Related Links
The Study of Law: A Critical Thinking Approach
BUSINESS INFORMATION- Business ownership information, such as the names of the resident agent and the corporate officers—Go to www.westlaw.com (Westlaw) or www.lexis.com (Lexis).
- The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system—Go to either www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm or www.freeedgar.com.
- Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act—Go to the U.S. Department of Justice site at www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm.
CITATION RULES
- You can find additional material, examples, updates, and a Frequently Asked Questions list at the ALWD Citation Manual’s web sites, www.alwd.org or www.aspenlawschool.com/dickerson_alwd3.
- “Introduction to Basic Legal Citation,” an on-line tutorial designed to teach the Bluebook rules—Go to http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation.
- Lexis—www.lexis.com or www.lexisone.com
- Westlaw—www.westlaw.com
- Findlaw—www.findlaw.com
- VersusLaw—www.versuslaw.com
- LoisLaw—www.loislaw.com
COURT SYSTEM
- Map of the federal circuits with links to their cases—go to www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS. Note that FEDCTS must be typed in all caps.
- Biographies of the U.S. Supreme Court justices—go to http://supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf.
- Information on specific state courts—Go to the National Center for State Courts, http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html.
- Information on federal courts—Go to either the federal judiciary home page at www.uscourts.gov or the Federal Judicial Center home page at www.fjc.gov.
- The U.S. Supreme Court—Go to www.supremecourtus.gov.
- Read about and see video clips of current trials at www.courttv.com.
CRIMINAL LAW
- Information on hate crimes and the Laramie Project can be found at a web site supported by the Southern Poverty Law Center—Go to www.tolerance.org.
- The American Anti-Defamation League has an article on hate crimes on its web site at www.adl.org/99hatecrime/intro.asp.
- The Southern Center for Human Rigths represents defendants facing the death penalty. To read about the center’s work in that and other areas of criminal law—Go to www.schr.org.
- The U.S. Department of Justice maintains statistics about crimes and victims at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs.
GOVERNMENT SITES
- The EEOC home page is located at www.eeoc.gov.
- The FBI maintains a web site at www.fbi.gov.
- The White House’s web site is www.whitehouse.gov.
- Both the House and Senate maintain web sties at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.
- The U.S. Supreme Court’s web site is located at http://supremecourtus.gov.
GRAMMAR
- Grammar Bytes! At www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
- Help organized by level: word and sentence, paragraph, and paper at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
- Developments in legal ethics and links to the states’ Rules of Professional Conduct or Code of Professional Responsibility and to their ethics opinions—Go to www.law.cornell.edu/ethics and www.legalethics.com.
- You can locate the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct at www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc_toc.html.
- NALA's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility—Go to http://www.nala.org/whatis-Code.htm..
- NFPA's Model Code of Ethics—Go to NFPA's home page, www.paralegals.org, and click on "Professional Development".
- To view the ABA Model Guidelines on the Utilization of Paralegal Services—Go to www.abanet.org/legalservices/paralegals.
LEGAL NEWS
- Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. Click on “Latest News” or go to www.law.com.
LEGAL SEARCH ENGINES
- There are various search engines that can assist you with your Internet legal research. Two that have been designed specifically for legal research are www.lawcrawler.com, http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex.
ORGANIZATIONS
- American Arbitration Association—www.adr.org
- American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE)—www.aafpe.org
- American Bar Association (ABA)—www.abanet.org
- American Civil Liberties Union—www.aclu.org
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)—www.nationalcasa.org
- International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA)—www.paralegalmanagement.org
- National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)—www.nala.org
- National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA)—www.paralegals.org
- U.S. Supreme Court opinions dating back to the 1800s—Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. On Findlaw’s home page click on “US Law: Cases & Codes”. Then click on “US Supreme Court—Opinions & Web Site”.
- Federal appellate court opinions—Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. Click on “US Law: Cases & Codes”. Select your circuit.
- State court opinions—Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. Under “US Law: Cases & Codes” click on “States”. Select your state.
- Federal statutes and regulations—Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. Click on “US Law: Cases & Codes”. Select the US Code or the Code of Federal Regulations.
- State statutes and regulations—Start at Findlaw: www.findlaw.com. Under “US Law: Cases & Codes” click on “States”. Select your state.
- Current information on federal legislation—A good source is http://thomas.loc.gov, provided by the Library of Congress. You can also find information on the legislative branch at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html.
- The Declaration of Independence—Go to the National Archives web site: www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html.
- The Constitution (original version)— www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html or http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data/constitution/articles.html
- The Bill of Rights (original version)— www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html or http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendments.html
TORTS
- Expert witnesses—A feature of Findlaw, go to http://marketcenter.findlaw.com/experts_consultants.html.
- Medical information—You can find current medical news at www.medscape.com. The Cancer Web at cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd contains an on-line medical dictionary.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission—www.cpsc.gov
UNIFORM LAWS
- The Uniform Commercial Code as revised through 1992—Go to www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html.
- The Uniform Probate Code—Go to www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/probate.html.
- Various uniform laws governing the family, such as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, and the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act—Go to www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol9.html.
