government treaties with Native
Americans from 1778-1883.
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Katsuey Legal Links
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LLI: American Legal
Ethics Library
- Legal Information Institute Cornell University
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LLRX
- Law Library Resource Xchange newsletter focuses on research,
management and technology topics for legal professionals. Includes
feature articles and directory of law related resources.
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LSAT
- the official LSAT Web Site
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Law
- WWW Virtual Library
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Law.com
- "The Internet's portal to the law. Site features extensive
legal information for the public, for lawyers, and for
students."
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Laws.com
- A compendium of legal resources available on the Web
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LawChannel
- dedicated to broadcasting information for lawyers and other
interested persons
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Law Crawler
- LawCrawler caters specifically to legal searches by using the Alta
Vista search engine to sort law-related web pages. It allows
searches by Federal, State, foreign jurisdiction or by federal
agency. It contains the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations,
Supreme Court decisions, Circuit Court cases and listings of legal
groups and associations.
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Law Guru
- Law Guru provides links to access over 200 legal search engines.
The site begins with a comprehensive table of pages and provides
law-related links to all three branches of the U.S. government,
federal and state court cases and opinions, federal and state codes
and laws/legal associations and state bars.
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LawInfo
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LawLinks
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Law Engine, The
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Law Fun!
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Law and
Politics Internet Guide
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Law In Popular
Culture Collection
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LawInfo.com
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Law Library of
Congress
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Law News Network
- "The national daily legal newspaper; the most current and
comprehensive legal news source. Also includes legal job listings
and cutting-edge commentary."
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Law Practice Technology
Center, The
- A group of law and technology experts have come together on a
collaborative project to create a site on law and technology in
general and legal Intranets and Extranets in particular.
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Law Resources
- Digital Librarian
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LawRights
- free legal information for England and Wales.
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LawRunner
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Law Self Help
- Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School.
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Law Street
- guide to the law, with legal info, news for consumers, a guide to
the laws of U.S. states, humor, and more.
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Lawstuff
- a whole bunch of stuff about legal rights, helpful legal contacts
and toons; for Australian people under 18.
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LawTalk
- From Indiana University - LawTalk is a service provided by Indiana
University. Each segment deals with some aspect of Law or Legal
Studies and is authored by a faculty member from either the IU
School of Law in Bloomington or the IU School of Law in
Indianapolis.
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LawWorld
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Laywers.com
- "Accurate and reliable profiles of 420,000 attorneys and
firms worldwide. Listings are continuously updated and scrupulously
reviewed by the entrant before release."
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'Lectric Law Library, The
- reference room with law encyclopedia and law dictionary
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Legal Engine
- This metasite is a useful starting-point for any search for online
legal information, pulling together a wide array of international,
federal, state, and organizational resources.
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Legal Links
- online legal research page
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Legal
Material by Subject -Topics
- Cornell Law School
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Legal Data Search
- 'The Research Resource for Legal Professionals'
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Legaldocs
- legal documents, contracts and law documents. Interactive
preparation on the Internet.
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Legalethics.com
- The most comprehensive set of links and resources relating to the
ethical issues facing the legal profession by Internet use.
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LegalMinds - FindLaw
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Legal.Net
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Legal Pad Junior
- legal advice for kids.
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Legal Research
- : LRC has three levels of service. First, is this Demonstration
page of 20,000 legal resources, which is a free public service.
Second, is a free test trial account for legal professionals with
some 30,000 legal resources links. Third, is our commercial version
20.0 which contains over 200,000 legal resource links worldwide. We
know of no other Law site on the Internet, which is even half as
comprehensive!
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Legal Study Program
- University of Alberta
- Legal Information and Resources for Canadians
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Lexis-Nexis Communication
Center
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LexisONE
- Designed by Lexis for solo and small-office legal practitioners ,
this site has lots of free information of use to anyone who
registers.
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Lockerbie Trial
Briefing
- site provides a background and a timeline and coverage of the
trial being held in the Netherlands of two Libyans accused of the
1988 crash of Pan Am's flight 103. It provides information about the
legal charges and includes the petition and much more.
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Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator
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Meta-Index for Legal
Research
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MyCounsel.com
- free legal information for consumers and small businesses.
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National Criminal Justice
Commission
- Independent and critical assessment of the American criminal
justice system
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The National
Consumer Law Center
- a nonprofit corporation founded over 25 years ago at Boston
College School of Law. Includes info on such things as credit
reports, telemarketing scams and avoiding second-mortgage frauds
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National Federation of
Paralegals Associations
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National Law Journal, The
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National Network of Estate
Planning Attorneys
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Native American Legal
Resources
- links to various American Indian cultural, historical, and legal
resources, especially Tribal and Nation Web sites and the Native
American Constitution and Law Digitization Project.
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Net Law News
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Nolo Press' Self-Help Law Center
- online legal assistance for the little guy.
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Oran's
Dictionary of the Law
- From the West Group, Oran's Legal Dictionary defines and
illustrates more than 6,000 technical terms and hundreds of Latin,
Old French and Old English words used in legal and business
documents.
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Oyez Oyez Oyez
- provides information about major constitutional cases heard and
decided by the Supreme Court; includes digital recordings of the
Court's proceedings.
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PACER U.S. Party/Case
Index
- National or regional searches of court records by name and Social
Security Number in the bankruptcy index, party name and nature of
suit in the civil index, and party name in the criminal index.
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Personal Injury
Litigation Forum, The
- "Plain language explanatory articles written for lay people
on all fields and topics in personal injury litigation, including
asbestosis, medical malpractice, birth injuries, cerebral palsy,
fen-phen, breast implants, whistle blowers, workers' compensation,
Social Security Disability, Automobile Accidents, Defective Products
and Toxic Torts."
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Personal Law Forum
- comprehensive listings of Legal Links
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Police Officer's Internet
Directory, The
- Comprehensive directory of law enforcement Web sites throughout
the world. Covers U.S. federal, military, and state law enforcement
agencies, as well as those in other countries worldwide.
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Prison Legal News
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Public
International Law
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Public Utility
Home Page
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Richmond Journal of Law &
Technology
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Rules of Order
- A primer on parliamentary procedure
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The Securities Law Home Page
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Self Help Law Center
- free online child support calculator. legal references for self
help in many areas of law.
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Shark Talk:
Everybody's Law Dictionary
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SeniorLaw
- information about Elder Law (Elderlaw), Medicare, Medicaid, estate
planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled.
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SmartDivorce
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Stanford Journal of
International Law
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Stupid Laws
- huge collection of the most senseless laws in the entire United
States.
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Supreme Court Of the United
States Home Page
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Supreme
Court Guide
- emphasis on the current Supreme Court, the important cases of the
current term, and links to past New York Times articles with
biographical information on the current justices. Also provided is
the docket for the current term, landmark cases, and a discussion
forum.
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Supreme Court Rulings
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Tarlton Law Library
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Teen Court TV
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Texas Legal Research
Index
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Trademark
Law Materials
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Trusts and Estates
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United Nations Crime and Justice
Information Network
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United States Code -
Entire Text
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United States Federal
Courts Finder
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United States Founding
Documents
- U.S, Constitution, Declaration. of Indep.
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United States Sentencing Commission
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United States Supreme
Court Decisions
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United States
Supreme "Court Decisions - FindLaw
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University of
Denver Westminster Law Library
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USC Law School and Law
Library
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USALAW
- " USALAW has been providing legal information to the Internet
community for almost three years."
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USLaw.com
- "Everything Legal Made Easy."
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Virtual Chase, The
- a research site for legal professionals or anyone interested in
doing research using the Internet
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WWLIA Legal Dictionary
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WWW Virtual Library -
Law, The
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WashLaw Web
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Webgator
- investigative resource on the Web
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West's Legal Directory
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Why
Have a Will?
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World Legal
History
- Timetable provides summary of important events in legal history.
From Urukagina's Code, to the GATT Agreements.
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World Wide Legal Information
Association
- legal information by country. Includes the Law Museum, a history
of the law, and the Law Hall of Horrors. From Hammurabi to O.J.
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