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Internet By Subject - Paralegal
Sites
for the Paralegal
General law sites on the Net
- Findlaw ( This is a megasite for law and
law related information. It is designed and maintained by librarians. This site has links
to all the cases, from the U.S. Supreme Court to Federal to State, that have been put on
the internet. It also has links to laws, legal organizations, law firms, professional
development and legal news sites)
- 'Lectric Law Library (This is not only a
megasite for law and law related information it is also a gold mine of humorous quotes.
You may find it hard to leave. The law related information is divided into useful
categories like bankruptcy, environmental, criminal...)
- lexisone
(This site is sponsored by Lexis/Nexis and
has a wealth of links to the states in America. Within each state it
provides links to the legislative branch, judicial branch, Rules of Courts
& Forms, Boards and Commissions, counties and much more.)
- American Law Sources On-Line
(The stated purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive, uniform, and
useful compilation of links to all online sources of American Law that are
available without charge.)
- Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
- ABA Law
Information - Although this is a web site that is selling
services it also has some good general information for those seeking some
basic law information on family, business, jobs, courts, and such.
Federal
Courts
United States Federal Laws
- US Constitution (This
site, designed by Findlaw, is divided into the Preamble, articles, and amendments with
links to Supreme Court cases cited in the annotations.
- US Constitution
(This site for the US Constitution also contains analysis and interpretation and was
prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.)
- United States Code (The United States
Code contains the text of the current public laws enacted by Congress.)
- Code of
Federal Regulations The CFR are regulations issued by the executive branch agencies.
Regulations that are just in the proposal state or are so recent that they are not yet in
the Code of Federal Regulations can be found in the Federal
Register.)
Case Law and Codes in California
- The Judicial Branch of California
(This is the homepage for California's court system. This site gives detailed information
on the California Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and Trial Courts as well as other
Judicial Branch Agencies. The shear amount of information concerning the judicial branch
of the California Government is outstanding. This site also contains a link to slip
opinions of the CA Supreme Court and the CA Courts of Appeal that have been certified or
ordered published in the past 60 days.)
- California State Constitution
- California Codes (The codes
of California are arranged into 29 subject divisions.)
- California
Attorney General's Office (Opinions of the Attorney General)
- California Code of Regulations
- California Statutes (
California statutes are Chaptered Bills. A bill is chaptered by the Secretary of State
after it has passed through both houses of the legislatures.)
- Assembly and Senate Bills (This
site gives access to the full text of bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments.)
- Municipal Codes
Online (This site includes municipal codes for several California cities as well as
other cities throughout the United States.)
- Witkin Legal
Institute "This
site highlights recent developments in the law of interest to the bench and
bar, discusses techniques for efficient legal research, explains the
publications that comprise the Witkin Library, and provides information about
the Witkin Legal Institute and its programs."
The Legal Community in California
- California Lawcrawler ( A search
engine for legal information - both Federal and in California.)
- Findlaw for California (This site is
part of the Findlaw company. It provides links to all things in the legal world of
California. i.e.; CA Law firms on the net, CA Legal Associations, CA Legal News, CA Legal
Career Development, Foreign and International Resources, and many others.)
- Cal Law (The online publication of the
Recorder of California)
International
Law
Legal Forms
- Findlaw's Forms Collections
and Indexes (Here you will find a listing of hyperlinks for various forms collections
and an extensive collection of government forms.)
- 'Lectric Law Library's Forms Room
(These forms are organized into two broad categories - business law and law practice. In
addition to the forms themselves, there is commentary about how the forms should be used
and filled out.)
Misc.
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