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Law
| American Bar Association |
| Information, links and the Association's publications online for professionals, students and consumers. |
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| Famous Trials |
| Prof. Doug Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School has put together information about famous trials in history from the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C. to the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995. Also included are the Nuremburg Trials, the trial of Charles Manson, the McMartin Preschool Trial, and the trial of LAPD Officers for the beating of Rodney King. Linder has included exerpts from transcripts, background information on the individuals involved and supplementary materials. |
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| FindLaw |
| One of the most comprehensive guides to legal information and resources for legal professionals, students, the business community and the general public. Some features of interest include Cases and Codes, a Career Center, Court Forms , a publications Library and more. |
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| FindLaw Court Forms |
| Federal and State court forms available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). |
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| GovSpot |
| A non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. Links to government related sites, news, documents, social services, money matters, science & travel, world affairs, and politics. |
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| Guide to Law Online |
| The Guide to Law Online is a portal of Internet sources for legal research with an emphasis on sites offering the full texts of laws, regulations, and court decisions from the Law Library of Congress. Includes international, multinational, federal and state law.
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| Guide to Law Online: Law Reviews |
| An alphabetical listing of those sites offering free and complete online access to the fulltext of law review articles and notes from the Law Library of Congress. |
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| Internet Casebook on Sexual Orientation and the Law |
| John Jay Prof. Daniel Pinello has organized a collection of 150 Edited American Appellate Cases Adjudicating Lesbian and Gay Rights Claims. The cases are arranged by name, court, subject matter, and year, and cover such subjects as sodomy, adoption, military service, and immigration. |
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| Introduction to Basic Legal Citation |
| This introduction to legal citation by Peter W. Martin focuses on the forms of citation used in professional practice rather than those used in journal publication. New edition, 2007, updated regularly. |
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| Legal Information Institute |
| One of the most exhaustive sites for legal research on the web from Cornell Law School. Some key resources include: Constitutions and codes (federal and state); Court opinions (federal and state on all levels); Cornell Law School Working papers collection, Directories (lawyers, organizations and journals) and much, much more.
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| Martindale-Hubbell |
| The famous directory to lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government, or law school faculty is online. Find a lawyer by name or search by location/area of practice, firm or law school attended. This site also offers legal articles, an expert witness and services directory, a legal careers section and much more. |
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| Pine Tree Legal Assistance: Links Page |
| Lists legal services sites; includes sections on international legal aid and public interest sites. |
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| Project Diana: An Online Human Rights Archive |
| Includes cases, documents and full text of Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal. From Yale Law School. |
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Law - Federal
| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| The BJS publishes most of its reports on its WWW pages as well as in print. Statistics are maintained in the areas of law enforcement, prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections (including capital punishment), and expenditure and employment. |
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| Code of Federal Regulations |
| This database is sponsored by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. The CFR is divided into 50 titles, each further divided into chapters usually bearing the name of a federal agency. Search or browse one or more CFR titles for current and historical data. |
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| Federal Judicial Center |
| The mission of this government agency is to promote improvement in the judicial administration of the United States federal court system. The Center's site offers publications on court operations and procedures, court history, and educational materials. A database of Judges of the United States Courts provides biographical information on judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court and other life-tenured courts since 1789. |
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| Federal Register |
| Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, the Federal Register is "the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents." Quick and advanced searching as well as browsing capability available. |
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| FedWorld: Supreme Court Decisions |
| This government database contains 7,407 Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to 1975, volumes 300 through 422 of United States Reports. Decisions are available as ASCII text files.
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| FindLaw Court Forms |
| Federal and State court forms available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). |
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| FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions |
| FindLaw presents a searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browse by year or U.S. Reports volume number or search by citation, case title, or fulltext. |
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| FindLaw: US Circuit Courts |
| FindLaw's database of U.S. Court of Appeals decisions since November 1995. An archive of Opinion Summaries from September 2000 to the present is also available. Browe by year or search by docket number, case title, or fulltext.
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| Guide to Law Online: United States |
| From the Law Library of Congress, links to legal foundations and history as well as historical and current documents and law. |
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| History of the Supreme Court |
| A companion website to the 2007 PBS series, The History of the Supreme Court site includes essays and teaching materials on gender equality, social rights, personal
liberties, and equal access to schools. Also included is an interactive timeline of landmark cases handed down since 1792 and a searchable encyclopedia of terms and court cases of note. |
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| Legal Information Institute: Code of Federal Regulations |
| Search the CFR by title and section or browse through a Table of Contents to find dederal regulations in force. Revision dates vary from title to title. |
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| Legal Information Institute: Federal Law Materials-Judicial Opinions |
| Cornell Law School's databases (and search engine for Internet wide searching) for searching U.S. Court of Appeals, District and Bankruptcy Courts, and Courts of Special Jurisdiction decisions. Dates of inclusion vary widely.
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| Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection |
| Cornell Law School's collection includes United States Supreme Court decisions since 1990 and thier collection of Selected Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court, 300 of the court's most important decisions. Search by topic, party name or opinion author. |
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| Legal Information Institute: United States Code |
| Search the entire Code by section number or browse or search within a specific title through a Title Table of Conents. |
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| Office of the Law Revision Counsel: United States Code |
| The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, "a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States." Learn about, search or download the U.S. Code. |
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| Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia |
| The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio since 1995 and selective pieces before 1995. Features include On This Day, a calendar of events, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a listing of all Supreme Court justices, an Oyez Directory to cases sorted by subject and a Supreme Court Virtual Tour.
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| Patriot Act |
| The text of the USA Patriot Act, from the House of Representatives website; also the Act and related documents from the Library of Congress' Thomas site; and the Act with an archive of related materials from the Electronic Privacy Information Center |
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| Supreme Court of the United States |
| The official U.S. Supreme Court site with docket database and Court opinions and orders for the current and previous Terms, Court history and visiting information, Court rules and handling guides, and more. An oral Arguement Transcripts archives arguements from October 2000 to present (10-15 business days after close of session) and fulltext of Bound Volumes of the United States Reports from 1991 on. |
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| U.S. Courts |
| The official site of the Federal Judiciary. Some hightlights include a Library with Federal Judiciary publications and statistics, Federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence for all federal courts, and Understanding the Federal Courts, an introductory textbook on the federal judicial system, its organization, and relationship to the legislative and executive branches of the government. |
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| Web Guide to Supreme Court Research |
| Written by a law librarian at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law annotated, this site provides annotated links to the most reliable, substantive sites for U.S Supreme Court research. It includes official and unofficial Supreme Court sites; sources for both recent and historic decisions, briefs, and oral arguments; links to information about the Justices, commentary on the Supreme Court, Supreme Court rules, history, etc.; as well as the best sources for first amendment law, criminal law, and others. Annotations describe how best to use each resource. |
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| Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents |
| Published every Monday, the Weekly Compilation is the "official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary." Available on GPO Access from 1993 forward. |
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Law - State and Local
| Building Code of the City of New York |
| A web version of New York City's Building Code from the Department of Buildings. |
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| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| The BJS publishes most of its reports on its WWW pages as well as in print. Statistics are maintained in the areas of law enforcement, prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections (including capital punishment), and expenditure and employment. |
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| E.Courts |
| E.Courts, a service of the New York State Unified Court System, makes available information on hundreds of thousands of court cases in New York Courts, search Supreme Court Calendars or find the next court appearance in a criminal case. In several counties, cases can be filed on the Internet. CaseTrac a new fee-based service allows users to track specific cases online. |
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| FindLaw Court Forms |
| Federal and State court forms available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). |
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| FindLaw: State Resources |
| Comprehensive listing of state legal resources including the usual materials like court decisions and state codes but includes other materials such as directories for state bar associations, law schools and expert witnesses. |
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| Fund for Modern Courts |
| A nonpartisan, nonprofit, statewide court reform organization striving to improve the judicial system in New York State; the site includes Court Monitoring reports, Citzens Jury Project reports, and a guide to judicial selection in New York State. |
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| Guide to Law Online: States and Territories |
| The Law Library of Congress' online guide to the Constitution, Executive, Judiciary, Legislature, Legal Guides and General Sources for all states and territories in the U.S. |
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| Legal Information Institute: New York Court of Appeals Collection |
| Decisions of the highest court of New York State are available online within a day of their being handed down. This collection also includes archived decisions from 1990 forward. Search by date and topic. |
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| Legal Information Institute: New York Legal Materials |
| Constitution and Legislation, judicial decisions, regulations and other agency material, along with other state legal resources for New York State listed on Cornell Law School's web site. |
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| Legal Information Institute: State Legal Materials |
| The LII collection of state legal materials presents Internet-accessible sources of state constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and regulations for the fifty states, plus D.C., and the U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions. An interesting feature included is the ability to look up state statutes by topic. |
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| Municipal Codes on the Internet |
| City and county codes online, organized alphabetically by state. Some available for purchase only. |
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| New York City Council |
| Web site for New York City Council, lawmaking body of the City which also monitors the operation and performance of city agencies, makes land use decisions and has sole responsibility for approving the city's budget. This site includes a searchable database of NYC local laws back to 1990, and Council official reports and hearings. |
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| New York State Assembly |
| New York State Assembly website provides a directory to members, bill search and legislative information, live coverage of assembly sessions, legislative reports, rules, kids page, calendars, and more. The New York State Constitution, New York State Consolidated Laws and New York State Unconsolidated Laws are available at this site.
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| New York State Tenants' Rights Guide |
| Information about the laws affecting rental housing from the Office of the State Attorney General.
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| New York State Unified Court System |
| New York State Unified Court System's site with a comprehensive Courts page delineating the history and structure of the State's court system with many decisions (civil and criminal), forms, and reports available online. An alphabetical county listing of Public Access Law Libraries is included. |
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| NYS Unified Court System - Public Access Law Libraries |
| A list of public access law libraries arranged by New York State county. |
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| Penal Law: a Web |
| Markus Dirk Dubber, Professor of Law & Director, Buffalo Criminal Law Center, SUNY Buffalo, School of Law uses the web to explore modern penal law in attempt to reform its teaching, scholarship, and practice. Discussions of Constitutional Criminal Law and an Overview of American Criminal Law are included along with New York State penal law online (with links to statutes, cases and annotations and court decisions) and an international penal code comparison. |
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| Seattle Public Library: Selected Web Sites: Municipal Codes |
| Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the World Wide Web. |
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Law - International
| ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law |
| Under the aegis of the American Society of International Law and updated every 6 months, the guide sets out basic strategies to find international legal materials and examines what resources are available on international environmental, economic and criminal law, private international law, human rights, intellectual property law, treaties, international organizations, international commercial arbitration, and the United Nations. |
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| BOPCRIS |
| Search and browse information from British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995; some of the documents are available online in full text. |
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| Comparative and Foreign Law Guides |
| Articles, links, books and news on comparative and foreign law from the Law Library Resource Xchange. Country listing of articles for web-based research. |
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| Criminal Law Resources on the Internet |
| Buffalo Criminal Law Center provides online access to criminal law materials from the United States and throughout the world, including, criminal codes, criminal procedure codes, and enforcement codes. |
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| Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) |
| A database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. |
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| Guide To European Legal Databases |
| Written by Mirela Roznovschi, on the Law Library Resource Exchange, describes both free and subscription legal resources for 25 European countries plus other organizations. |
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| Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases |
| A guide from the New York University School of Law, Law Library. |
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| Guide to Law Online: International |
| The Law Library of Congress presents international and multinational legal links including a Multinational Reference guide with links to constitutions around the world, and fulltext of and guides to international Treaties
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| Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World |
| The Law Library of Congress offers an alphabetical listing of nations and associated jurisdictions. Sections include constitution; executive, judicial and legislative branches of government; legal guides and general sources of information.
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| International Court of Justice |
| Home page for the International Court of Justice which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Links are provided to the docket of cases before the court, press releases and other important information about the workings of the International Court. |
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| International Law |
| Provided by the United Nations, this site offers treaties, documents and research guides, as well as information and documents concerning international criminal and trade law. |
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| International Law Guides |
| Links, books, news and articles on doing online research on international law from the Law Library Resource Xchange. |
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| International Money Laundering Information Network |
| An organization sponsored by governmental bodies and financial institutions, includes research reports, bibliographies, country pages with full text of anti-money laundering legislation, and a page of links to international organizations and financial intelligence units. |
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| Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) |
| LANIC is the web site for the University of Texas's Institute for Latin American Studies. Click on "Government" for topics such as Human Rights, Law and Justice, and Corruption. |
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| Penal Law: a Web |
| Markus Dirk Dubber, Professor of Law & Director, Buffalo Criminal Law Center, SUNY Buffalo, School of Law uses the web to explore modern penal law in attempt to reform its teaching, scholarship, and practice. Discussions of Constitutional Criminal Law and an Overview of American Criminal Law are included along with New York State penal law online (with links to statutes, cases and annotations and court decisions) and an international penal code comparison. |
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| Political Database of the Americas |
| The Political Database of the Americas provides documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information and election data. |
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| United Nations - Documentation Centre |
| Documentation Center provides links to fulltext for many documents from the General Assembly (floor debates), Security Council (resolutions), Economic and Social Council (reports), Secretariat (annual reports), International Court of Justice, and Trusteeship Council. |
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Law - Metasites
| FindLaw |
| One of the most comprehensive guides to legal information and resources for legal professionals, students, the business community and the general public. Some features of interest include Cases and Codes, a Career Center, Court Forms , a publications Library and more. |
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| Guide to Law Online |
| The Guide to Law Online is a portal of Internet sources for legal research with an emphasis on sites offering the full texts of laws, regulations, and court decisions from the Law Library of Congress. Includes international, multinational, federal and state law.
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| Internet Law Library |
| Formerly the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library, this site was originally provided to the public courtesy of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives in an attempt to make the law (particularly the U.S. Code) available to the public and provide free public access to the basic documents of U.S. law.
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| Law Library Resource Xchange |
| A "web journal" providing legal and library professionals with up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools. Extremely comprehensive.
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| Legal Information Institute |
| One of the most exhaustive sites for legal research on the web from Cornell Law School. Some key resources include: Constitutions and codes (federal and state); Court opinions (federal and state on all levels); Cornell Law School Working papers collection, Directories (lawyers, organizations and journals) and much, much more.
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| WashLaw Web |
| A metasite from Washington University Law School. Arranged alphabetically by topic with everything from state statutes to legal humor. |
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Law - Directories
| American Bar Association |
| Information, links and the Association's publications online for professionals, students and consumers. |
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| Federal Judicial Center |
| The mission of this government agency is to promote improvement in the judicial administration of the United States federal court system. The Center's site offers publications on court operations and procedures, court history, and educational materials. A database of Judges of the United States Courts provides biographical information on judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court and other life-tenured courts since 1789. |
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| FindLaw |
| One of the most comprehensive guides to legal information and resources for legal professionals, students, the business community and the general public. Some features of interest include Cases and Codes, a Career Center, Court Forms , a publications Library and more. |
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| FindLaw: West Legal Directory |
| West Legal Directory on FindLaw. |
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| FindLaw: West Legal Directory |
| West Legal Directory from FindLaw--a database with profiles of thousands of lawyers and law firms in the United States. Search by location, type of practice, firm name or personal name of lawyer.
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| Legal Information Institute |
| One of the most exhaustive sites for legal research on the web from Cornell Law School. Some key resources include: Constitutions and codes (federal and state); Court opinions (federal and state on all levels); Cornell Law School Working papers collection, Directories (lawyers, organizations and journals) and much, much more.
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| Martindale-Hubbell |
| The famous directory to lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government, or law school faculty is online. Find a lawyer by name or search by location/area of practice, firm or law school attended. This site also offers legal articles, an expert witness and services directory, a legal careers section and much more. |
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| Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia |
| The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio since 1995 and selective pieces before 1995. Features include On This Day, a calendar of events, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a listing of all Supreme Court justices, an Oyez Directory to cases sorted by subject and a Supreme Court Virtual Tour.
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