 Subject: Federal Legal Sources |
 Administrative Sources |
ABA Administrative Procedure Database Archive |
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(ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice & Florida State University College of Law) Includes a bibliography of papers funded and sponsored by the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). In addition, recommendations made by the ACUS are available. |
| ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
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Homepage of the ABA section dedicated to administrative law. This site contains the full-text of the publication, Administrative and Regulatory Law News.
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| Administrative Code & Registers |
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(National Association of Secretaries of State) Access administrative codes, registers, and related documents for federal, state & U.S. territorial governments. |
| Agency Index |
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(WashLaw - Washburn University School of Law) Table with links to cabinet-level department and individual agency homepages, publications, forms, charts, and decisions. |
| CIS Congressional Universe |
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Full-text of the Federal Register, 1980 to present. This link works only from computers in the law school. |
| Code of Federal Regulations |
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Full-text of the most recent general and permanent rules published by executive departments and agencies. Past versions are available beginning with 1996. |
| Federal Administrative Decisions and Other Actions |
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(University of Virginia) Provides links to administrative actions outside the scope of the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations. |
| Federal Agency Administrative Decisions - By Subject Matter |
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(University of Virginia) Web site of administrative actions and decisions organized topically.
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| Federal Citizen Information Center |
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Provides answers to questions regarding federal programs, benefits, and services. This site also contains a directory of federal telephone numbers. |
| Federal Register |
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(GPO Access) Contains the full-text of the current version of the Federal Register and previous versions starting with 1994. |
| FedForms.gov |
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Provides a searchable catalog containing federal agency forms. |
| GPO Access - Executive Branch Resources |
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(Government Printing Office) Full-text of the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and other federal documents. |
| List of CFR Sections Affected: 1986-2000 |
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(GPO Access) Features access to regulations via volumes: Volume I (Titles 1-16); Volume II (Titles 17-27); Volume III (Titles 28-41); and Volume IV (Titles 42-50). |
| National Archives's Access to Archival Databases |
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(National Archives and Records Administration) Contains documents, reports, and other information on topics ranging from Japanese-American internees during World War II to special prosecutors and independent counsels. |
| National Association of Attorneys General - NAAG |
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Homepage of NAAG, which contains a directory of all attorneys general in the 50 states and U.S. territories. |
| National Association of Secretaries of State |
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Homepage of NASS which includes links to individual secretary of state offices as well as information on elections, business services, and electronic government. |
| Office of Administrative Law Judges |
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(U.S. Department of Labor) Allows a user to search the docket of the OALJ. Collections of information on whistleblowing, Black Lung, ERISA, and immigration are also available. |
| Regulations.gov |
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Features announcements of proposed rule changes, full-text of the changes, and a link to the information on making comments. (Note: Not all agencies allow emailed comments.) |
| Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal |
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Homepage of the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal, a student publication produced in conjunction with the State Bar of Texas. |
| The National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary - NAALJ |
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Homepage of the NAALJ which contains information on central and non-central panel states. The NAALJ also publishes a newsletter, NAALJ News, that is available electronically. |
| The White House |
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Includes Presidential radio addresses, information on important political issues, news, executive orders, press briefings, and proclamations. |
| Title 5 U.S.C., Chapter 5 - Administrative Procedure |
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(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Full-text, searchable version Administrative Procedure, Chapter 5 of Title 5 U.S.C. |
| U.S. Department of Justice - DOJ |
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Contains the history and organizational structure of the DOJ, as well as information regarding task forces, terrorism, trafficking in persons, community safety, victim assistance, and fraud. |
| USAgov |
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Formerly FirstGov, this site is a great starting point for all types of federal government information. |
| Judicial Sources |
| Federal Court Locator |
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(Villanova University School of Law) Provides links to the federal courts, including district courts organized by state. |
| GPO Access - Judicial Branch Resources |
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(Government Printing Office) Contains information primarily concerning the U.S. Supreme Court, but does provide links to federal trial and appellate courts.
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| LexisONE |
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From the Lexis publishers, Supreme Court decisions from 1790 to present. |
| Supreme Court of the United States |
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Contains the latest slip opinions, court opinions, docket, case handling guides, court rules, and information regarding bar admissions. |
| U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
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Contains published and unpublished opinions from 1992, court costs and fees, docket information, pattern jury instructions, and biographies of the judges. |
| U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion Search |
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Search opinions from all of the circuit courts or limit the search to a particular court. **Caveat: The results list may not be comprehensive. |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
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Includes information regarding the history of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and appellate review of courts-martial. Audio files for select hearings and full-text opinions beginning in 1997 are also available. |
| U.S. Courts |
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Information about and links to federal courts. |
| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas |
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The homepage of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas includes e-filing information, forms, biographical information of the judges, a report of technology available in the courtrooms, and local rules. |
| U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
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This site provides the local rules adopted by the Northern District, filing information, directories of courts and legal resources, forms, court publications, and opinions organized by judge. |
| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas |
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Homepage of the District and Bankruptcy Courts in the Southern District. This website contains procedures and rules adopted by individual judges and magistrates, select orders and opinions, information on alternative dispute resolution and attorney admissions, and notable cases. |
| U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas |
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Provides the rules used by the courts, forms, a pro se manual, jury information, and notable cases. |
| U.S. Supreme Court Collection |
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(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Collection of Supreme Court decisions, including an archive of decisions by topic, author, and party. A preview of cases argued during the current term is also provided. |
| Understanding the Federal Courts |
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(Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Provides an introduction to the federal judicial system, its organization and administration, and its relationship to the legislative and executive branches of the government. |
| Legislative Sources |
| Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress |
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Search for representatives and senators by last name, first name, position, state, party, year, and Congress. |
| CIS Congressional Universe |
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Indexing and full-text of Congressional publications, 1970 to present, plus the full-text of the Federal Register, 1980 to present. This link works only from computers in the law school. |
| Congressional Budget Office - CBO |
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Includes cost estimates for potential legislation, studies conducted by the CBO, briefs, and other publications. A new document notification feature is also available. |
| Congressional Research Service Reports |
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(Univeristy of Michigan Library, Government Documents Department) Provides links to selected reports from the nonpartisan, analytical, research and reference arm for Congress. This page contains links organized by subject. |
| C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle |
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An index to the C-SPAN video recordings of the House and Senate florr proceedings. |
| GPO Access |
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(Government Printing Office) Official source for congressional, legislative, judicial, and administrative resources, including bills, U.S. Code, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and links to federal courts.
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| GPO Access - Congressional Committee Materials |
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(Government Printing Office) Provides access to hearings and prints of Senate and House standing committees.
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| How Our Laws Are Made |
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(THOMAS) Provides a detailed explanation of the lawmaking process. |
| Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. |
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Contains links to House and Senate committee hearings with contact and membership information, news, and audio and visual connections during committee meetings. |
| Law Library of Congress |
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Homepage of the Law Library of Congress, which provides research and legal information to Congress, the federal courts, and executive agencies. This site contains many links to information regarding international events and foreign countries. |
| LOUIS |
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Library of Unified Information Sources (sponsored by the Sunshine Foundation). Search Federal sources such as Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Presidental Documents. Can search Congressional Reports, Hearings, and find Congessional Bills and Resolutions.
Note: Beta site. |
| Office of Law Revision Counsel |
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Provides information about the office which publishes the U.S. Code, as well as downloadable copies of the current Code, prior versions, and classification tables. |
| Office of the Legislative Counsel - U.S. House of Representatives |
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Homepage of the legislative drafting service for the U.S. House of Representatives. This site contains information on drafting federal statutes and links to state and foreign drafting organizations. |
| Open Congress |
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Provides RSS feeds on the legislative activities of representatives and senators. This site also contains a list of the most viewed bills as well as blog entries. |
| OpenCRS - Congressional Reports for the People |
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Contains a collection of reports produced by the Congressional Research Service for members of Congress on current issues. |
| THOMAS |
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Named after Thomas Jefferson, this site from the Library of Congress has the full-text of legislation and the Congressional Record. |
| U.S. Government Accountability Office - GAO |
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Homepage of the office that studies the programs and expenditures of the federal government. Full-text of GAO reports are available and can be accessed by date, topic, and agency. |
| U.S. House of Representatives |
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Contains links to roll call votes, the full-text of bills and the U.S. Code, and an online form to write your representative. |
| U.S. Senate |
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Includes links to senators' webpages, information on committees, records and full-text of active legislation, and a virtual reference desk. |
| Subject: Foreign and International Legal Sources |
| Foreign and International Legal Sources |
| Camara de Diputados |
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Homepage of the Mexican Congress. |
| Electronic Guide to Mexican Law |
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(Compiled by Francisco Avalos and Elisa Donnadieu, University of Arizona College of Law Library) Contains an overview of the Mexican Legal System with links to relevant internet sites. |
| Europa |
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The gateway to the European Union, which includes information on topics such as external relations, customers, human rights, food safety, foreign and security policy, development, and others. |
| Eye on the U.N. |
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Homepage of an organization dedicated to making sure the U.N. identifies and protects against human right violations. This site contains human rights news and a list of U.N. shortfalls by category.
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| Foreign & International Law on the Internet |
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(Cornell University Law Library) Comprehensive list of internet resouces divided by location, topic, and organization. |
| Foreign and International Legal Databases |
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(Willamette College of Law Library) A collection of Foreign Law and Government sites. |
| Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Resources |
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(University of Iowa College of Law) Provides links to general international, international organizations, treaties, international human rights, and law journal sites. |
| Governments on the WWW |
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Comprehensive database of governmental institutions online. |
| Guide to Electronic Resources for Mexican Law |
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(Prof. Jorge Vargas, University of San Diego School of Law) Compilation of electronic sources on Mexican law organized by country of publication and organization. |
| Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases |
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(New York University School of Law) A comprehensive list of sites divided by such topics as foreign and international search engines, constitutions, environmental law, human rights, international criminal law, and the United Nations. |
| Institute of Global Law - French and German Law |
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(University College London & University of Texas at Austin) Contains a collection of translated materials, primarily French and German cases, statutes, and news. |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas |
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Contains information regarding the Mexican constitution and federal legislation. A website translator will be necessary for non-Spanish speakers. |
| InterAm Database |
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(National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade) A collection of laws, regulations, caselaw, and other materials for countries in the Americas. A fee is required to access some materials. |
| International Constitutional Law |
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Provides English translations of international constitutional documents. |
| International Law Commission |
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Contains a research guide to help locate documents and history produced by the Commission. Documents are also accessible by session and are available in a variety of languages.
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| International Money Laundering Information Network |
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Contains model laws and treaties from the United Nations and other sources. |
| International Relations & Security Network |
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Created by the Center for Security Studies & Conflict Research, ETH, Zurich. |
| NAFTA Full-Text |
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(SICE - Foreign Trade Information System) Contains the full-text of the North American Free Trade Agreement. |
| NAFTA Research Guide |
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NAFTA research guide by Duke Law Library. |
| NAFTA Research Guide |
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NAFTA research guide by Harvard Law Library. |
| NAFTA Secretariat |
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Includes Secretariat decisions and rules of procedure. |
| Treaties in Force |
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(U.S. State Department) A list of treaties and other international agreements of the United States as of January 1, 2000. |
| Treaty Actions |
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(U.S. State Department) Treaty actions from 1997 to 2008. |
| Treaty Documents |
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(GPO Access) Includes U.S. Senate treaty documents from the 104th Congress to present. |
| United Nations - International Law |
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Provides information and research guides on topics including human rights, peace and security, economic and social development, humanitarian affairs, and international law. |
| United Nations Documentation - A Research Guide |
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An excellent guide to UN publications and agencies. |
| WhiteCase Jessup |
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(Sponsored by the White & Case Law firm) a partner in the Jessup competions. Focuses on competitions in Australia, Georgia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. |
| Subject: Multistate Legal Sources |
| Multistate Legal Sources |
| Council of State Governments - CSG |
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Homepage of the organization that provides information on trends to officials in all state government branches. This site includes policy materials on aging, education, health, immigration, and more.
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| National Association of Attorneys General - NAAG |
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Homepage of NAAG, which contains a directory of all attorneys general in the 50 states and U.S. territories. |
| National Association of Counties |
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This website contains the resources that the National Association of Counties collects, researches, and publishes on a variety of topics for, on and about counties.
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| National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - NCCUSL |
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Contains full-text versions of the unifor acts written by NCCUSL's Uniform Law Commissioners and legislative tracking for all states. |
| National Conference of State Legislatures - NCSL |
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Bipartisan organization which serves state legislatures by providing research and technical assistance. This site is full of information on issues facing states.
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| Uniform Laws |
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(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Includes the full-text of the UCC, links to the adopted versions of the UCC, the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Code of Evidence, as well as uniform laws concerning marriage, family, health, business, and finance. |
| Uniform Laws & Model Acts |
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(ALSO!) Provides an extensive list of uniform laws and model acts drafted by NCCUSL with links to state-enacted versions. |
| Subject: Texas Legal Sources |
| Administrative Sources |
| Office of the Governor |
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Contains a biography of the governor and his priorities, as well as news and links to the governor's administrative divisions. |
| Texas Administrative Code |
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Contains the full-text of the Texas Administrative Code, a compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. |
| Texas Attorney General |
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Hompage of the Texas Attorney General that includes information on child support, crime victim services, cyber crimes, open government, and the Texas-Mexico border. |
| Texas Attorney General Opinions |
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Provides full-text of Attorney General Opinions. Opinions may be accessed through a search or through an index categorized by attorney general or by subject. |
| Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services - DADS |
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Homepage of the agency which provides a comprehensive array of aging and disability services, support, and opportunities. |
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice - TDCJ |
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The TDCJ homepage contains an online offender search function as well as information on victim services and individual TDCJ units. |
| Texas Department of Insurance - TDI |
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Homepage of the department that regulates Texas's insurance industry. This website contains insurance-related news, research on insurance agents and companies for a variety of coverages, and directions on how to file a complaint. |
| Texas Department of Public Safety - DPS |
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Allows a user to search for criminal history (for a fee) and for sex offenders (no charge). In addition, information on victim services, driving, ID theft, and the Amber Alert Network is available. |
| Texas Department of State Health Services - DSHS |
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DSHS provides health, medical care, mental health, and substance abuse services. Users can browse services by topic or search all services that DSHS provides. In addition, vital statistic records may be ordered directly through this website. |
| Texas Ethics Commission - TEC |
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TEC is responsible for administering and enforcing laws related to campaign finance, lobbying, and financial disclosures made by state officers and employees. This website provides the full-text of campaign finance and lobby reports as well as advisory opinions. |
| Texas General Land Office - GLO |
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Homepage of the agency charged with managing state lands and mineral-right properties. |
| Texas Health & Human Services Commission - HHSC |
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HHSC oversees the operations of the health and human services system. Because HHSC directly administers the Texas Medicaid Program, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), some family services programs, Texas Works, and Disaster Assistance, detailed information on these programs is available. |
| Texas Homeland Security |
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Contains information on the current threat level, tips for creating a safety plan, how to volunteer, and additional resources for communities, schools, and businesses. |
| Texas Online |
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Provides online services, such as driver licenses renewals, vehicle registration, and eFile of court documents, as well as helpful links to other governmental units. |
| Texas Records and Information Locator - TRAIL |
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TRAIL searches and locates information collected in an archive of more than 180 Texas state agency web servers. |
| Texas Register |
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The Texas Register contains changes and additions to rules made by Texas administrative agencies. The full-text of the current issue is available with a link to the archived issues. |
| Texas Secretary of State |
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Provides information on elections and voting; state rules and open meetings; business and public filings; and Texas border and Mexican affairs. A collection of business forms can be accessed under SOSDirect. |
| County & City Sources |
| Municipal Code Corporation |
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Provides many municipal codes adopted by cities throughout the United States with a user-friendly table of contents. |
| Municipal Codes Online |
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(Seattle Public Library) Provides a limited number of U.S. city and county codes organized by state. |
| National Association of Counties |
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This website contains the resources that the National Association of Counties collects, researches, and publishes on a variety of topics for, on and about counties. |
| Judicial Sources |
| Judicial Advisory Council - JAC |
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JAC advises the Community Justice Assistance Division and the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on matters of interest to the judiciary. This website contains information regarding terms and current membership. |
| Judicial Committee on Information Technology - JCIT |
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The JCIT homepage contains resources and standards designed to integrate technology into Texas courts. |
| Office of Court Administration - OCA |
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Homepage of OCA, an organization that provides training, technical assistance, and research on court administration. |
| Task Force on Indigent Defense - TFID |
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Contains model policies, forms, and standards concerning indigent defense in Texas. In addition, TFID provides the local procedures implemented by counties to fulfill the requirements of the Texas Fair Defense Act. |
| Texas Center for the Judiciary |
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The Texas Center for the Judiciary provides specialized judicial education and training opportunities for Texas judges. This website contains links to ethics opinions, court rules, rules of judicial education, and copies of their official publication, In Chambers. |
| Texas College of Probate Judges - TCPJ |
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Homepage of the TCPJ with helpful links to probate law and Texas law. |
| Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
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Includes rules and procedures, issues, oral argument instructions, as well as the option to search and track cases and opinions of the Court of Criminal Appeals. |
| Texas Courts of Appeal |
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Homepage of all 14 Courts of Appeals with links to the individual courts. The websites of the specific courts contain local rules, cases, and opinions. |
| Texas Courts Online |
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Contains a helpful diagram of Texas's judicial structure with links to the homepages of the individual courts, where specific cases and opinions can be viewed. |
| Texas Judicial Council |
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The Texas Judicial Council studies methods to simplify judicial procedures, expedite court business, and better administer justice. Reports included on this website cover topics such as public access to court records, jury service, judicial workload, and state funding. |
| Texas Reports (1846-1881) |
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The portal to Texas History at University of North Texas Libraries has Texas Reports from 1846-1881. |
| Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct |
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Homepage of the agency responsible for investigating and disciplining judicial misconduct and disability. This website includes an overview of the complaint process; complaint forms; and summaries of past and private public sanctions, resignations, and suspensions. |
| Texas State Law Library |
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Provides research guides and links to legislative information, as well as an online catalog. |
| Texas Supreme Court |
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Provides information regarding filing, fees, and rules and standards prescribed by the Texas Supreme Court. Users may search and track specific cases and opinions. |
| Texas Supreme Court - Oral Arguments Audio/Video |
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Contains video webcasts of oral arguments, maintained by St. Mary's School of Law, and audio files of arguments made before the Texas Supreme Court. |
| Legislative Sources |
| Legislative Archive System |
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(Texas Legislative Reference Library) provides scanned copies of bills and analysis from the 54th Session (1955) through the 80th Session (2007) of the Texas Legislature. |
| Revised Civil and Criminal Statutes of Texas (Historical) |
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The Texas State Law Library has digital versions of the Texas Statutes from 1879 through 1925. |
| Texas Constitution |
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Contains the full-text of the latest version of the Texas Constitution. The Constitution may be downloaded in its entirety or viewed by Article. |
| Texas Constitution and Statutes |
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Homepage for the Texas Constitution and Statutes online. Sponsored by the Texas Legislature Online. |
| Texas Constitutions Digitization Project |
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A project of the Jamail Center for Legal Research at the University of Texas School of Law, this website contains historic versions of the Texas Constitution. |
| Texas House of Representatives |
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Contains news, schedules, profiles of representatives, and bill research. |
| Texas House Research Organization - HRO |
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The website of the independent administrative department of the Texas House of Representatives that publishes non-partisan information on legislation and issues considered by the Texas legislature. |
| Texas Legislative Council - TLC |
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Provides information about the legislative process and how a bill is drafted in Texas. |
| Texas Legislative Reference Library |
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Provides a guide to compiling legislative intent, bill/chapter number cross-references, and an index to code sections affected. |
| Texas Legislature |
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Prime source for Texas bills, bill analysis, and statutes. |
| Texas Senate |
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Includes information on senators and committees, as well as live and archived webcasts. |
| Other Sources |
| Baylor University Law Library |
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Homepage of the Baylor University Law Library. The online catalog may be searched for law library holdings only by limiting the collection. |
| Justices of the Peace & Constables Association of Texas |
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Homepage of the JPCA, an association that protects the joint relationship existing between Justices of the Peace and Constables. |
| South Texas College of Law Library |
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Homepage of the Fred Parks Law Library at South Texas College of Law, which contains a comprehensive list of law-related links. The online catalog is also available. |
| Southern Methodist University Law Library |
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SMU's Underwood Law Library Web site contains the online catalog for all SMU libraries, a list of internet resources, and numerous legal research guides. |
| St. Mary's University School of Law Library |
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Homepage of St. Mary's Sarita Kenedy East Law Library. The online catalog may be searched for volumes contained in the law library by limiting the collection to "Kennedy East Law Library." |
| State Bar of Texas |
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Contains information on filing a grievance against a lawyer, law practice management, the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct, attorney profiles, the Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program, and the Lawyer Referral Information Service. Law students may access CLE materials free of charge by registering and following the "Subscribe Now!" link on the CLE webpage under "Your Own Library." |
| State Bar of Texas - Administrative and Public Law Section |
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Contains links to Texas state agencies; the State Capitol telephone directory; the Texas Register; and Texas rules, procedures, and statutes. |
| Texas Association of Defense Counsel |
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Homepage of the organization of Texas civil trial attorneys in private practice who devote a substantial amount of time to representation other than plaintiffs' personal injury cases. |
| Texas Board of Law Examiners |
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Contains information on the requirements of becoming an attorney in Texas as well as the full-text of past bar examinations. |
| Texas Board of Legal Specialization |
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Includes information on becoming certified in one of 20 areas and a directory of certified attorneys and legal assistants. |
| Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism |
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Includes citations for print materials and links to online sources related to legal ethics and professionalism. |
| Texas Civil Justice League |
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Homepage of the Texas Civil Justice League, a legal reform coalition in Texas. This site contains news, information on tort reform, and the Texas Civil Justice League Journal. |
| Texas Comptroller, Window on Texas Government |
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View state expenditures, unclaimed property auctions, and sales and franchise tax information. |
| Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - TCDLA |
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Homepage of TCDLA, which provides assistance, support, and continuing education for Texas criminal defense attorneys. |
| Texas District & County Attorneys Association |
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TDCAA is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Texas prosecutors and attorneys in government representation. This website contains sample jury charges, forms, briefs, news, and a job bank for government attorneys. |
| Texas Ethics Reporter |
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(University of Houston Law Center) Includes the full-text of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Ethical Considerations, Canons, and Ethics Opinions. |
| Texas Law Librarians |
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An interface for accessing the legal research, reference, and administrative resources on the internet, this site contains links to federal sources of information; Texas sources of information; international and state sources of information; resources for law librarians; legal and business forms; reference resources; and related sources of information. |
| Texas Lawyer |
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Online edition of the Texas Lawyer which provides information on the latest legal news and caselaw. |
| Texas Lawyers Center |
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Includes links to a variety of expert witnesses and attorneys. |
| Texas Municipal Courts Education Center - TMCEC |
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Homepage of the organization that provides educational training, assistance, and resource materials to municipal courts. This site contains TMCEC publications, caselaw, and seminar materials covering municipal court issues. |
| Texas Publications Depository Program |
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Contains indexes of Texas state publications and resources for depository libraries. |
| Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library |
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TSU's Law Library site contains many links to Texas legal sites, other Internet sources, and the online catalog. |
| Texas Tech University Law Library |
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The TTU Law Library site includes information regarding hours of operation, the Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research, as well as career and research guides, lists of databases, library presentations, and the online catalog. |
| Texas Trial Lawyers Association - TTLA |
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Homepage of TTLA, an association of plaintiffs' attorneys, who seek to protect the rights of Texas families. |
| Texas Wesleyan University Law Library |
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Homepage of the Dee J. Kelly Law Library with a link to the online catalog. |
| Texas Young Lawyers Association |
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Homepage of the State Bar of Texas department aimed at new attorneys. This site contains a survival guide, resources for solo practitioners, and 10-minute video practice tips. |
| University of Houston Law Library |
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The Web site of the O'Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston includes online collections covering the Anglo-American Legal Tradition, Foreign & International Law, and Admiralty & Maritime Law; legal information Web sites categorized by jurisdiction; research guides on topics such as federal tax law and Texas legal ethics; and an online catalog which can be limited to volumes within the Law Library by selecting UH-Law. |
| University of Texas at Austin - Tarlton Law Library |
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The Tarlton Law Library provides a law in popular culture collection; legal research outlines on foreign and international law; subject guides; lists of current literature related to domestic violence, capital punishment, and copyrights; and an online catalog. |
| Work in Texas |
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Allows employers to search for potential employees and job seekers to search job listings. |
| Subject: Topical Legal Sources |
| Admiralty Law |
| Admiralty & Maritime Law Guide |
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Contains over 1,500 links to codes, opinions, guides, courts, and associations related to admiralty law. |
| Forwarder Law |
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Resource for legal issues in freight forwarding and global logistics. |
| Maritime Legal Resources |
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Provides background information on the history and jurisdiction of maritime law; purchase, sale, and registration of vessels; salvage; and personal injury claims. |
| Oceans and the Law of the Sea |
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(United Nations - Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) Homepage of the division responsible for providing assistance in implementing the UN Convention on Law of the Sea. This site contains the full-text of the convention and related agreements, reports of the Secretary-General, plus links to international courts hearing disputes. |
| Tetley's Maritime & Admiralty Law |
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(McGill) A comprehensive collection of full-text maritime-related articles authored primarily by Prof. William Tetley. |
| Agriculture Law |
| Agriculture & the Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains links to general agriculture sites, as well as relevant statutes and court cases. |
| Agriculture Law Materials |
Subcategory:
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Provides an overview of agricultural law with links to federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| American Agricultural Law Association - AALA |
Subcategory:
National organization focusing on legal problems of the agricultural community. This site contains links to government, commercial, and educational resources. |
| Animal Laws & Regulations |
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(FoxNest Veterinary Hospital & Animal Pet Doctor.com) Contains information on federal laws regarding pets and animal diseases. This site also contains links to non-legal pet information. |
| Animal Legal & Historical Web Center |
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(Michigan State University College of Law) Provides laws and cases regarding animals accessible by state, topic, and species. This site also contains some international resources. |
| Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach |
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Website of an organization dedicated to a nonviolent approach to animal rights and veganism. |
| AnimalConcerns.org |
Subcategory:
(EnviroLink Network) Provides environmental and animal rights/welfare links divided by topic. |
| Farmer's Legal Action Group |
Subcategory:
Nonprofit center that provides legal help to farmers and rural communities. This site contains research links to ag resources and farm law research. |
| Guide to Agriculture Law |
Subcategory:
(Hieros Gamos) Includes links to international resources, federal laws and agencies, state information, and publications related to agriculture law. |
| Legal Treatment of Animals |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains links to state statutes and agencies, foreign laws, international conventions, and general resources related to the treatment of animals. |
| National Agricultural Law Center |
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(University of Arkansas School of Law) Comprehensive site containing links to statutes, regulations, caselaw, publications, and reference resources on 33 topics including biotechnology, food safety, packers & stockyards, and pesticides. |
| Texas Agriculture & Natural Resources Law |
Subcategory:
Addresses primarily agricultural production contracts and farm bankruptcies. |
| Texas Department of Agriculture |
Subcategory:
Provides information on all Texas Department of Agriculture services and programs, chid nutrition, compliance, livestock export pens, and marketing news. |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture - USDA |
Subcategory:
Homepage of the USDA containing information on agricultural laws and regulations, food and nutrition, conservation, marketing and trade, and travel. |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution - ADR |
| American Arbitration Association |
Subcategory:
Includes the rules and procedures used by the AAA; online case-filing services; a collection of ADR guides, articles, and news; and international, national, and state laws. |
| Arbitration & Mediation (ADR) |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Links to attorneys and firms, articles, FAQ and more. |
| Go to Court or Mediate: How to Survive an Encounter with an American Courtroom |
Subcategory:
(Nolo) Provides resources from a self-help perspective on mediation, pro se representation, how to work with a lawyer, small claims court, and collecting judgments. |
| Mediate.com |
Subcategory:
Contains a mediator locator as well as an expansive collection of articles organized by topics such as commercial, divorce & family, ethics, school, and workplace. |
| Texas State Bar ADR Section |
Subcategory:
Contains a list of articles, ethical guidelines, both federal and Texas statutes, and a compilation of academic, research, and professional links. |
| Antitrust Law |
| ABA Antitrust Law Section |
Subcategory:
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| Antitrust & Monopoly Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains a list of internet resouces pertaining to antitrust and monopoly law, including links to organizations, court decisions, and statutes. |
| Antitrust Case Summary Browser |
Subcategory:
Contains listings of antitrust cases organized alphabetically, chronologically, by legal area, and by product. Select antitrust statutes are also available. |
| Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice |
Subcategory:
Contains Division documents filed in cases since 1994 and other public documents. Information on making an antitrust complaint is also provided. |
| Antitrust Law & Economics Review |
Subcategory:
Overview of antitrust law and select articles published in Antitrust Law and Economics Review. |
| Attorneys |
| Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam - MPRE |
Subcategory: Bar Admissions & Exam Information
(National Conference of Bar Examiners) Provides MPRE information and online registration. |
| National Conference of Bar Examiners |
Subcategory: Bar Admissions & Exam Information
Includes information and study aid information for the following exams: Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Multistate Performance Test (MPT) and the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE).Includes an online registration form for the MPRE. |
| Texas Board of Law Examiners |
Subcategory: Bar Admissions & Exam Information
Includes bar admission information, rules, application forms, instructions, and bar exam results. |
| The Bar |
Subcategory: Bar Admissions & Exam Information
(FindLaw) Bar exams results and information published by state, links to state bar home pages, bar review courses, sample bar exams, a related Web sites. |
| ABA Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar |
Subcategory: Bar Admissions & Examination Information
Includes the full-text of the ABA publication, Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements. |
| Austin Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
The Austin Bar Association is composed of attorneys practicing in Travis County. This site contains a lsit of Austin-area legal resources, including referral, dispute resolution, and population-specific services.
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| College of the State Bar of Texas |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Honor society formed to promote voluntary attendance at CLE programs. Membership requires eighty CLE hours in the past three calendar years or forty-five hours during the current calendar year.
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| Dallas Asian American Bar Association - DAABA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Contains Dallas-area job listings and links to other bar associations.
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| Dallas Association of Young Lawyers - DAYL |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
DAYL is composed of 2,000 lawyers and seeks to improve the quality of life for these lawyers while completing a variety of community service projects.
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| Dallas Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Homepage for the Dallas-area bar that consists of approximately 9,000 attorneys. |
| Dallas Hispanic Bar Association - DHBA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Site contains membership information and an archive of DHBA's newsletter. |
| Denton County Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Denton County bar of approximately 230 lawyers.
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| Frisco Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Organization of Frisco attorneys. |
| Houston Bar Association - HBA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
A 12,000 member bar association for Harris County attorneys. This site contains the full-text of current and past issues of The Houston Lawyer.
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| Houston Northwest Bar Association - HNBA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Contains a directory of attorneys practicing in the northwest Houston area.
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| J.L. Turner Legal Association - JLTLA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
African-American bar association in Dallas. JLTLA's site contains job postings and an attorney directory. |
| Jefferson County Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Contains lawyer referral information for individuals in Jefferson County. |
| Rockwall County Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
One hundred fifteen member bar consisting of Rockwall area attorneys. |
| San Antonio Bar Association - SABA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
The SABA site contains a San Antonio lawyer referral service, a number of publications for the public, information on the pro bono Community Justice Program, and e-filing resources. |
| State Bar of Texas |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Contains information on filing a grievance against a lawyer, law practice management, the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct, attorney profiles, the Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program, and the Lawyer Referral Information Service. Law students may access CLE materials free of charge by registering and following the "Subscribe Now!" link on the CLE webpage under "Your Own Library." |
| Tarrant County Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Bar association of Tarrant County/Fort Worth area attorneys. |
| Texas Aggie Bar Association |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Bar association whose membership is comprised of Aggie lawyers. This site also contains a directory of members.
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| Texas Bar Foundation |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
(State Bar of Texas) Philanthropic organization that awards grant funds to organizations dedicated to advancing the justice system. |
| Texas Board of Legal Specialization |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Includes information on becoming certified in one of 20 areas and a directory of certified attorneys and legal assistants.
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| Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Includes citations for print materials and links to online sources related to legal ethics and professionalism.
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| Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - TCDLA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Homepage of TCDLA, which provides assistance, support, and continuing education for Texas criminal defense attorneys.
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| Texas Independent Bar Association - TIBA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Bar association that provides weekly seminars covering criminal law topics and developments. |
| Texas Trial Lawyers Association -TTLA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Homepage of TTLA, an association of plaintiffs' attorneys, who seek to protect the rights of Texas families.
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| Texas Women Lawyers - TWL |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
Organization of women lawyers practicing in Texas for networking, educating, and promoting women's issues.
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| Travis County Women Lawyers' Association - TCWLA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - Texas
An association of women attorneys in the Austin area. |
| American Bar Association - ABA |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - U.S., Foreign, & International
Provides practice resources and tools as well as information regarding professional development, CLE, and legal education. |
| Legal Association Internet Sites |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - U.S., Foreign, & International
(ABA Legal Technology Resource Center) Contains a variety of links to national legal organizations. |
| Legal Associations & Organizations Page |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - U.S., Foreign, & International
(FindLaw) Contains lists of national, specialty, state, local, foreign, and international legal associations. |
| Worldwide Bar Associations |
Subcategory: Bar Associations - U.S., Foreign, & International
A listing of bar associations by continent. |
| National Association for Law Placement - NALP |
Subcategory: Career Placement Resources
Contains directories of law schools and legal employers plus information on job searches and public service opportunities. |
| Texas Tech School of Law - Career Services |
Subcategory: Career Placement Resources
Contains an overview of job placement services provided by Career Services and contact information. |
| ABA-CLE |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
Includes information on CLE programs offered by ABA, career articles and resources, and a listing of jobs for law students and attorneys.
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| ALI-ABA |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
ALI-ABA is a national CLE provider. This site contains course descriptions and registration materials for live, webcast, telephone, and online programs. |
| Practising Law Institute |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
Continuing legal education programs offered nationally and via the Web, course handbooks and other publications. |
| Texas Bar CLE |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
(State Bar of Texas) Find Texas Bar CLE schedules and materials. Law students can access all the materials free of charge by registering. |
| Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
This site contains information on upcoming conferences and links to online CLE courses. |
| West LegalEdcenter |
Subcategory: Continuing Legal Education - CLE
(Thompson/West) West LegalEdcenter provides online CLE programs from local, state and national providers.
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| ABA Lawyer Referal Services |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
Includes a directory of lawyer referral services for all 50 states. |
| FindLaw Legal Directory |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
(FindLaw) Find lawyers by state and by legal issue. |
| Lawyer Referral Information Service |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
(State Bar of Texas) Provides attorney referrals for individuals in counties that do not have their own referral service. |
| Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
(LexisNexis) International directory of attorneys. Search by location, name, law school, and practice area. |
| Sweet & Maxwell Bar Directory |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
Listing of practicing barristers in England and Wales. |
| U.S. Attorneys Offices Contact Information |
Subcategory: Directories - Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lawyer Referrals
(U.S. Department of Justice) Provides phone numbers, fax numbers, and addresses for U.S. attorneys by state. |
| ABA Center for Professional Responsibility |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Includes the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, ABA ethics opinions, contact information for state disciplinary agencies, as well as links to other ethics resources.
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| American Legal Ethics Library |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) "This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis." Links to state PR codes & opinions, comparisons with ABA Model Rules and Code, and more. |
| Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Provides the full-text of all five canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct for Judicial Employees with references to the United States Code. |
| Code of Conduct for United States Judges |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Includes the full-text of all seven canons plus checklists for financial and other conflicts. |
| Code of Ethics Online Project |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Center for the Study of Ethics in the Profession, Illinois Institute of Technology) Includes over 850 codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. |
| Departmental Ethics Office |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Justice Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice) The Departmental Ethics Office Web site contains references to ethics statutes for the executive branch and information on travel, conflicts, entertainment, and political activities.
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| Ethics & Professional Responsibility Links |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(FindLaw) A collection of news and caselaw on various professional responsibility topics. |
| EthicsWeb.ca |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(Dr. Chris MacDonald, Philosophy Dept., St. Mary's Univ. Halifax, Canada) A collection of ethics-related Web sites, many with a Canadian perspective. |
| Filing a Grievance |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(State Bar of Texas) Includes the full-text of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure as well as information for the public regarding when and how to file a grievance.
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| House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(U.S. House of Representatives) Contains forms, ethics rule changes, financial disclosure details, and advisory memorandum.
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| Legalethics.com |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Focuses on legal ethical issues raised by the Internet and Internet technology. Includes links to articles, rules, and other information. |
| Senate Select Committee on Ethics |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(U.S. Senate) Contains an overview of the Senate Code of Conduct, the Senate Ethics Mannual, and final disclosure information and forms. |
| Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Includes citations for print materials and links to online sources related to legal ethics and professionalism.
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| Texas Ethics Commission - TEC |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
TEC is responsible for administering and enforcing laws related to campaign finance, lobbying, and financial disclosures made by state officers and employees. This website provides the full-text of campaign finance and lobby reports as well as advisory opinions.
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| Texas Ethics Reporter |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
(University of Houston Law Center) Includes the full-text of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Ethical Considerations, Canons, and Ethics Opinions. |
| U.S. Office of Government Ethics - OGE |
Subcategory: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The OGE is an executive branch agency responsible that deals with conflicts of interest issues on the part of government employees within the executive branch. |
| JURIST - Law Professors |
Subcategory: Law Professors
A directory of U.S. law school faculty pages with biographies, contact information, and personal homepages. |
| JURIST Select |
Subcategory: Law Professors
In co-operation with JURIST: The Law Professors' Network, FindLaw presents a rotating selection of course pages, resource pages, online articles and home pages posted by law professors in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and other common law jurisdictions world-wide. |
| ABA Law Student Division |
Subcategory: Legal Education - Associations & Organizations
Contains membership and scholarship information, career resources, and writing and advocacy competition details. |
| ABA Section of the Legal Education and Admission to the Bar |
Subcategory: Legal Education - Associations & Organizations
Contains resources on accreditation, bar admissions, distance education, pre law, pro bono, and legal education statistics.
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| Association of American Law Schools - AALS |
Subcategory: Legal Education - Associations & Organizations
The AALS site contains statistics on the characteristics of law school faculty, a world directory of law schools, plus links to other legal education organizations and standards of good practices for recruiting and hiring faculty.
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| Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction - CALI |
Subcategory: Legal Education - Associations & Organizations
Provides online lessons on a variety of topics. The lessons are organized by subject, by casebook, and by course outline. CALI also has a directory of law schools with links to the individual homepages. |
| Council on Legal Education Opportunity - CLEO |
Subcategory: Legal Education - Associations & Organizations
Non-profit organization seeking to increase law school opportunities for minorities and low-income individuals.
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| ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
This searchable edition allows you to locate law schools based on bar passage rate, geographic location, and post-graduation employment. The guide also provides basic information about the admissions process and preparing for law school. |
| Directory of ABA-Approved Law Schools |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
(ABA Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar) Includes a listing of all law schools. Separate lists for public and private schools are available. In addition, those schools who have been provisionally approved or have been placed on probation are also listed. |
| Directory of U.S. Law Schools - By School Name |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
(University of Minnesota Law School) A listing of U.S. law schools organized alphabetically.
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| Directory of U.S. Law Schools - By State |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
(University of Minnesota Law School) A listing of U.S. law schools organized by state.
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| Judging the Law School |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
Evaluation and rankings in various categories by Thomas E. Brennan, Sr., President of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. |
| Law School News |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
Contains news, rankings, bar classes, bar passage rates, and information on law reviews and competitions. |
| LSAC - Law School Admission Council |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
Information on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). Includes test preparation materials, information on choosing a law school and law school recruitment forums, financial aid and downloadable forms. |
| Post-J.D. Programs |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
(ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar) Directory by schools and categories. Includes a list of programs for foreign lawyers and definitions of graduate law degrees. |
| U.S. News & World Report - Law School Rankings |
Subcategory: Legal Education - News, Directories, Rankings, & Admissions
Contains the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings by tier as well as information on specialties. |
| Banking & Financial Institutions Law |
| ABA Section on Business Law - Banking Law Committee |
Subcategory:
Contains the full-text version of the Banking Law Committee Journal, a list of sites of interest, and a calendar of committee events. |
| Banking |
Subcategory:
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) An overview of banking law with links to the full-text of relevant federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| Banking Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains links to general banking law information, state statutes, constitutional provisions, and foreign laws. |
| Conference of State Bank Supervisors - CSBS |
Subcategory:
Homepage of the national organization dedicated to the advancement of the state banking system. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Company - FDIC |
Subcategory:
The FDIC website contains a calculator to determine if deposits are insured, guidelines on deposit insurance, industry analysis, an institution directory, and loan sale announcements. |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Subcategory:
Provides economic research and data for the region and the nation, information on filing a complaint against a bank, and a list of publications. |
| Federal Reserve Board |
Subcategory:
The Federal Reserve homepage contains economic research and data, statistics, reporting forms, monetary policy, consumer information, and speeches and testimony of officials and board members. |
| Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks - OCC |
Subcategory:
(U.S. Department of the Treasury) Office charged with chartering and supervising national banks. This site contains a list of pending and recently enacted relevant legislation, as well as information on filing a complaint against a national bank and electronic banking. |
| Recovery.gov |
Subcategory:
Federal Goverment site that tracks the funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. |
| Texas Department of Banking |
Subcategory:
Contains a large amount of information and resources regarding banks & holding companies, foreign banks, trust companies, money services businesses, prepaid funeral contracts, perpetual care cemetaries, and private child support enforcement agencies, as well as a Law & Guidance Manual that provides the relevant statutes for the above topics. |
| U.S. Federal Trade Commission - FTC |
Subcategory:
The FTC homepage contains information on competition, consumer protection, and identity theft, as well as a consumer complaint form, economic reports, and statutes enforced by the FTC. |
| U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision - OTS |
Subcategory:
(Department of the Treasury) Homepage of the office that regulates federally-chartered and state-chartered savings associations. This site contians statistics and research papers published by OTS. |
| U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission - SEC |
Subcategory:
The SEC website contains forms, relevant acts with links to corresponding rules and regulations, a variety of investment calculators, and commission opinions. |
| Bankruptcy Law |
| American Bankruptcy Institute - ABI |
Subcategory:
Provides an overview of bankruptcy, filing information, and full-text of ABI published journals and newsletters. |
| Bankruptcy & Credit Law |
Subcategory:
(CataLaw) Contains a list of U.S. and foreign bankruptcy internet resources. |
| Bankruptcy & Debt Collection Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains a list of general internet resources, federal bankruptcy statutes, foreign laws, and relevant cases. |
| National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys - NACBA |
Subcategory:
Website for the national organization for consumer bankruptcy attorneys that contains an attorney finder as well as a list of links and articles. |
| The Bankruptcy Law Trove |
Subcategory:
(Law Offices of Swiggart & Agin) Includes Frequently Asked Questions and links to general bankruptcy sites, statutes and court cases, government resources, and vendors (office software and auctions). |
| Civil Procedure |
| Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
Subcategory:
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Contains the full-text of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure accessible by an easy-to-use table of contents. |
| Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code |
Subcategory:
Contains the full-text of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code divided by title and chapter. |
| Texas Rules of Civil Procedure |
Subcategory:
Contains the full-text of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The entire document or individual sections may be viewed or downloaded. |
| Civil Rights |
| Adversity Net |
Subcategory:
Homepage of an orgnaization supporting equal treatment of law without racial, gender, or ethnic preferences. |
| American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU |
Subcategory:
Contains summaries and previews of Supreme Court terms as well as a function that allows a user to browse cases by issue. |
| Civil Liberties, Civil Rights: General |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) A collection of constitutions, statutes, cases, and other resources on the topic of civil rights. |
| Civil Rights |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) List of civil rights resources including newsletters, attorneys, witnesses, job openings, documents, briefs, articles, and internet sites. |
| U.S. Commission on Civil Rights |
Subcategory:
Contains a complaint referral service to assist individuals in filing a civil rights complaint as well as commission reports, state advisory committee reports, and other resources which can be accessed by type of resource or topic. |
| U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division |
Subcategory:
Site of the DOJ division responsible for enforcing numerous civil rights laws, including those related to race, sex, disability, religion, and nationl origin. The pages of the Division's sections contain great overviews of the relevant statutes. |
| Commercial Law |
| Uniform Commercial Code - UCC |
Subcategory:
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Includes the full-text of Articles 1-9 with a table of contents and a feature that searches the individual articles or the entire UCC. |
| Communications Law |
| Communications Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains a list of links to general communications law websites, as well as federal, state, and foreign statutes and caselaw. |
| Federal Communications Commission - FCC |
Subcategory:
In addition to information on major intiatives, the FCC website contains information regarding media regulations and wireless communications. Consumers may also make a complaint online. |
| National Telecommunications & Information Administration - NTIA |
Subcategory:
Homepage of the organization that advises the executive branch regarding telecommunications and information policy issues. |
| Computers & the Law |
| ABA Legal Technology Resource Center |
Subcategory:
Provides a wealth of resources on law office and courtroom technology, communications, online researching, mobile lawyering, and metadata. |
| Berkman Center for Internet & Society |
Subcategory:
(Harvard Law School) The Berkman Center is a research program that examines the relationship between democracy, the internet, and society. The Center's publications and current projects can be accessed. |
| Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section - CCIPS |
Subcategory:
(U.S. Department of Justice) Contains news and information on reporting computer and IP crimes, as well as cases and legal resources concerning electronic evidence, computer crimes, and intellectual property. |
| Computers & the Law |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains a list of internet resources pertaining to computer law, including links to organizations, court decisions, and statutes. |
| Cybercrimes |
Subcategory:
(University of Dayton School of Law) This site contains model cybercrime laws, a number of articles written by Prof. Susan Brenner on cybercrime issues, and cybercrime news. |
| Cyberlaw Encyclopedia |
Subcategory:
A collection of online cyberlaw sites which can be browsed by category. |
| Cyberspace Law |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Contains listings for cyberspace law jobs and attorneys; computer and technology law documents and articles; and web guides covering computer crime, domain names, e-commerce, privacy, freedom of expression, and technology licensing. |
| Internet Crime Complaint Center |
Subcategory:
(Federal Bureau of Investigations & the National White Collar Crime Center) Includes an online complaint form, annual reports about widespread abuses and information on how to avoid being scammed. |
| UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law & Policy - Archive |
Subcategory:
A collection of resources collected and posted over the past ten years is provided. The Institute is not currently addressing developments in the area. |
| Constitutional Law |
| Center for Constitutional Rights - CCR |
Subcategory:
Includes news, information on Guantanamo, and synopses of lawsuits filed by the CCR alleging government misconduct; racial, social, or economic discrimination; violations of international human rights; and corporate accountability. |
| Constitution Finder |
Subcategory:
(University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law) This index offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world and states are listed alphabetically. |
| Constitutional Law |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Guide containing links to government agencies, laws and documents, select Supreme Court decisions, and relevant internet sites. |
| Constitutions of the World |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Links to constitutions of countries worldwide and related resources. |
| First Amendment Center |
Subcategory:
(Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies) Contains research materials, articles, and news concerning First Amendment freedoms to speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. |
| First Amendment Online |
Subcategory:
(Prof. Adam Samaha, University of Minnesota Law School) This site covers current developments in 1st Amendment law from the federal courts and the Minnesota Supreme Court. Links are provided to U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the past 10 years as well as "classic" decisions. It also includes historic documents and images from First Amendment case as well as links to news coverage of First Amendment issues, public opinion polls, and related sites. |
| The American Constitution: A Documentary Record |
Subcategory:
(Yale Law School - Avalon Project) Documents related to the U.S. Constitution from pre-colonial, e.g., Magna Carta (1215 to constitutional ratification documents. |
| The Charters of Freedom: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights |
Subcategory:
(National Archives and Records Administration) An online exhibit of "some of the most highly detailed photographs... of these documents."Includes the text of the Eleventh through Twenty-Seventh Amendments and biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. |
| The Founders' Constitution |
Subcategory:
Web edition of the five volume set, edited by Profs.Kurland and Lerner of the Univ. of Chicago, containing an anthology of documents from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s arranged under "Major Themes" of the U.S. Constitution and then arranged by article, section and clause of the Constitution from Preamble through the Twelfth Amendment. |
| U.S. State Constitutions |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Links to the constitutions of all 50 states. |
| USConstitution.net |
Subcategory:
A site all about the U.S. Constitution with many links to other constitution sites and an extensive FAQ section. |
| Consumer Law |
| Consumer Issues |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Contains information to help consumers, including how to get a passport, avoid identity theft, and resolve marketplace disputes. |
| Consumer Protection Information |
Subcategory:
(Texas Attorney General) Provides an online complaint form, a list of major lawsuits and settlements, and information regarding consumer protection. |
| Federal Trade Commission - FTC |
Subcategory:
Includes the Bureau of Consumer Protection, online consumer complaint and identity theft complaint forms as well as consumer information publications in English and Spanish. |
| Internet Crime Complaint Center |
Subcategory:
(Federal Bureau of Investigation & National White Collar Crime Center) Includes an online complaint form, annual reports about widespread abuses, and information on how to avoid being scammed. |
| National Consumer Law Center |
Subcategory:
Advocacy organization for low-income consumer justice issues and leading publisher of practical, practice oriented consumer law publications. |
| Texas Consumer Protection Statutes |
Subcategory:
A collection of links to Texas consumer protection statutes, including the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. |
| Texas Department of Transportation - Lemon Law Information |
Subcategory:
Provides an overview of the complaint process and a complaint form, a video guide to lemon laws, and relevant Texas statutes and rules. |
| Texas State Bar - Consumer & Commercial Law Section |
Subcategory:
Includes back issues of the Journal of Texas Consumer Law and information on consumer laws, identity theft, Check 21, small claims court, lemon law, three day right to cancel, landlord lockouts, and security deposits. |
| Corporations & Partnerships Law |
| 10K Wizard |
Subcategory:
A tool that allows keyword searches of SEC filings. |
| Corporations, Partnerships, & Business Associations |
Subcategory:
(LawMoose) Contains a list of internet resources on corporations, partnerships, and businesses, including links to state constitutional provisions, court decisions, and organizations. |
| State Corporation & Business Forms |
Subcategory:
A compilation of business form links divided by jurisdiction. |
| Texas Secretary of State - Corporations Section |
Subcategory:
Contains Business Organizations Code forms, links to corporation related Texas laws, filing information, and information on starting a business. |
| Courts & Judges |
| ABA Judicial Division |
Subcategory: Associations
Homepage of the ABA division seeking to address the needs of the judiciary. |
| American Judges Association |
Subcategory: Associations
Homepage of the ABA organization of judges.
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| American Judicature Society |
Subcategory: Associations
Association of American and Canadian judges. AJA's site contains a list of links and the text of their publications - Benchmark, Court Review, and Domestic Violence.
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| American Political Science Association (APSA) - Law and Courts Section |
Subcategory: Associations
(Institute for Law and Society, New York University School of Law) Contains a list of data and statistical resources on a variety of legal topics. |
| Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals |
Subcategory: Associations
Archive of the Commission's hearings, testimony, and reports. The Commission completed its duties March 19,1999.
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| Conference of Chief Justices |
Subcategory: Associations
Association composed of the highest judicial officers of each state.
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| Conference of State Court Administrators - COSCA |
Subcategory: Associations
Organization composed of the state court administor of each state. COSCA's site contains policy statements, a list of related organizations, and state contact information.
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| Federal Court Clerks Association - FCCA |
Subcategory: Associations
FCCA is an organization composed of clerks of federal courts. This site contains the full-text of FCCA's journal as well as links to job openings and other court administration sites.
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| Federal Judicial Center - FJC |
Subcategory: Associations
FJC's site contains an extensive list of their publications and videos; a biographical directory of federal judges; and historical, administrative, and judicial legislation information.
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| Judicial Education Reference, Information and Technical Transfer Project - JERITT |
Subcategory: Associations
Contains a database of judicial education programs, grants, organizations, and individuals as well as a Resources page with links to other judicial education organizations and resources. |
| National Association for Court Mangement - NACM |
Subcategory: Associations
Contains a code of conduct for court administrators and a glossary of common legal terms. |
| National Association for State Judicial Educators - NASJE |
Subcategory: Associations
Provides links to other judicial education sites and DUI resources. |
| National Association of Women Judges - NAWJ |
Subcategory: Associations
Organization seeking gender equality in American courts. |
| National Center for State Courts - NCSC |
Subcategory: Associations
Organization that conducts research and provides education for state courts. This site contains the full-text of NSCS studies and and research publications on topics such as Access & Fairness, ADR, Courthouse Facilities, Juries, Court Administration, and Technology.
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| National College of Probate Judges |
Subcategory: Associations
Organization of probate judges. The National College's site contains information on elder abuse as well as links to various probate courts. |
| National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks - NCACC |
Subcategory: Associations
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| National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges - NCJFCJ |
Subcategory: Associations
Contains numerous publications concerning child abuse and neglect, delinquency, family violence, juvenile justice, and substance abuse. |
| National Judicial College - NJC |
Subcategory: Associations
NJC is a national judicial education provider that is also responsible for the Tribal Judicial Center and the National Center for Courts and Media. |
| Court Forms |
Subcategory: Court Rules, Forms, & Dockets
(FindLaw) Court forms for federal, state and bankruptcy courts. |
| Court Rules, Forms, & Dockets |
Subcategory: Court Rules, Forms, & Dockets
(LLRX.com) Includes links to over 700 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. |
| Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees |
Subcategory: Courts
(Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Provides the full-text of all five canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct for Judicial Employees with references to the United States Code.
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| Code of Conduct for United States Judges |
Subcategory: Courts
(Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Includes the full-text of all seven canons plus checklists for financial and other conflicts.
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| Supreme Court of the United States |
Subcategory: Courts
Contains the latest slip opinions, court opinions, the docket, case handling guides, court rules, and information regarding bar admissions. |
| Texas Courts Online |
Subcategory: Courts
Contains a helpful diagram of Texas's judicial structure with links to the homepages of the individual courts, where specific cases and opinions can be viewed.
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| U.S. Courts |
Subcategory: Courts
Information about and links to federal courts.
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| Electronic Discovery Law |
Subcategory: Electronic Discovery Law
(K&L Gates) Blog covering electronic discovery news and information written by K&L Gates's e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group |
| kenwithers.com |
Subcategory: Electronic Discovery Law
(Ken Withers, Senior Judicial Education Attorney for the Federal Judicial Center) Contains articles and resources on computer disclosure and discovery. |
| Daubert on the Web |
Subcategory: Evidence
Contains a plethora of information on the Daubert opinion, including cases that have relied the opinion as well as other procedural information.
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| Federal Rules of Evidence |
Subcategory: Evidence
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School) Full-text of the Federal Rules of Evidence with notes. Accessible through a table of contents. |
| The Recovered Memory Project |
Subcategory: Evidence
(Prof. Ross E. Cheit, Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University) Cases and academic research studies regarding forgetten and later remembered traumatic events. |
| Uniform Rules of Evidence Act |
Subcategory: Evidence
(National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - NCCUSL) |
| CNN Crime Section |
Subcategory: Trials
A great source for information on high-profile trials. |
| Famous Trials |
Subcategory: Trials
(University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Douglas O. Linder) Contains photographs, summaries, procedural information, and other resources on famous trials from Socrates in 399 B.C. to Zacarias Moussaoui in 2006.
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| Nuremberg Trials Project - A Digital Document Collection |
Subcategory: Trials
(Harvard Law School Library) Trial transcripts, briefs, document books, evidence files, and other papers from the library's extensive collection of documents relating to the trial of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany. |
| Researching Jury Verdicts & Awards |
Subcategory: Verdicts, Awards, & Settlements
(University of Minnesota Law School) Contains a list of resources for locating jury verdict and settlement information. |
| Criminal Law & Criminal Justice |
| ABA Criminal Justice Section |
Subcategory: Federal/General
Contains a collection of links on topics such as prosecution, defense, corrections, military justice, and victim services. |
| Buffalo Criminal Law Center |
Subcategory: Federal/General
Contains past issues of the Buffalo Criminal Law Review and many criminal law internet resources, particularly international and victim information links. |
| Bureau of Justice Assistance - BJA |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Homepage of the organization that provides grant assistance and criminal justice policy development. |
| Bureau of Justice Statistics - BJS |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Statistics on crime, victims, offenders, drugs, deaths in custody, trends, international comparisons, law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, and corrections. |
| Crime, Law Enforcement, and Prisons: General |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(LawMoose) Contains links to state statutes and agencies, foreign laws, international conventions, and general resources related to the criminal law and criminal justice. |
| Criminal Justice Links |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice) A comprehensive collection of links on areas of criminal justice, including forensics, federal criminal justice agencies, crime prevention, drugs and alcohol, and corrections. |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI |
Subcategory: Federal/General
Provides information on investigative priorities, wanted fugitives, safety, and the history of the bureau. Also available is Crime in the United States (CIUS), an annual publication containing crime and enforcement statistics. |
| Federal Bureau of Prisons - BOP |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(U.S. Department of Justice) Includes an inmate and facility locator, BOP annual reports, and information on inmate matters such as work, healthcare, education, temporary release, and substance abuse. |
| Federal Public Defenders |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Defender Services Division Training Branch, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) Includes publications, materials and links to federal criminal law resources. |
| Justice Research and Statistics Association - JRSA |
Subcategory: Federal/General
National organization of state Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) personnel. This site contains an electronic clearinghouse of SAC research; however, most results will be only be abstracts-you will have to contact the SAC for full-text. |
| National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - NACJD |
Subcategory: Federal/General
Contains data collected by NACJD grantees, which users can manipulate and run statistical analyses with. In addition, users may search an online bibliography of data-related literature. Each entry provides a link to the data analyzed by the article's author(s). See also the NACJD list of related sites for more criminal justice resources. |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Service - NCJRS |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Provides information concerning substance abuse and justice. Topics include corrections, courts, crime, crime prevention, drugs, justice system, juveniles, law enforcement, and victims. |
| National Institute of Justice - NIJ |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Provides numerous full-text NIJ publications and research reports on a wide-range of crime-related topics. See the index of topics for more information. |
| Office for Victims of Crime - OVC |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Contains resources and information on topics such as campus crime, death notification, domestic and family violence, drunk driving, hate and bias crimes, homicide survivors and covictims, impact statements, mental health, restorative justice, and victim's rights and services. OVC's Web site also includes statistics on crime victims and resources for international victims. |
| Office of Justice Programs - OJP |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(U.S. Department of Justice) Information on corrections, courts, identity theft, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, prosecutions, safer schools, substance abuse & crime, technology to fight crime, terrorism & domestic preparedness, victim services, and youth violence prevention. |
| Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention - OJJDP |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice) Office that provides juvenile delinquency and victimization resources. OJJDP's Web site contains information on their programs, plus publications, state contact information, and statistical materials. |
| Office of National Drug Control Policy - ONDCP |
Subcategory: Federal/General
ONDCP provides many resources and publications concerning drugs, including drug facts, policy, news, prevention, treatment, and enforcement. |
| RAND Criminal Justice Center |
Subcategory: Federal/General
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| Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice) Provides raw opinion data on criminal justice characteristics; public opinion; crime and victims; arrest and seizures; courts, prosecution, and sentencing; and parole, jails, prisons, and the death penalty. |
| U.S. Department of Justice - DOJ |
Subcategory: Federal/General
The DOJ's Resource page contains publications as well as cases and documents relevant to each division, including antitrust; alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives; civil rights; Enron; environment; immigration; and terrorism. |
| www.prosecutor.info |
Subcategory: Federal/General
(Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney) A comprehensive list of links to federal, state, and international prosecuting attorneys' offices as well as related associations. |
| Crime, Law Enforcement, and Prisons - Sentencing & Parole |
Subcategory: Sentencing
(LawMoose) Contains links to general sentencing and parole sites, as well as relevant statutes and court cases. |
| The Sentencing Project |
Subcategory: Sentencing
Organization promoting sentencing reforms. This site contains statistics; information on sentencing policy, incarceration, racial disparity, felony disenfranchisement, drug policy, women in the justice system, and collateral consequences; Sentencing Project publications; and a collection of true stories. |
| U.S. Sentencing Commission |
Subcategory: Sentencing
Homepage of a judicial branch agency responsible for establishing and researching federal sentencing policies. This site contains sentencing statistics; the sentencing guideline manual with commentary; information on Booker, Fanfan, and other Supreme Court cases regarding the guidelines; and state sentencing information from the National Association of State Sentencing Commissions. |
| Texas Attorney General - Criminal Justice Resources |
Subcategory: Texas
Resources for law enforcement regarding fugitive sex offenders, gangs, nuisance abatement, cyber crimes, detained foreign nationals, and training. |
| Texas Criminal Justice Coalition - TCJC |
Subcategory: Texas
Organization looking to solve problems faced by Texas's criminal justice system. TCJC promotes ending racial profiling, ensuring the right to an attorney, stopping over-incarceration, and educating the public. |
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice - TDCJ |
Subcategory: Texas
The TDCJ homepage contains an online offender search function as well as information on victim services and individual TDCJ units. |
| Disability Law |
| ADA Watch |
Subcategory:
Contains a resource center with information on the ADA, disability statistics, as well as links to disability, civil rights, and social justice sites. |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
Subcategory:
Provides information and resources on mental health legal topics including insurance, commitment, managed care, criminalization, supplemental security income, restraint and seclusion in hospitals and residential treatment centeres, and voting. |
| Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities |
Subcategory:
Contains research and publications done by a group of national disability organizations on topics such as communications, education, housing, and many others. |
| HIV/AIDS Workplace Education |
Subcategory:
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Contains a list of federal laws and legal issues related to HIV/AIDS as well as workplace training materials. |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 |
Subcategory:
(U.S. Department of Education) Contains archived information (last updated 8/26/02). Text of the act, legislative history, regulations and other documents and information. |
| Job Accomodation Network |
Subcategory:
(Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Dept. of Labor) Provides information and resources designed to increase the employability of persons with disabilities. Includes portals for private employers, government employers, individuals with disabilities, educational settings and ADA information. |
| National Council on Disability - NCD |
Subcategory:
Includes links to other federal entities, state agencies, resources for locating healthcare, and information on rights under various federal disability laws. |
| U.S. Department of Justice - ADA Homepage |
Subcategory:
Contains new and proposed ADA regulations, settlement information, design standards, and information regarding the mediation program. |
| Elder Law |
| Elder Options of Texas |
Subcategory:
Online resource for locating assisted living and nursing home facilities, hospice, caregiver support, and transportation. Also contains a library of articles on elder law topics. |
| ElderWeb |
Subcategory:
A comprehensive research site designed for use by professionals and family members.Includes articles and information on eldercare and long-term care, including legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, as well as policy, research, and statistics. |
| National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys - NAELA |
Subcategory:
NAELA is an association of lawyers and organizations who work with older clients. This site contains an elder law attorney locator. |
| National Elder Law Network - NELN |
Subcategory:
NELN provides information on discrimination, end-of-life planning, health and long-term care, and retirement security for seniors and their advocates. This site also contains health care advance directive forms. |
| National Senior Citizens Law Center - NSCLC |
Subcategory:
Provides resources regarding federal rights, long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare Part D, income security, and assisted living. |
| Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Resource Center |
Subcategory:
This site contains information on assessing nursing homes, financing care, abuse, medical issues, relevant laws and regulations, and how to make a complaint. |
| Election Law |
| Election Law @ Moritz |
Subcategory:
(Ohio State University Moritz College of Law) News, information, and analysis on federal, state, and local election laws. |
| Election Law Blog |
Subcategory:
Blog maintained by Prof. Rick Hansen, Loyola Law School, which contains news and links on topics such as election law, campaign finance, voting, and redistricting. |
| Federal Election Commission - FEC |
Subcategory:
Contains a disclosure database, electronic filings which can be downloaded, and other financial reports filed by campaigns, parties, and PACs. |
| National Voting Rights Institute - NVRI |
Subcategory:
Non-partisan organization dedicated to ensuring meaningful political participation. The Legal Library contains cases and documents related to campaign spending limits, barriers to political participation, public funding for campaigns, and challenging the wealth primary. |
| Texas Election & Campaign Law Institute - TECLI |
Subcategory:
Homepage of a Texas organization which provides current election and campaign law information for officeholders and candidates. |
| Texas Election Code |
Subcategory:
Full-text of the Texas Election Code viewable by chapter. |
| Texas Secretary of State - Elections Division |
Subcategory:
Contains information on where to vote, absentee ballots, election law opinions, and election returns. |
| U.S. Election Assistance Commission - EAC |
Subcategory:
Includes voter registration and turnout statistics, voting guidelines and standards, and information on the Help America Vote Act of 2002. |
| U.S. Electoral College |
Subcategory:
(National Archives & Records Administration) Contains a FAQ section about the electoral college, deadlines for state officials, an electoral colege calculator, timeline for the 2008 election, and voting resources. |
| Environmental Law |
| Center for International Environmental Law - CIEL |
Subcategory:
Contains a collection of CIEL publications on subjects such as biodiversity and wildlife, chemicals, climate change, trade and sustainable development, and international financial institutions. |
| Environment & National Resources Division - U.S. Department of Justice |
Subcategory:
DOJ division responsible primarily for prosecuting violations of pollution-control laws. |
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide - E-LAW |
Subcategory:
A comprehensive list of legal and scientific resources categorized by topic and region. |
| Environmental Law Resources |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) A collection of databases, government agencies, articles, documents, and websites covering environmental law topics. |
| European Environmental Law |
Subcategory:
Contains cases, legislation, in-depth views on specific issues, and other documents on European environmental law. This site also contains a news service which delivers case updates every two weeks. |
| Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law |
Subcategory:
(American Society of International Law) A thorough guide to primary and secondary online sources and discussion lists related to international environmental law. |
| Natural Resources WebLinks |
Subcategory:
(University of Denver College of Law) Provides a variety of natural resource and environmental links on topics including energy, environment, forestry, indigenous peoples, mining and minerals, oil and gas, sustainable development, and water. |
| State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section |
Subcategory:
Homepage of the State Bar of Texas section of environmental lawyers. This site contains a long list of environmental and natural resources sites, organizations, and associations. |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA |
Subcategory:
Contains federal environmental laws and regulations, a wealth of information on an extensive list of environmental topics organized by subject, and with a zip code, several tools to find specific information about your community. |
| U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - FWS |
Subcategory:
Includes FWS adminstrative information as well as bird, fishing, hunting, wildlife refuge, and endangered species resources. |
| U.S.D.A. Forest Service |
Subcategory:
Contains research and development publications accessible through Treesearch, maps and brochures of national forests and grasslands, and the projects and policies of the Forest Service. |
| U.S.D.A. National Resources Conservation Service - NRCS |
Subcategory:
NRCS is the organization dedicated to helping private landowners conserve natural resources. This site contains many technical resources on environmental quality and compliance. |
| United Nations Environment Programme |
Subcategory:
Contains information on the Billion Tree Campaign. Technical information on topics such as agriculture, air quality, biodiversity, climate change, freshwater, and waste management can be found in the UNEP Resource Kit. |
| Family Law |
| Adoption Law |
Subcategory: Adoption
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Provides an overview of adoption law with links to federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| Adoption Policy Resource Center |
Subcategory: Adoption
(Adoption Subsidy Advocates) Provides some self-help adoption resources and limited legal decisions and laws. |
| Adoption Resources |
Subcategory: Adoption
(Adoption Ring) Resources for adoptive parents, adult adoptees, and birth parents. |
| Adoption.org |
Subcategory: Adoption
Search over 400,000 adoption sites. |
| TASC Legal Overview & Resources |
Subcategory: Adoption
(American Surrogacy Center) Includes legal information on surrogacy and egg donation, sample surrogacy and egg donation contracts, and relevant articles. |
| Texas Adoption Resource Exchange - TARE |
Subcategory: Adoption
TARE's site allows users to view and search for children awaiting adoption, research disabilities, and learn about the requirements of becoming a foster or adoptive family. |
| ABA Criminal Justice Section - Juvenile Justice Committee |
Subcategory: Children's Rights
Contains juvenile and youth resources, juvenile justice news, and statistics. |
| Best Interests: The E-Magazine for Children's Advocates |
Subcategory: Children's Rights
News and information on abuse & neglect, adoption, advocating in court, foster & kinship care, mandatory reporting, and sex offenders. |
| Center on Children & the Law |
Subcategory: Children's Rights
(ABA Young Lawyers Division) Contains standards of practice for attorneys representing children, parents, and child welfare gencies; child welfare laws; and ABA policies relating to children. |
| Texas State Bar - Juvenile Law Section |
Subcategory: Children's Rights
The Juvenile Law Section website contains numerous forms on topics such as certification, lack of responsibility, determinate sentencing, sealing files and records, and sex offenders. |
| Voices for America's Children |
Subcategory: Children's Rights
Contains State of the State - a database of positions held by governors of all 50 states on healthcare, education, and child welfare. |
| ABA Section of Family Law |
Subcategory: General
Includes a FAQ section geared towards answering general marriage, divorce, and custody questions and a list of additional online family law resources. |
| ABA Section of Family Law - Military Committee |
Subcategory: General
Provides information on pre-deployment and reemployment as well as a collection of handouts which give general overviews of specific areas of military family law. |
| DivorceNet.com |
Subcategory: General
Find local divorce attorneys and mediators as well as child support, alimony, visitation, property division, and military divorce resources. |
| Family Law - State Forms & Information |
Subcategory: General
(FindLaw) Includes family law forms and information for each of the 50 states. |
| Family Law Resources |
Subcategory: General
(FindLaw) Contains listings for family law jobs and attorneys and online family law documents and articles. |
| Lambda Legal Defense Fund - Marriage, Relationships, & Familiy Law |
Subcategory: General
Contains information regarding same-sex marriage, relationships, adoption and parenting, and reproductive rights and sexual health. |
| Support Guidelines.com |
Subcategory: General
A compilation of child support links, calculators, associations, and public and legal research. |
| Texas Family Code |
Subcategory: General
Full-text of the Texas Family Code accessible by chapter. |
| Texas State Bar - Family Law Section |
Subcategory: General
Contains information on proposed legislation and links to valuation resources and family law sites. |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Law |
| Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue Database |
Subcategory:
(Stanford Law School, Robert Crown Law Library) A database of legislation, regulations, proceeding materials, and policy documents on sexual orientation policy in the military beginning with World War I. |
| International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission |
Subcategory:
A U.S.-based international human rights organization for GLBT and AIDS issues. This site contains research tips and general links for researchers. |
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund |
Subcategory:
National civil rights organization for GLBT and HIV issues. |
| Legal Issues of Sexual Orientation |
Subcategory:
Contains links to national organizations and an extensive bibliography. |
| The Williams Institute |
Subcategory:
UCLA School of Law Institute focusing on sexual orientation law and public policy. |
| Transgender Law & Policy Institute - TLPI |
Subcategory:
Includes many resources on changing identity documents, creating forms, employment discrimination, social services, drafting legislation and compliance guidelines, and lobbying. In addition, TLPI has compiled transgender caselaw, hate crime laws, and school and employer policies. |
| General Legal Sites |
| Attorney's Toolbox |
Subcategory:
Links to information on finding people, companies, publishers, and jobs. Also includes links to form sites and other legal research. |
| beSpacific |
Subcategory:
(Sabrina Pacifici, creator and editor of LLRX) Provides law and technology news with links to sources on topics including e-government, cybercrime, the Patriot Act, FOIA, and RSS. |
| CrimeLynx |
Subcategory:
A legal resource center for criminal defense practitioners with links to court opinions, statistics, statutes, blogs, and other criminal justice resources. |
| CRIV Tool - Legal Publisher's List |
Subcategory:
(American Association of Law Libraries, Committee on Relations with Information Vendors) List of who owns what and links to the websites of legal publishers. |
| Direct Search |
Subcategory:
Links to research search interfaces that contain data not easily searchable and accessible from general search tools. |
| FindLaw |
Subcategory:
One of the most popular and useful legal research Web sites. Rich in content and features.
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| Hieros Gamos |
Subcategory:
Huge database with international, career, and legal practice resources. |
| Internet Law Library |
Subcategory:
Contains the text of the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations, plus links to other federal laws by source and agency, state laws, and laws on specific topics. |
| Jurist - Legal News & Research |
Subcategory:
Collection of legal news and commentary, primary source documents, and an index of hot topics. |
| Law Library Resource Exchange - llrx.com |
Subcategory:
Provides articles on legal research, technology, and other items of interest to law librarians. |
| Law.Com |
Subcategory:
Legal News presented by ALM. |
| Law-Related Path Finders |
Subcategory:
(University of Akron School of Law) A comprehensive list of links to numerous law-related pathfinder clearinghouses maintained by academic law libraries. |
| Laws Online |
Subcategory:
Contains an extensive collection of legal directories, including directories for witnesses, mediators, investigators, process servers, and trial consultants. |
| Lectric Law Library |
Subcategory:
Quirky site, but the Reference Room offers links arranged by topic rather than jurisdiction. |
| Legal Engine |
Subcategory:
Links to cases, government sites, law schools and libraries, plus a subject guide to legal materials on the net. |
| Legal Information Institute |
Subcategory:
(Cornell University Law School) A wonderful collection of full-text statutes which can be searched, overviews of legal topics, court opinions, and legal directories. |
| lexisONE |
Subcategory:
Selected cases, forms, a statutory guide, and legal links from LexisNexis. |
| Municipal Codes Online |
Subcategory:
(Seattle Public Library) Provides a limited number of U.S. city and county codes organized by state. |
| National Center for State Courts - NCSC |
Subcategory:
Organization that conducts research and provides education for state courts. This site contains the full-text of NSCS studies and and research publications on topics such as Access & Fairness, ADR, Courthouse Facilities, Juries, Court Administration, and Technology. |
| Nation's Legal Links |
Subcategory:
(Howard L. Nations Law Firm) Outstanding collection of links put together by Texas attorney, Howard L. Nations. |
| The Virtual Chase |
Subcategory:
Includes not only links, but research strategies for finding legal information on the web. |
| University Law Review Project |
Subcategory:
Provides links to journals and law reviews by topic. |
| USC Law Journals |
Subcategory:
(University of Southern California Law School) Excellent list of general law reviews, commercial law journals, subject specific law reviews, and foreign law journals. |
| Washlaw Master Index |
Subcategory:
(Washburn University School of Law) Contains a list of law-related topics and links from legal vendors and uniform laws to mock trial resources and bankruptcy. |
| WWW Virtual Library - Law |
Subcategory:
Contains links to numerous legal topics, including admiralty, ADR, digital rights management, forensic toxicology, legal history, and offenders rehabilitation. |
| Health Law |
| Public Agenda - Abortion Issue Guide |
Subcategory: Abortion
Public Agenda is a nonpartisan public opinion research organization. The abortion issue guide contains links to sources and resources including organizations representing different perspectives on the abortion issue. |
| Legal Issues & HIV in the U.S. |
Subcategory: AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Provides a collection of articles and resources detailing the legal rights of people with HIV. |
| Texas Department of State Health Services - HIV/STD Program |
Subcategory: AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Contains testing and reporting information, statistics, as well as links to Texas and federal legal information under Policy and Legal Resources. |
| bioethics.net - Journal of American Bioethics |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(Alden March Bioethics Institute & University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics) Current and past issues of the Journal of American Bioethics. A limited number of articles are available free of charge. |
| Center for Bioethics |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(University of Pennsylvania) Contains numerous articles related to the Center's projects, such as vaccines, artificial nutrition and hydration, and neuroethics. |
| Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment, & the Life Sciences |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(University of Minnesota) Contains a video archive of clips of bioethics lectures and presentations. |
| Health Care Ethics |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia) Contains an extensive list of links to bioethic organizations, topics, and publications. |
| MedWeb |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University) Search or browse by keyword "bioethics." |
| National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature |
Subcategory: Bioethics
(Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University) Search databases, catalogs, and special collections related to access to healthcare, genetics, human experimentation, death and dying, and abortion. |
| Nuffield Council on Bioethics |
Subcategory: Bioethics
Contains the full-text findings of the Nuffield Council on topics such as neonatal medicine, genetic screening, animal research, genetically modified crops, pharmacogenetics, and patenting DNA. |
| ABA Health Law Section |
Subcategory: General
Contains a list of health links and resources comprised mainly of health organizations, associations, and companies. |
| Health Hippo |
Subcategory: General
A collection of materials related to health care on topics such as advance directives, biological products, rural health, vaccines, and reproductive rights. |
| Health Law |
Subcategory: General
(FindLaw) A list of health resources including newsletters, attorneys, witnesses, job openings, documents, articles, and related websites. |
| Health Law - Selected Internet Resources |
Subcategory: General
(University of Minnesota Law School) Identifies Westlaw and Lexis databases as well as Web sites for researching health law related issues. |
| Health Law Links |
Subcategory: General
(St. Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies) A long list of health-related resources divided by topic, search engine, agency, publication, and privacy. |
| Health Policy Watch |
Subcategory: General
(Century Foundation) Health Policy Watch seeks to promote ideas and research aimed at bringing about reform in various areas of health policy, such as Medicare. The site provides access to various publications and information on books published by the Century Foundation and others. It also contains links to related research from other organizations and links to other sites. |
| National Health Law Program - NHeLP |
Subcategory: General
Public interest law firm dedicated to improving health care for low-income individuals. This site contains a comprehensive topical index of publications and resources. |
| Texas State Bar - Health Law Section |
Subcategory: General
Contains a list of links to health information, organizations, policy, and media sources. |
| PubMed |
Subcategory: Medical Literature Research
Search citations from biomedical and life sciences journals from the 1950s to present. The majority of the citations will not have links to the full-text article. |
| Texas Tech University Library Databases |
Subcategory: Medical Literature Research
Choose "Health and Medicine" or "Biology and Life Sciences" to find databases on those subject areas or browse through the entire list. |
| TTUHSC Library Catalog |
Subcategory: Medical Literature Research
Click the "Library Catalog" link on the right and search the TTU Health Sciences Center Library Catalog. "Change to Power Search" to sort the results by location. |
| TTUHSC Online Journals |
Subcategory: Medical Literature Research
A listing of TTUHSC journal holdings. Students, other than medical students, may not be able to access some of these databases. |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
Subcategory: Mental Health Law
Provides information and resources on mental health legal topics including insurance, commitment, managed care, criminalization, supplemental security income, restraint and seclusion in hospitals and residential treatment centeres, and voting. |
| Campaign for Mental Health Reform |
Subcategory: Mental Health Law
A collaboration of national health organizations dedicated to making mental health a national priority. |
| Social Security Library |
Subcategory: Social Security Law
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Reference materials covering topics such as entitlement and benefit calculation. |
| Social Security Online |
Subcategory: Social Security Law
(Social Security Administration) Contains information on how to get new or replacement cards, retirement, medicare, disability, as well as an extensive question and answer section and a form search tool. |
| Action on Smoking & Health - ASH |
Subcategory: Tobacco & the Law
Homepage of a nonprofit legal action antismoking organization. This site contains tobacco related news and smoking links. |
| Galen Tobacco Control Archives |
Subcategory: Tobacco & the Law
(University of California, San Francisco) Archives of papers, unpublished documents, and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues (primarily for California). |
| Gallen II Tobacco Litigation Documents |
Subcategory: Tobacco & the Law
An archive of litigation documents for suits brought by states against tobacco companies. |
| Tobacco Litigation |
Subcategory: Tobacco & the Law
U.S. Department of Justice site on tobacco litigation. |
| Tobacco Products Liability Project |
Subcategory: Tobacco & the Law
(Public Health Advocacy Institute) Contains the latest tobacco related legal news. |
| Immigration Law |
| American Immigration Lawyers Association - AILA |
Subcategory:
Homepage of the national association of immigration law practitioners. This site contains synopses of immigration decisions and legislation as well as a find an immigration lawyer search function. |
| embassy.org |
Subcategory:
Includes a directory with links to foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. and a virtual tour of Embassy Row. |
| Executive Office for Immigration Review - Department of Justice |
Subcategory:
Provides EIOR forms, links to immigration courts nationwide, statistics, and the Virtual Law Library which contains decisions, regulations, and attorney resources. |
| Immigration Superhighway |
Subcategory:
Contains the full-text of the INA, information on visas, asylees, extensions, and change of status, as well as a collection of immigration articles. |
| U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services - USCIS |
Subcategory:
Includes immigration forms, immigration laws, BIA decisions, handbooks, and information on visiting the U.S. and citizenship. |
| Intellectual Property |
| American Association of Law Libraries - Copyright Committee |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Provides information on issues such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Fair Use Doctrine, as well as an extensive list of copyright links. |
| American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers - ASCAP |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Association that licenses and distributes royalties for public performances of works copyrighted by ASCAP's composer, songwriter, lyricist, and music publisher membership. |
| Compleat World Copyright Website |
Subcategory: Copyrights
A compilation of links to sites concerning copyright in the common law tradition of creator's rights that can be browsed by author, country, institute, journal, and topic. |
| Copyright & Fair Use |
Subcategory: Copyrights
(Stanford University Libraries) Includes a collection of primary materials, an overview of copyright and related topics, a list of relevant internet links, and information on current issues. |
| Copyright Clearance Center |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Allows businesses, schools, publishers, and authors to search for works they wish to use and obtain licenses and permissions. |
| Copyright Information & Education |
Subcategory: Copyrights
(University of Minnesota Libraries) An overview of copyright, including a great diagram to use when deciding when permission should be obtained. |
| Copyright Society of the U.S.A. |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Contains a comprehensive list of copyright links and a thorough FAQ section. |
| Crash Course in Copyright |
Subcategory: Copyrights
(University of Texas) A great overview of copyrights, including information on who owns what and fair use. |
| International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations - IFRRO |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Organization which seeks to manage reproduction on an international scale. |
| Liblicense |
Subcategory: Copyrights
(Yale University Library) Provides a wealth of information on licensing agreements, including sample clauses with commentary, definitions, model licenses, and resource links. |
| U.S. Copyright Office |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Contains forms, a collection of copyright laws and policy, information on registering by type of work, and a searchable database of works already registered. |
| World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO |
Subcategory: Copyrights
Website of the agency of the UN dedicated to developing an international system of intellectual property. |
| ABA Section of Intellectual Property |
Subcategory: General
Contains a list of U.S. and international sites of interest for IP lawyers. |
| American Intellectual Property Law Association - AIPLA |
Subcategory: General
National bar association for intellectual property practitioners. For those considering a path in IP, an overview of different practice areas is provided. |
| Case Summaries & Law Updates - Intellectual Property |
Subcategory: General
(Williamette Law Online) A weekly publication containing summaries of cases from federal and state jurisdictions covering trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent law. |
| The IP Mall - Pierce Law Center |
Subcategory: General
Contains the latest IP news and an extensive list of links and resources. |
| World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO |
Subcategory: General
Website of the agency of the UN dedicated to developing an international system of intellectual property. |
| Delphion Intellectual Property Network |
Subcategory: Patents
Primarily a subscription and pay-per-use service, but some IP resources are provided with a free basic subscription. |
| European Patent Office - EPO |
Subcategory: Patents
Organization which provides uniform patent application procedures for 37 European countries. This site contains the step-by-step procedure for applying for European patents. |
| KuesterLaw - The Technology Law Resource |
Subcategory: Patents
Contains general information on technology law, some court decisions, and a list of resources. |
| United States Patent & Trademark Office - USPTO |
Subcategory: Patents
Contains forms, a glossary of terms, several "how to" guides, and a searchable database of items already covered by patents and trademarks. |
| Wacky Patent of the Month |
Subcategory: Patents
A new selection made by Michael J. Colitz, Jr., a patent attorney, each month. |
| International Trademark Association - INTA |
Subcategory: Trademarks
An association of trademark owners and professionals. This site contains job postings and a policy development section with model guidelines. |
| KuesterLaw - The Technology Law Resource |
Subcategory: Trademarks
Contains general information on technology law, some court decisions, and a list of resources. |
| The IP Mall - Pierce Law Center |
Subcategory: Trademarks
Contains the latest IP news and an extensive list of links and resources. |
| Thomson CompuMark - Global Trademark Solutions |
Subcategory: Trademarks
Provides an overview of trademarks and copyrights in a life cycle format. |
| United States Patent & Trademark Office - USPTO |
Subcategory: Trademarks
Contains forms, a glossary of terms, several "how to" guides, and a searchable database of items already covered by patents and trademarks. |
| World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO |
Subcategory: Trademarks
Website of the agency of the UN dedicated to developing an international system of intellectual property. |
| Labor & Employment Law |
| Employment |
Subcategory: General
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) An overview of employment law with links to federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| National Labor Relations Board - NLRB |
Subcategory: General
Homepage of the federal agency that administers the National Relations Act, the law governing union-employer relationships. |
| Texas Labor Code |
Subcategory: General
Full-text of the Texas Labor Code accessible by chapter. |
| Texas Workforce Commission - TWC |
Subcategory: General
Provides recruiting, training, and market statistics for employers and job search, training, and unemployment resources for job seekers. |
| U.S. Department of Labor - DOL |
Subcategory: General
Contains a large amount of information on employment topics, including disability, equal employment opportunity, health plans, termination, training, hiring, wages, unemployment insurance, work hours, retirement, and workplace safety and health. |
| U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - EEOC |
Subcategory: General
Contains resources pertaining to federal equal employment opportunity laws, discriminatory practices, and filing a complaint. |
| U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board - MSPB |
Subcategory: General
MSPB is a quasi-judicial agency that hears personnel action appeals made by federal employees and conducts research studies of the merit systems implemented by the federal government. Both decisions and studies are available online. |
| Division of Workers' Compensation - Texas Department of Insurance |
Subcategory: Workers' Compensation
Included on this site is an online workers' compensation complaint form, statistics on fatal and non-fatal work injuries, lists of approved doctors and covered employers, and information on insurance fraud. |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration - OSHA |
Subcategory: Workers' Compensation
Provides resources for employers to help prevent occupational injuries and to stay in compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act. In addition, this site also contains the text of relevant laws and regulations, enforcement information, statistics, and links to approved state plans. |
| Workers' Compensation |
Subcategory: Workers' Compensation
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) Provides an overview of workers' compensation with links to federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| Landlord Tenant Law |
| Center for Housing & Urban Development - CHUD |
Subcategory:
(Texas A&M, College of Architecture) Homepage of the Center which seeks to improve the quality of life of individuals living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Included in this site is a list of resources on colonias, community development and housing, health, and promota. |
| Housing Topics - U.S. Census Bureau |
Subcategory:
Includes data on home ownership, affordability, vacancy, and market absorption of apartments, as well as historical information. |
| Knowledgeplex |
Subcategory:
Contains an extensive collection of publications and news pertaining to affordable housing and community development. |
| Landlord-Tenant Law |
Subcategory:
(Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School) An overview of landlord-tenant law with links to federal and state statutes and judicial decisions. |
| National Housing Institute - NHI |
Subcategory:
Independent non-profit organization that examines housing crisis issues and how these issues affect people trying to build healthy neighborhoods. Select publications are available in full-text. |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition - NLIHC |
Subcategory:
Contains information on low income housing services and issues, as well as links to congressional testimony, NLIHC research, and polls. |
| U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - HUD |
Subcategory:
Federal department entrusted with regulating the housing indusry, helping build healthy communities, and expanding housing opportunities. |
| Law & Popular Culture |
| Law & Popular Culture Collection |
Subcategory:
(Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law) A comprehensive collection of over 700 film titles featuring lawyers, a list of print titles owned by UT divided by time period, legal narrative e-texts, and a compilation of lawyerly quotations. |
| Legal Aid |
| ABA Center for Pro Bono |
Subcategory: Federal
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| ABA Division for Legal Services |
Subcategory: Federal
Includes national directories of lawyer-referral and pro bono programs, legal services publications, "Consumer's Guide to Finding Legal Help on the Internet, and a little beyond," and "Practitioner's Guide: a online resource center for lawyers serving people." |
| ABA Standing Comittee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel |
Subcategory: Federal
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| ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid & Indigent Defendants |
Subcategory: Federal
Provides information on civil and criminal defense services, indigent defense systems, and Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs) for attorneys who wish to pursue careers in public service but whose debt prevents them from doing so. |
| Brennan Center for Justice - Poverty Program |
Subcategory: Federal
(NYU School of Law) Center focusing on access to justice and economic justice. This site contains information on issues such as campaign finance reform; courts and government; immigrant rights; liberty and national security; criminal justice reform; voting rights and elections; wages, jobs, and the economy. |
| Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance |
Subcategory: Federal
(ABA Section of Litigation, Report of the Modest Means Task Force) Full-text of guide to providing legal services to clients who cannot afford to hire an attorney. Included in this handbook are forms and other helpful practice materials. |
| Legal Services Corporations - LSC |
Subcategory: Federal
LSC helps fund civil legal aid by providing grants to local programs. The LSC website contains enabling legislation, program information, and a map of funded programs with links to the individual organizations. |
| probono.net |
Subcategory: Federal
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poor gain access to justice by helping pro bono attorneys get involved. |
| ABA LawInfo.org |
Subcategory: Self-Help
Contains legal information primarily for a non-lawyer audience on topics such as family, housing, jobs, finance, and criminal justice. This site also contains general information about courts as well as a find a lawyer feature. |
| FindLaw for the Public |
Subcategory: Self-Help
(FindLaw) Information for the public accessible from a legal subject area list. |
| Nolo.com |
Subcategory: Self-Help
Nolo provides legal information for consumers and small businesses regarding topics such as business and human resources; patents, copyright, and art; wills and estate planning; property and money; family law and immigration; and rights and disputes. |
| Advocacy, Inc. |
Subcategory: Texas
Homepage of an organization which advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities. This site contains information on education, health care, civil rights, housing, and accessibility topics as well as cases Advocacy, Inc. is involved with and numerous publications. |
| Dallas Legal Hospice |
Subcategory: Texas
The Dallas Legal Hospice provides free legal assistance to qualified individuals in the Dallas area. |
| Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program - HVLP |
Subcategory: Texas
The HVLP site contains information for individuals seeking pro bono legal services in Harris County and for attorneys seeking to provide such services. |
| Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund - MALDEF |
Subcategory: Texas
Homepage of the national non-profit organization that protects the civil rights of Latinos living in the U.S. The MALDEF sites contains a collection of publications as well as information regarding employment and economic development; immigration, citizenship, and voting rights; and fair share and equal access. |
| Political Asylum Project of Austin - PAPA |
Subcategory: Texas
PAPA provides legal services and education to immigrants and refugees in Central Texas. This site contains links to immigration, embassy, victims of violence, Austin, and Texas resources. |
| Texas Advocacy Project |
Subcategory: Texas
The Texas Advocacy Project, formerly Women's Advocacy Project, provides legal assistance to victims of domestic violence. Their Resource Center contains many useful documents and links to help individuals who are in harmful relationships. |
| Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation - TEAJF |
Subcategory: Texas
Contains information on attaining legal help as well as resources for banks and attorneys needing to set up IOLTA accounts. |
| Texas Legal Services Center - TLSC |
Subcategory: Texas
TLSC's site contains a large collection of Texas, federal, and research links for individuals looking for legal services. |
| Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas - VLS |
Subcategory: Texas
Contains information on attaining legal services at no cost. Most of the clinics and pro bono services offered by VLS occur in Travis County. The VLS website also contains a FAQs section covering a variety of legal topics, such as family law and landlord tenant law. |
| Legal Forms |
| Lexis Legal Forms |
Subcategory:
(lexisOne) Selected cases, forms, a statutory guide, and legal links from LexisNexis. Over 6,000 forms are available free of charge. |
| U.S. Court Forms & Business Forms |
Subcategory:
(FindLaw) Court forms for each circuit and state and business forms by type. |
| U.S. Legal Forms |
Subcategory:
(USLegal) A for-fee site that allows users to browse forms by state and topic. |
| Legal History |
| A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation |
Subcategory:
(Library of Congress - American Memory Project) Contains documents and debates from the Continental Congress, Constitutional Conventention, and Congresses from 1774-1873. Volumes 1 through 17 of Statutes at Large are also included. |
| A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents |