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Law: Guides
- American Law Sources Online
- This site "provides a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of
links to all on-line sources of American law that are available without
charge. This site contains additional links to sources of commentary and
practice aids that are available without charge (or available at a reasonable
charge from governmental and nonprofit providers)."
- FindLaw
- This site serves as a collection of legal information available over the
Internet, organized by subject.
- Internet Legal Resource Guide
- This site is an index of more than 4000 web sites in more than 200 countries.
Its purpose is "to serve as 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. Designed for everyone, lay
persons and legal scholars alike, it is quality controlled to include only
the most substantive legal resources online."
- Law and Politics: Internet Guide
- This is a one-stop source for legal research aimed at the legal profession,
academia and the public.
- LLRX.com
- The Law Library Resource Exchange website provides resources on how to
do legal research, the latest legal news, both state and federal court rules,
forms and dockets and useful articles on legal topics.
- Constitution
of the United States
- Here is the text of the constitution and all its amendments.
- Constitutional
Law: An Overview
- This site is a good place to start for those wishing to learn about constitutional
law. It provides links to pertinent federal sites as well as links to state
and international constitutional sites.
- International Constitutional
Law
- "(ICL) provides English translations of and other textual material related
to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick
comparison of constitutional provisions."
Law: Court Decisions
- Supreme Court Collection
- The site contains nearly all opinions of the court issued since May of 1990.
- Federal Legal Information Through Electronics
- "The file consists of over 7,000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through
1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of US Reports."
- U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals
- Search decisions from either one or all of the US Circuit Courts of Appeals. The database is updated nightly during the week.
- US District Court-Western
District of Kentucky
- "This site provides web access to public information previously distributed directly through the Offices of the Clerk of Court"
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Law: Criminal
- Criminal Law: An Overview
- A good introduction to Criminal Law. The site provides links to federal, state, and international resources.
- ACLU-Criminal Justice
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Law: Family
- The ABA Center on Children & The Law
- Put together by the American Bar Association, this site is intended to be a "resource tool for lawyers, judges, and other child advocates." The site's "mission is to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy."
- Juvenile Info Network
- This site is aimed at juvenile justice professionals and provides information about juvenile justice and delinquency.
- Office of Federal Child Support Enforcement
- This site provides links to policies, news, and state child support enforcement pages.
- Divorce Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
- "This page links to the divorce laws of the states and to tables summarizing some of their salient points. Those interested in the divorce law of a particular jurisdiction should review its law directly rather than rely on the tables which may not be fully accurate or complete."
Law: General
- LawReader.com
- This site is aimed at the practicing lawyer. It provides links to federal and state laws, Kentucky Court Dockets, thousands of legal forms, the weekly decisions of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, legal resources for Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, Kentucky Lawyer Directory and much more.
- LawRunner
- Law Runner uses the AltaVista search engine to find precise legal information on the web. Searches can be limited to specific jurisdiction, domain, or document type. It also provides numerous templates to help the user more easily find information.
- Lawyers.com
- Martindale-Hubbell's premier law directory is the most complete, trusted source for identifying qualified legal counsel.
- Law Street
- Law Street is designed to give you basic legal information in plain terms. This site is ideal for anyone doing legal research.
- Medicare Rights Center (MRC)
- "Established in 1989, Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit organization
devoted to ensuring that seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare
have equitable access to quality health care."
- Official Directory of State Patrol and State Police
- This site provides links to the official websites of State Patrols and State Police in all 50 states.
- Senior Law Home Page
- "This is a Web site where senior citizens, their families, attorneys, social workers, and financial planners, can
access information about Elder Law (Elderlaw), Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts, and the rights of the elderly and disabled."
Law: Immigration/Emigration
- Immigration & Naturalization Service
- This website is "designed to provide our customers with the most up-to-date information about the agency and the services we offer."
- ACLU - Immigration Rights
- "The Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation was established in 1987 to expand and enforce the civil rights and civil liberties of non-citizens and to combat public and private discrimination against immigrants." The website offers access to news, current events and links to other sites.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Founded in 1964, AILA is a national bar association of over 5,200 attorneys who practice and teach immigration law. This site contains a wealth of information on immigration in America.
- The Immigration Portal
- This website offers immigration information and links to immigration lawyers, immigration forms, case tracking, jobs and sponsors, discussion boards and more.
- Refugee Case Law
- This site collects, indexes, and publishes selected recent court decisions that interpret the legal definition of a "refugee." It presently contains cases from the highest national courts of Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Last Updated: Friday, 08-Nov-2002 13:52:23 EST
