LAW/LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCES
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation - Library of Congress
- All Law - comprehensive legal directory and search engine.
- Alphalegal Directory - "A Directory of Attorneys and Legal Resources Since 1997. This site was re-launched in May of 2016 with over 100,000 attorney listings."
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network
- 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.
- Amherst Divorce (Massachusetts) - "Explanations and graphics for different kinds of divorce (contested, uncontested, fault/no fault), explanations of division of property, including infographics and interactive calculator, explanations of pensions in divorce and a unique Massachusetts pension calculator, and explanations of QDROs and DROs, and more."
- Arash Law - Arash Law is one of the most widely-known and thriving California injury law firms with a legal team of over 50, who collectively give unparalleled customer service and results.
- American Patent & Trademark Law Center - information about patents and trademarks, a warning about inventor scams, a fee trademark online search, and a "ask a patent attorney a question" form that allows visitors to ask a patent or trademark question and get a free answer from a patent attorney.
- Bankruptcy Learning Center - "Whether you're deciding to file for bankruptcy, have questions along the way, or want to learn how to make the most of your fresh start, this is your home."
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Web site of nonprofit organization devoted to advocacy for the legal rights of those with mental disabilities.
- 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.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - "Statistics about - Crime and victims, Drugs and crime, Criminal offenders, The justice system in the United States, Law enforcement, Prosecution, Courts and sentencing, Corrections, Justice expenditure and employment."
- Class Action Litigation Information - "A legal research source for attorneys and a free service to assist consumers in understanding class action lawsuits, government, consumer issues and the legal system."
- C-SPAN: American Profile - "Exploring the lives and careers of lawmakers and journalists."
- The Code of Federal Regulations
- CommonLaw.com - for all who enjoy legal history and theory.
- Cornell University Law School: Constitution of the United States
- Copyright Clearance Center
- 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."
- 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.
- Crash Course in Copyright - online tutorial on copyright.
- Divorce Online - "Affordable Solicitors Divorce By Endeavour Law Limited for services in England and Wales"
- Divorce Support Page, The
- DIY Legal Forms - "An online database of family, individual and business legal forms and agreements ready to download and print for free."
- Duhaime.org - Legal Resources
- Earthjustice - 'Because the earth needs a good lawyer.'
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, The
- 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.
- Equitable Mediation Services - "Divorce Mediators in NJ and IL make the difficult process of divorce peaceful, fair, child-focused and cost-effective. Learn about divorce and mediation."
- 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.
- Famous Trials - "This site contains accounts, maps, photos, transcript excerpts and other materials relating to over 96 famous trials, from Socrates to the Scopes to George Floyd. The Web's largest collection of primary documents and original materials pertaining to famous trials."
- 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.
- FBI: The Vault - "The Vault is our new electronic reading room, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort of your home or office. Included here are many new files that have been released to the public but never added to this website; dozens of records previously posted on our site but removed as requests diminished; files from our previous electronic reading room, and new, previously unreleased files."
- Federal Communications Law Journal
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Federal Register - The Daily Journal of the United States Government
- Supreme Court Decisions - Recent Supreme Court Decisions
- Supreme Court Decision Archive - "Download full text of Supreme Court Decisions Issued between 1937 and 1975."
- FindForms - "Find thousands of free legal forms, rental agreements, contracts, leases, notices, and letters with our specialized legal form search engine."
- FindLaw - "Find law and legal information including lawyers for legal advice, legal rights or legal help to your legal issues."
- FirstGov: Laws and Legal Issues
- FormSwift: Free Legal Forms Hub - "FormSwift offers many free legal documents for personal use. Personal forms typically do not involve more than two or three parties. These forms may be used to secure a transaction involving products or services, to set up a contract to protect a party from dispute, or to make a formal legal request."
- FreeAdvice.com - "Free Legal Advice is the best law site for consumers, with easy to understand answers to legal questions from expert lawyers, attorneys available Free to help you, legal forms, links to prepaid plans, trial courts, state and federal laws, and a directory."
- Fugitive Watch
- Global Legal Studies Journal
- Guide to Law Online - The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
- Historical Documents - The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
- How to Copyright a Book - How to Copyright a Book: A Comprehensive Guide
- Incoming One-L FAQ - First year law students
- Internet Law Library - Pritchard Law Webs
- Internet Legal Resource Guide
- Interpol - International Criminal Police Organization
- Judy Records - judyrecords is the largest search engine of United States court dockets and opinions on the Internet.
- Jurist: The Law Professors' Network
- Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties - full text of over 300 U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883.
- Katsuey Legal Links
- LLC University - "We teach LLC formation in all 50 states. Follow our simple and free step-by-step guides and download free LLC forms."
- LLC Creation Guide - "How-to guides for starting and running your own LLC."
- LLI: American Legal Ethics Library - Legal Information Institute Cornell University.
- 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.
- LSAC.org - "Welcome to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). We are committed to easing the law school admission process for law schools, prelaw advisors, and prospective law students."
- Law Engine, The - "The Web's premier legal research page, dedicated to providing the law profession and interested consumers with a quick overview of hundreds of quality on-line legal sources in a fast, easy-to-use format!"
- 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.
- Library of Congress - The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. The Library preserves and provides access to a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage you in your intellectual and creative endeavors.
- Library of Congress: Mobile Apps - Mobile Apps from the Library of Congress://senatestockwatcher.com/.
- Library of Congress: Themed Resources - "Exhibitions, special presentations, lesson plans and other materials gathered from throughout the Library of Congress for selected curricular themes."
- LawInfo.com
- Law Information - Site by the American Bar Association offering information on legal topics that affect your daily life, from 'Family' to 'Your Job' to 'Buying and Selling' to 'Finding a Lawyer.'
- Law Self Help - Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School.
- Laws.com - "Attorney and Law Firm Information and Directory. Find Legal Information, Laws and local Attorneys."
- Laws.com: Find a Lawyer - "Lawyer Directory - Find Best Lawyers in your area and Ask a Free Question in any area of practice."
- Lawyers.com - "Accurate and reliable profiles of one million attorneys and firms worldwide. Listings are continuously updated and scrupulously reviewed by the entrant before release."
- Lectric Law Library, The - "Dozens of Legal Topic Areas, Law Dictionary, the Internet Law Library and various bizarre roadside legal attractions."
- Legal Dictionary Merriam-Webster
- Legal Dictionary - Duhaime
- Legal Engine - "Law Search and Legal Search Engine with Government and Court links for Attorneys, Professors, Students, and the Public."
- Legal Material by Subject -Topics - Cornell Law School
- Library of Congress: Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers - "Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress."
- Legaldocs - legal documents, contracts and law documents. Interactive preparation on the Internet.
- Legalethics.com - The most comprehensive set of links and resources relating to the ethical issues facing the legal profession by Internet use.
- Legal Links U.S. States and Territories - This site by the Law Library of Congress provides legal links to all the States and Territories of the United States, including links to general resources such as State Libraries and State Web sites.
- LegalMinds - FindLaw
- Legal Templates - (paid service, free trial) "All of our legal contracts and documents are drafted and regularly updated by licensed attorneys. Save your hard-earned money and time with Legal Templates."
- LegalZoom - "Online legal document preparation services for estate planning, trademarks, corporations and others."
- Lemon Law America - Site is resource for consumers with defective vehicles or products. A visit to this site familiarizes you with the lemon statutes in your state and offers tips on how to proceed if you think you've got a "lemon".
- Lexis-Nexis Communication Center
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
- MedicalMalpracticeLawyers.com - "Our free, no obligation service connects you to medical malpractice lawyers in your state who can answer your questions."
- National Federation of Paralegals Associations
- Nationwide Inmate Search - A one-stop searching portal for finding your relative or friend who has been incarcerated.
- Nolo.com: Free Legal Articles and Solutions - "Thousands of free articles on everyday legal topics. Our articles are accurate, up to date, and written in plain English."
- Officer.com - "The police source. Leading news and information source for the police, law enforcement community."
- OurDocuments.gov: 100 Milestone Documents - "The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965."
- Open Law - It is now possible to model all or parts of legal agreements using code (smart contracts), decreasing the cost and friction of creating, securing, and generating binding legal agreements at Open Law.
- Oyez Oyez Oyez - provides information about major constitutional cases heard and decided by the Supreme Court; includes digital recordings of the Court's proceedings.
- Paralegal 411 - "Paralegal411 provides a launch pad for individuals interested in getting started as a paralegal with information on finding paralegal schools to getting your first job."
- Paralegal Resources - "We've compiled more than 100 resources dedicated exclusively to paralegals. Learn more about the education path needed to become a successful professional and find out how to advance your career and earn peer respect by becoming certified. Need to find support in a particular state? Interested in networking opportunities? Just want to listen to the latest paralegal industry news? It’s all here in one easy-to-use resource."
- Prison Legal News - "Prison Legal News is an independent 48-page monthly magazine that provides a cutting edge review and analysis of prisoner rights, court rulings and news about prison issues."
- Rominger Legal Services - "Rominger Legal Services legal link page provides legal research links, case law, statutes, regulations, and other law related information. This free legal research site is designed specifically to meet the on-line research needs of attorneys and legal professionals. The public is also welcome to use our legal research links, searches, and other legal resources."
- Rules of Order - In 1876 General Henry M. Robert set out to bring the rules of the American Congress to members of ordinary societies with the publication of Pocket Manual of Rules of Order. It sold half a million copies before this revision of 1915 and made Robert's name synonymous with the orderly rule of reason in deliberative societies.
- SEAK Expert Witness Directory - A free index attorneys can use to locate experts.
- Securities Law Home Page, The - "The Online Guide to the Law of the Financial Markets. One of the Web's most popular legal sites created by securities attorney Mark Astarita, the site providescomprehensive and timely information on securities, commodities and corporate. A must read for securities attorneys, investors and market professionals. Updated weekly."
- SmartDivorce
- Supreme Court Of the United States Home Page
- Supreme Court Justices - This site offers comprehensive biographical information on every Supreme Court justice from John Jay to Stephen Breyer. It includes details on each justice's personal life, education, legal career and case participation, as well as his or her predecessor and successor.
- Supreme Court Rulings
- Senate Stock Watcher - Members of the Senate must report periodic reports of their portfolio transactions. This website is purely for an informative purpose and aid in transparency. Updated Daily - See the stock trades US Senators are making as they are reported. Get notifications when new reports are uploaded. Get insight now!
- TidyElections - "Clean, freely available election result maps and data of relatively little cared about elections."
- Tarlton Law Library
- Trademark Law Materials
- The Oyez Project: A Multimedia Archive of the Supreme Court of the United States - "The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality Tour of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices."
- Us Department of Justice - "The Department of Justice enforces federal laws, seeks just punishment for the guilty, and ensures the fair and impartial administration of justice. At justice.gov you can keep up-to-date on justice news as well as learn about the history of the DOJ."
- United States Code - Entire Text
- United States Department of Labor: Whistle Blower Protection Programs - "OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program investigates claims of retaliation against employees for engaging in various types of protected activities."
- United States Sentencing Commission
- United States Supreme Court Decisions - FindLaw
- Vote Smart - "Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States."
