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University Law Sites

 

Cornell University

 
Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
One of the best legal sites on the Web. A wide variety of legal materials are available.

Villanova University

 
Center for Information Law and Policy
http://www.law.vill.edu/
Great graphical interface and real substance, featuring the Federal Web Locator, the Internet Index to United States Federal Government Web Sites, and the Federal Court Locator, the Home Page for the Federal Judiciary on the Internet and the State Court Locator, the Home Page for State Judiciaries. 

Emory University

 
U.S. Federal Courts Finder
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
Nice graphical interface for locating federal court decisions on the Net.
Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk
http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/toc.html
Search the Net for Law of the United States and other nations.

Chicago-Kent Law School

 
Lawlinks: Chicago-Kent's Guide to Substantive Legal Resources on the Web
http://www.kentlaw.edu/lawlinks/index.html
Links to legal resources on the Net.

Purdue Univeristy

 
Purdue's Government Printing Office Access on the Web
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/gpo/
Link to some Government Printing Office documents online that allows key word searches of some federal legislative materials.
Purdue's Virtual Library
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/vlibrary/index.html
The Virtual Library provides links to some Library Catalogues around the world and access to library related Internet resources as well.

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Federal Information

 

General

 
FedWorld Home Page
http://www.fedworld.gov/
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) introduced FedWorld to help people keep up with the flood of information worldwide. It provides a comprehensive central access point for locating and acquiring government information, including more than 130 government dial-up bulletin boards, most of which are not available via the Internet.
The Federal Web Locator
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl
Viilanova's excellent federal locator site.
Government Information INFOMINE
http://lib-www.ucr.edu/govpub/
Government information access from the University of California.

Judicial Branch

 
Federal Courts' Home Page
http://www.uscourts.gov/
The U.S. Federal Courts' Home Page. "This page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts."
U.S. Federal Courts Finder
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
Emory's graphical federal courts finder, click on the map to find your link.
The Federal Court Locator
http://vls.law.vill.edu/compass
Villanova's graphical court's finder, just click on the map of the United States to pull up the links you need.
Court of Appeals links
http://www.ljextra.com/public/daily/coaall.html
The Law Journal Extra links to federal court opinions.

Executive Branch

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
Code of Federal Regulations from the Government Printing office with front end from Cornell Law School.

Legislative Branch

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
"In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of the U.S. Congress through its Library." Legislative information and links to Internet sites where legislative information is available.
United States Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
The U.S Code online, from Cornell. Searchable and reviewable by Title.

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State Information

 
U.S. High Courts - State and Federal
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/directory/overview.html
Cornell's links to court materials on the Net, state by state.
ERD - Law By Country - US States
http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/country/us/state/
Emory's state by state reference tool for law on the Web.
Know your Rights!
http://www.harbornet.com/rights/states.html
Links to State Constitutions and more.

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Private and Commercial Law Sites

THE SEAMLESS WEBsite
http://seamless.com/
This law site features The Commons, a place for people to exchange ideas on law and computer related topics, the Shingle, featuring the homepages of lawyers, law firms, and legal service providers, and the Cross-Roads, containing links to other law related sites.
LEGAL dot NET - The Legal Network for Everyone
http://www.legal.net/
Another aw site.
Internet Legal Resource Guide
http://www.ilrg.com/
This site is a "comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America."
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY(TM)
http://www.lectlaw.com/
A major law site that reflects the personality of its creator.
The Legal Domain Network
http://www.kentlaw.edu/lawnet/lawnet.html
The Legal Domain Network WWW interface provides read-only access to law-related USENET discussion groups, as well as a number of Internet mailing lists on legal topics which are gatewayed into the system. The LDN is a joint venture between several Law Schools, including the Center for Information Law and Policy at Villanova.
CourtTV Home Page
http://www.courttv.com/
CourtTV's home page.
Nolo Home Page
http://www.nolo.com/INDEX.HTML
"America's leading source of self-help legal information."

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Law Sites: Personal Favorites

Business As Usual on the Web
http://www.usual.com
I created this site to help people more easily locate commonly used business information available on the Internet. It contains links to a zip code locator, e-mail directories, the package tracking pages of overnight delivery companies, corporate information, business travel information and other useful information available online.
The Practising Law Institute
http://www.pli.edu/
Innovative legal training available here, from interactive video on CD-ROM to audio and video CLE programs delivered over the Net. I wrote the Teacher's Notes on two of the CD-ROM lessons and work with PLI on training issues.

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Law Firm Home Pages

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
Matindale-Hubbell online.

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