LAW

General Information	Forms	Landlord & Tenant
Affirmative Action	Immigration	Lawyers
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias	International	State Laws
Federal	Journals	Supreme Court

• American Civil Liberties Union - http://www.aclu.org/ -
  A comprehensive site including an overview of the ACLU, ACLU activities in the news, Congress, and the courts.  A thoughtful site for those seeking information on free speech, HIV/AIDS, and more.

• American Bar Association Family Law Section - Tables Summarizing the Law in the Fifty States - http://www.abanet.org/family/familylaw/tables.html -
  This site provides state laws on alimony, child support, custody, and other topics relating to family law.

• APBnews.com: Crime, Justice, Safety - http://www.apbnews.com -
  Provides current information on crime, criminal justice, crime prevention and more. For researchers, there are links to crime statistics.

• Close Up Foundation: Capital Punishment in the United States - http://www.closeup.org/punish.htm -
  find information on capital punishment: history, policy, statistics, etc.

• Cornell Law School - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ -
  Provides extensive legal information from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Univ. Law School. Offers a collection of Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. Code, recent opinions of N.Y. Court of Appeals, and links to additional legal resources.

• Famous Trials of the 20th Century - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm -
  Provides extensive information on famous U.S. trials such as the Amistad Trial, Chicago Seven and more.

• FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources - http://www.findlaw.com -
  A powerful guide to U.S. case law, law codes, law review articles, legal news, and much more.

• Free Legal Advice - http://freeadvice.com/ -
  An extensive, easy-to-use site for legal information.  Voted "most useful consumer legal site" in a USA Today poll.

• Gun Laws, Gun Control and Gun Rights - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/gunlaw.htm
  From JURIST: The Law Professors' Network, find the latest information on current cases, legislation, statistics, the Second Amendment and more.

• Internet Legal Resource Guide - http://www.ilrg.com/ -
  This site, designed for laypersons and lawyers, provides access to more than 4,000 Web sites concerning the law.

• Law.com - http://www.law.com -
  Find legal news, legal forms, a legal dictionary, and much more.

• LawCrawler - http://www.lawcrawler.com -
  A comprehensive legal site containing U.S. and international legal information, cases and codes, and law reviews.

• LawGuru.com - http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.html -
  Find U.S. Federal, State and territorial laws, international law and more.

• Law Information - http://www.abalawinfo.org/
  Find information on legal topics that affect your daily life: family, buying and selling, finding a lawyer, and much more.

• Law and Politics: Internet Guide - http://www.lpig.org
  This site is dedicated to finding the most informative and current law related resources on the Internet.

• Legal Help for the Poor - http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/home.html -
  Provides access to sources of legal help for those who can't afford it.

• Links 2 Law - http://www.thrall.org/law -
  Provides access to an exhaustive compilation of legal resources.

• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/ -
  This site provides access to a wealth of legal information on the federal and state level. Information includes state court opinions, codes, legislation, etc.

• PatentLawLinks.com - http://www.patentlawlinks.com -
  Provides links to case law, law forms, associations, patent offices worldwide, legal search engines, and more.

• SeniorLaw Home Page - http://www.seniorlaw.com -
  This is a site where senior citizens, their families, attorneys, social workers, and financial planners can access information about Elder Law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, and more.

• Small Claims Court - http://law.freeadvice.com/resources/smallclaimscourts.htm - 
  This site provides access to Small Claims Court Information and Links.

• AffActWeb - http://www.affirmativeaction.org/ -
  This is the home page of the American Association for Affirmative Action.

• Lawcopedia - Legal Terms and Definitions - http://www.lectlaw.com//d-a.htm -
  Provides access to a legal dictionary.

• Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia - http://www.nolo.com/briefs.html -
  Provides access to legal information on a broad range of topics, from wills & estate planning to personal injury.

• Shark Talk: Everybody's Law Dictionary - http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm -
  Provides access to Nolo's law dictionary.

• The Web's Legal Dictionary - http://www.wwlia.org/diction.htm -
  Provides access to a searchable database of legal definitions.

• Code of Federal Regulations - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html -
  Provides access to the Code (although it is not entirely up-to-date).

• THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov -
  This site is the best place on the Web to find information about legislation, including the text of pending bills. Also includes bills that have become law and the text of the Congressional Record.

• All About Forms - http://www.allaboutforms.com -
  Provides access to a wide range of legal forms.

• FindLaw: Forms - http://www.findlaw.com/16forms/index.html -
  Provides a series of links to full-text sources of legal forms.

• ILRG's Legal Forms Menu - http://www.ilrg.com/forms.html -
  Provides a series of links to sources of legal forms available on the Internet.

• Legal Forms Room ('Lectric Law Library) - http://www.lectlaw.com//form.html -
  Provides access to a very comprehensive collection of legal forms.

• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/index.html -
  International legal information, including banking, dictionaries, human rights, and more.

 

• The New York Law Journal - http://www.nylj.com/ -
  Includes top stories, decisions of interest, and job listings.

• Tenant Net - http://tenant.net/ -
  Provides a collection of information for tenants.

• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html -
  Provides access to 900,000 lawyers and law firms. A searchable database of law firms, practices, and lawyers.

• West's Legal Directory - http://www.lawoffice.com/ -
  Provides access to an extensive compilation of law firms and lawyers in the U.S. and U.S. territories.

• American Bar Association Family Law Section - http://www.abanet.org/family/familylaw/tables.html
  In tables summarizing the law in all fifty states, this site provides information about alimony, spousal support, custody, etc. 

• FindLaw: State Resources - http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html -
  Provides links to legal resources for every state which include information on laws, lawyers, law schools, and state agency directories.

• State by State Legal Resources - http://www.romingerlegal.com/states.htm -
  A directory of legal resources for the 50 states. Includes the state constitution, statutes, and state government web sites.

• WashLaw Web - http://www.washlaw.edu -
  This site organizes online legal information relating to state government legislation.

• FindLaw - http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/ -
  Provides access to full-text decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1893 to the present. Also, provides extensive legal information.